PC Build Help

xpygmy · 1 Nov 2012 at 16:36

My parents have asked me to build a pc for my brother and I am stuck at the moment, I have similar parts to what my pc is but I need help on RAM, Wireless card and a case. Also any improvements on my current build will be great. With the case, wireless card and RAM I would like it to be as cheap as possible please.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
Total : £472.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).

mickyflinn · 1 Nov 2012 at 17:14

YOUR BASKET
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £28.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £26.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter (TL-WN851ND) £19.99
Total : £87.67 (includes shipping : £9.75).

You should go for the retail boxed 3570k as it has 3 years warranty over the 1 year oem.

Do you need a power supply and dvd rom ?

Idleman · 1 Nov 2012 at 17:24

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/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £47.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £26.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £604.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Sparx · 1 Nov 2012 at 19:32

What is your brother going to be using this PC for? What is the overall budget? Lastly, just to clarify do you just need the case, internal components and a Wireless adapter?

Cheers

xpygmy · 1 Nov 2012 at 20:08

My brother will use it for gaming.
I will need everything (apart from OS)

Idleman · 1 Nov 2012 at 20:22

xpygmy said:
My brother will use it for gaming.
I don't need a monitor, mouse or keyboard or OS as my parents already have that.

Forgot to mention in my post. Did`nt include Wi-fi adapter as there is nothing decent available for PCIE cards. You could however get a USB dongle.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=46&catid=1597

Sparx · 1 Nov 2012 at 20:54

xpygmy said:
My brother will use it for gaming.
I don't need a monitor, mouse or keyboard or OS as my parents already have that.

What's the budget approx?

xpygmy · 1 Nov 2012 at 21:44

Sparx said:
What's the budget approx?

£700

xpygmy · 2 Nov 2012 at 12:08

Here is my build so far, any moderations needed?

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/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £149.99
1 x Asus VS228H 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £47.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Steelseries Ikari Optical Mouse (62000) £24.98
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN821N) £12.98
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
1 x OcUK Mega Mat Medium Elite Tactical Gaming Surface ** IN STOCK ** £8.99
Total : £762.78 (includes shipping : £19.10).

Bacon? · 2 Nov 2012 at 12:10

Thats a big leap from £600 to £750

Can't spot anything wrong really. Could go modular PSU but would cost more. Other than that.

honosuseri · 2 Nov 2012 at 13:17

xpygmy said:
Here is my build so far, any moderations needed?

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/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £149.99
1 x Asus VS228H 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £47.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Steelseries Ikari Optical Mouse (62000) £24.98
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN821N) £12.98
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
1 x OcUK Mega Mat Medium Elite Tactical Gaming Surface ** IN STOCK ** £8.99
Total : £762.78 (includes shipping : £19.10).

That's not bad at all. Nice job! It would be nice to have THIS PSU as it's semimodular for better airflow and has plenty of power for a single GPU setup and overclocking.

At 100 posts you should get free P&P so there is no harm talking things through. You can then look to get him little additions as gifts down the line.....a heatsink for example, they don't have to be expensive to be good.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Asus VS228H 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £59.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £47.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Steelseries Ikari Optical Mouse (62000) £24.98
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
Total : £816.29 (includes shipping : £17.85).

Just spitballing ideas, this is a mini-itx setup but probably is a bit much to ask of your parents price wise........is nice though. Be worth while telling me what you think of it

Idleman · 2 Nov 2012 at 13:24

Hold that thought

honosuseri · 2 Nov 2012 at 13:29

Idleman said:
Hold that thought

Thinking gets me into trouble

If he didn't have to pay P&P on his spec then he could afford a 2TB HDD instead

Idleman · 2 Nov 2012 at 13:34

honosuseri said:
Thinking gets me into trouble

I saw a thread on here today advertising free delivery if you spend over £66, but can`t find it. That is why I deleted my original post. Did`nt want to mislead the OP.

Found it Free Delivery.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/LP/ocuk_halloween2012.php

dunn2010 · 2 Nov 2012 at 13:47

over budget by a tadge

i'd personally scrap the keyboard mouse and mouse mat and spend money on the core componants. then go buy a cheap keybaord + mouse set for 10-15 quid and upgrade in a couple months when funds are available (or christmas presents?)

With accessories

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Asus VS228H 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Aerocool Xpredator X1 Midi Tower Case - Black/Red £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Steelseries Ikari Optical Mouse (62000) £24.98
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN821N) £12.98
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
1 x OcUK Mega Mat Medium Elite Tactical Gaming Surface ** IN STOCK ** £8.99
Total : £811.28 (includes shipping : £17.85).

without

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Asus VS228H 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Aerocool Xpredator X1 Midi Tower Case - Black/Red £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN821N) £12.98
Total : £766.32 (includes shipping : £17.85).

honosuseri · 2 Nov 2012 at 13:59

Idleman said:
I saw a thread on here today advertising free delivery if you spend over £66, but can`t find it. That is why I deleted my original post. Did`nt want to mislead the OP.

Found it Free Delivery.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/LP/ocuk_halloween2012.php

Nice find.......thanks to Kidge. How dare you take the credit

stulid · 2 Nov 2012 at 14:04

dunn2010 said:
without

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Asus VS228H 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Aerocool Xpredator X1 Midi Tower Case - Black/Red £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN821N) £12.98
Total : £766.32 (includes shipping : £17.85).

Looks like a well spec'd case for £50 (not looked at any reviews yet), the White version would go nicely with the PSU and White accents on the mobo

This Shinobi would also look good - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-025-BX&groupid=2362&catid=1850&subcat=

dunn2010 · 2 Nov 2012 at 14:08

Looks like a well spec'd case for £50, the White version would go nicely with the PSU and White accents on the mobo

I'm loving the look and specs of these new cases , good idea on white one instead ^^

xpygmy · 2 Nov 2012 at 15:02

WOW, thanks for the responses. I have been thinking about getting a AMD CPU, but not sure whether it suits gaming. Is the AMD A10-5800K, AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 or AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 any good and would they be a better alternative to the i5. My brother is not a serious gamer, he plays mount and blade, planetside, minecraft and dayz.

@honosuseri It says here That I need 250 posts for P&P, since I have not been a member for over a year.

EDIT: Also can AMD processors work with Lucid Virtu MVP, because that would be great.

Idleman · 2 Nov 2012 at 15:11

xpygmy said:
@honosuseri It says here That I need 250 posts for P&P, since I have not been a member for over a year.

There is a one day special "Free Delivery" for all orders over £66, finishes at midnight. Don`t forget to enter the code.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/LP/ocuk_halloween2012.php