Please advise on my first build please?

NickH85

NickH85

NickH85

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Hi Guys, newbie here :) . A close friend of mine recommended this website for buying components for my first PC build.

My budget is between £550.00 and £600.00. I'm looking for a gaming PC and trying to squeeze as much as I can out of this tight budget.

I do not need an OS, I can get that via my uni's MSDN. I currently have Amazon vouchers from Xmas, so that will do for a monitor and I have a keyboard and mouse I can use for the meantime.

My mate is also giving me his old PC case, which is an Antec 300 I believe.

So, I have specced out a PC of my own from the website. My friend told me to get the best processor I can get within my budget and also said the K version of the i5 is overclockable so to run with that?

Here is my first build:

MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC - 179.99

Intel i5 3570K 3.40ghz - 167.99

Z77-D3H Mobo - 75.98

Corsair CX 600W V2 '80 Plus - 56.99

Crucial V4 64GB 2.5 SSD - 51.98

Corsair Vengeance 8GB - 49.99

Arctic Cooling 7 Pro Rev 2 - 15.98

Shipping - 10.00

Total 610.91

Also, I have an old LG Blu-Ray Drive from my old PC which I'm guessing I could use for this?

Thanks for your help in advance guys, cheers :cool:
 
Hello and welcome to the forum :)

Some minor adjustments.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Asus HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5 SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £64.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £610.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).




Edit: almost :D
 
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RJC said:
Hello and welcome to the forum :)

Some minor adjustments.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Asus HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5 SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £64.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £610.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).




Edit: almost :D
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Penny more mate. What a Failure. :)

RJC's is much better..

The PSU is modular, which is always a bonus.

The SDD is SATAIII, so a lot faster and the M4's are mighty reliable.

And the matterhorn is a superb cooler for the price.

Spot on RJC :)
 
RJC said:
Hello and welcome to the forum :)

Some minor adjustments.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Asus HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5 SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £64.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £610.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).




Edit: almost :D
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Thanks for the quick reply and your suggestions :)

I wasn't sure what power supply to get, didn't know what would be able to run it. That's also modular so even better, thanks!

Also, in regards to the cooler, would I need to buy thermal paste or does it come pre-applied and it if does, should I use it? Would pre-applied paste be OK without overclocking? This is the only bit I'm really worried about doing right!

Thanks again,

Nick
 
NickH85 said:
Thanks for the quick reply and your suggestions :)

I wasn't sure what power supply to get, didn't know what would be able to run it. That's also modular so even better, thanks!

Also, in regards to the cooler, would I need to buy thermal paste or does it come pre-applied and it if does, should I use it? Would pre-applied paste be OK without overclocking? This is the only bit I'm really worried about doing right!

Thanks again,

Nick
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It comes with a sachet of paste..

It will be more than good enough for overclocking. :)
 
Doomedspeed said:
It comes with a sachet of paste..

It will be more than good enough for overclocking. :)
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Fantastic, thank you so much :D

For the record, my mate just said it's an Antec 300 Two case, which going from some reviews seem a pretty good budget case, so that will do for the time being.
 
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