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Buer

Buer

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Hello all, i am long overdue a pc upgrade and have saved up some cash and about ready to buy. Just wanted some help/advice/suggestions and thoughts on what i'm currently looking at.

Its for gaming mainly, i don't have any experience with building my own and so have been looking at Various sites including Overclokers UK for prices on custom builds. Any help would be much appreciated as i'm a little lost and don't want to throw away money. Thank you

Competitor - £1,634.99

CPU: 2082 - NEW! Intel Core i7 3820

CPU Cooler: 3017 - NEW! Corsair H100 Water Cooler

Operating System: 11014 - Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Motherboard: 4144 - NEW! Asus P9X79

Memory: 5048 - NEW! 16GB Corsair DDR3 1600mhz Vengeance (2x8GB)

Hard Drives: 6034 - Corsair 120GB Force3 SSD S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s

2nd hard drive: 6026 - NEW! WD Caviar Black 1TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s

Optical Drive: 7003 - 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA

Graphics card: 8072 - NEW! NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB

Sound card: 10001 - Onboard 7.1 Audio

Case: 17049 - NEW! CM Storm Strooper

PSU: 18038 - NEW! 850W Corsair TX V2

Warranty: 1000 - 3 Year Bronze Warranty

Priority turnaround: P03002 - Dispatched in 2 working days


Overclockers UK - £1724.41

- No Security Software
- Monitor Not Selected
- System build fan. Sharkoon 2000rpm Golf Ball
- Full Cable Management
- Networking Not Selected
- BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect Blue 30cm
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050)
- OCZ ZX Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply
- Onboard Sound Card (ZERO COST)
- OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
- No RAID Option (ZERO Cost)
- Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003)
- Sandisk Extreme SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-120G-G25)
- No Graphics Card Upgrade
- Gainward GeForce GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Corsair Vengeance Blue 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B)
- Asus P9X79 PRO Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard
- OcUK H²Flo Extreme Liquid Dual Fan CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1155/1156/775/AM2/AM3)
- No Overclocking Options (Zero Cost)
- Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail
- CM Storm Trooper Full Tower Gaming Case - Black
 
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Please could you remove the competitor name and prices :)
Thanks
Are you willing to build your self?
Budget?
I'm taking £1500

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £311.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £274.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £114.98
1 x CM Storm Trooper Full Tower Gaming Case - Black £109.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Sandisk Extreme SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-120G-G25) £89.99
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £66.98
1 x Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PXD38G1600LLK) £39.95
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £24.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,488.43 (includes shipping : £22.20).



Includes everything :)
 
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As above! Welcome to the forums.

I would say that what you list is too much for a pure gaming PC. You don't need more than 8GB of RAM, and you'd be better off with a quad core Ivy Bridge i5, rather than the SB-E.
 
Hi and welcome to the forum.

Firstly, you will need to remove any links to competitors as this is against forum rules.
Just a friendly warning.

Secondly, an i5 3570k would be enough for gaming.

Thirdly, what is your overall budget
 
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Hello and welcome to the forum :)

what is main use of the pc?

Also could you remove the competitor name before a mod see's ;)
 
I have no experience of building myself and wouldn't want to mess things up.

Are all the names from competitors now removed?

Budget, no more than £1700. Thanks for the help thus far, will the i5 3750 need an upgrade in the next year or so for gaming purposes? I Mainly play mmo's and plan to play Guild Wars 2 on launch.
 
Buer said:
I have no experience of building myself and wouldn't want to mess things up.

Are all the names from competitors now removed?

Budget, no more than £1700. Thanks for the help thus far, will the i5 3750 need an upgrade in the next year or so for gaming purposes? I Mainly play mmo's and plan to play Guild Wars 2 on launch.
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Thats over kill
There is no way to learn without doing it yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPIXAtNGGCw
and the other parts :)
If you are spending that much, how many monitors?
 
Ok, 2x 1920x1080 = 3840x2160
Have you got a keyboard and mouse?

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 w/Backplate 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2671-KR) £399.95
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £274.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £191.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £114.98
1 x CM Storm Trooper Full Tower Gaming Case - Black £109.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PXD38G1600LLK) £39.95
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,486.30 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
Yes, got both mouse and keyboard thanks. Nice price that and i see the SSD has a upgrade. You know i heard the GTX 670's had some problems?
 
Buer said:
Yes, got both mouse and keyboard thanks. Nice price that and i see the SSD has a upgrade. You know i heard the GTX 670's had some problems?
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Really?
Btw, there is the 4gb version, so it can handle higher resolutions!
Also the mobo has a GIANT mouse mat ;)
 
Yeah i read on some fourms that a lot of 370 card had problems. Dodgy batch maybe, just know there were a lot of complaints. Obviously i'm not looking to overspend for the sake of it but i am looking for a system to last me a good while. You feel the i7 3770 is better than the i7 3820 for gaming purposes or just looking to save some cash?

Also do you feel the water cooling is not needed?
 
Buer said:
Yeah i read on some fourms that a lot of 370 card had problems. Dodgy batch maybe, just know there were a lot of complaints. Obviously i'm not looking to overspend for the sake of it but i am looking for a system to last me a good while. You feel the i7 3770 is better than the i7 3820 for gaming purposes or just looking to save some cash?

Also do you feel the water cooling is not needed?
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That kind of water cooling is no better than air cooling
I forgot the cooler
This one
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-009-PT&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395
The 3770k is better for Ocing but you could get the 3820 and then upgrade to IB-E in the future :)
 
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That kind of water cooling is no better than air cooling
I forgot the cooler
This one
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-009-PT&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395
The 3770k is better for Ocing but you could get the 3820 and then upgrade to IB-E in the future :)
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Well thanks a lot for the help, much appreciated. Maybe i will have a go at putting one together myself and saving some money. I guess in the long run getting the i7 3820 and then upgrading would be more practical than saving a little on the i7 3770 and then going for the IB-E
 
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