Opinion on this build for £~500

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Hi there, this is what I have finally come up with £500 was my budget so this is stretching it, anything that can be reduced to give me enough money for an OS...

Is this i5 fairly overclockable? was going AMD route for a piledriver but everybody tells me that would be a mistake

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Ordering on Nov 10th so got a bit of time but need to know how much stuff i need to sell.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3330 3.00GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £137.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Zalman CNPS10X Optima Shark's Fin Blade CPU Cooler (Socket 1155/1156/1366/775/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £24.98
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £537.91 (includes shipping : FREE).




Thanks for your help

p.s got HDD, mouse, keyboard, monitor etc but power supply is a Japanese budget thing i got given, so i think that needs replacing. Current GPU is a Zotac GTX260 896mb, will this be a big improvement?
 
You can overclock that i5 a little bit using the Z77 chipset by four speed bins higher than the maximum turbo ratio.


I tweaked the spec a bit,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £149.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3330 3.00GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £137.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40.00
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x Xigmatek Achilles II SD1284 CPU-Cooler - 120mm (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366 AMD AM2/AM3/FM1) £23.98
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £541.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
As per Stulid is on the ball!

I would come back on forums and post a thread on 7th/8th of novemeber as the new weekly sales will have commenced and you may be abale to get some different / decent parts for cheaper then.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £42.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £562.88 (includes shipping : FREE).




if you get 3330 there is no need for 3rd market cooler unless you want silence, because you will not be able ot overclock it...

I would advice you to stretch to 3570K.

I also heard that bitfenix is not very good on airflow, but I am not too sure, might be wrong...


Modified to have gigabayte mobo instead of MSI, due to overclocking problems in MSI as mentioned below by stulid.
Also added optical.
 
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Lazder said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £149.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £42.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
Total : £543.90 (includes shipping : FREE).



if you get 3330 there is no need for 3rd market cooler unless you want silence, because you will not be able ot overclock it...

I would advice you to stretch to 3570K.

I also heard that bitfenix is not very good on airflow, but I am not too sure, might be wrong...
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I like that but you still need an optical drive ontop.

The Z9 is a great starters case, it still has it's quirks. I own one and am happy to recommend it for all the extras it comes with. If I was to use a hinobi I think I'd get the window version for £6 more. Not only does it have a window but comes with 2 fans, the other versions only tend to come with one
 
Apparently the MSI G43 has locked voltage, lame if you wish to do decent overclocking with a proper overclockng CPU.

The Z77-D3H does not have this issue.
 
South890 said:
how does the overclocking of this cpu work on z77 boards?
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The above example is for a i5 2500.
 
stulid said:
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The above example is for a i5 2500.
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Thanks

Would you need any more voltage by doing this?

As to the original question, That build looks fine. If you are getting the shinobi, i would get an intake fan as this improves the airflow quite a lot.
 
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Shouldn't need any extra voltage for a small oc like that, if you did...the option is available in the BIOS or the auto setting may alter the vcore enough to keep it stable if needed.
 
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