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apple_man77

apple_man77

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Hello.

I've always thought of myself as an Apple lover and although I do love them I'm finding myself using our windows laptop more and more for playing games etc and after looking through some of the stunning builds on here fancy building my own PC.

I'm not a hardcore gamer in any shape or form and currently play stuff like SimCity and sim type games :rolleyes: Our Dell laptop will play SimCity on medium settings however gets extremely hot after a while and I don't think its too happy playing it.

I will also be using it for general web browsing/storing FLAC music and putting photo's on.

Budget isn't massive, I did set myself around £600.

I already have a 2tb hard drive which I'll be using. I'd like a 64gb Crucial M4 or Samsung EVO just for the OS but couldn't find on on OC. I'm also not sure whether to go with windows 7 or 8. I would also like to add a graphics card but hoping to get the system up and running and maybe next pay day add something for around £200 that'll last me a while rather than get a cheapo one now.

I do like Intel but happy to look at other mobo/cpu combo's.

I don't want to compromise on the case unfortunately although appreciate it takes up a good bit of my budget.



Thanks for taking the time to look.
Mark
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £113.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £55.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
Total : £547.90 (includes shipping : FREE).



Slightly cheaper than you spec, but with a CPU that will overclock easily and safely.

Could stick with the modular PSU, but in that case a non-modular should be fine. The one I've listed is 550w in case you want to add a fairly high end GPU.

No paste is needed, the stock cooler or any after market cooler should come with it / pre-applied.

P.S. I'd strongly advise getting a 120GB+ SSD when you do.
 
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Thank you very much Potty for taking the time to do that, really appreciate it mate.

I'm not too techy so don't know much about overclocking yet but I guess its nice to have the option should I need it in the future.

Are those OCZ PSU's reliable? Would the one you spec'd be a better choice than he Corsair CX500 non modular. I know its 50W down on the OCZ but are they generally a better PSU as from looking at some of the builds Corsair PSU's seem to be the one most people go for?

Thanks again
Mark
 
 
apple_man77 said:
Thank you very much Potty for taking the time to do that, really appreciate it mate.

I'm not too techy so don't know much about overclocking yet but I guess its nice to have the option should I need it in the future.

Are those OCZ PSU's reliable? Would the one you spec'd be a better choice than he Corsair CX500 non modular. I know its 50W down on the OCZ but are they generally a better PSU as from looking at some of the builds Corsair PSU's seem to be the one most people go for?
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No worries.

If your sure you wont be OC'ing things can be cheaper, but if you may, then a "k" chip is needed for Intel. Your first spec had a OC mobo but a non-OC CPU :D

That OCZ PSU is fine, if you'd rather the Corsair thats fine too, but obviously less power should you go for a higher end GPU later on. Recommendations on here are usually dependant on what offers are on (not many at the moment).

What's your total budget for everything? (including GPU/SSD/Windows)
 
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ThaReaperGuy said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £124.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £113.99
1 x MSI 990XA-GD55 AMD 990X Chipset (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.95
Total : £600.89 (includes shipping : FREE).



AMD, but will be very capable for your needs and includes a graphics card now to run those Sims games even more smoothly.
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Decent AMD spec, though this mobo would be more suitable:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-502-AS&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=2046
 
If you don't overclock the MSI 990X would be ok. But since the Asus is only £10 more and far better, I'd go with that anyway (and the 8320 can be pushed about 1GHz higher than stock so it's worth it).
 
Thanks for the replies guys.

It's nice to have a CPU that's capable of being overclocked I guess for the future although I wouldn't know how to do it myself so I didn't go looking for one that was capable of being overclocked.

Both of you have selected the OCZ PSU so I'm guessing it must be pretty decent!

Budget wise I've saved up £500 and its pay day tomorrow which I'll use a bit more to top up the funds to whatever the final spec is. I'm really wanting something to get me going and then add a GFX card etc as I go along although not sure if its worth adding in a SSD now to load the OS on to?

Do windows still do a 30 day trial without entering a licence code?

I've got a 2011 mac mini to sell with a few bits and pieces which should sort me out with getting the final few bits but I'd like to put some of that money towards a nice chair and a keyboard and mouse!
 
Potty *always* suggests OCZ PSUs, I think it's a bit of a fetish.

If you want something without a graphics card now your choice is Intel or to get the 8320 and a cheap £25 6450 card (which you could sell later).
 
This is a full build with a temporary basic graphics card:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £124.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £113.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £55.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £44.99
1 x Sapphire HD 6450 HM 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11190-04-20G) £26.99
Total : £570.91 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Evere since my one and only OCZ psu had some smoke coming out of it i wouldnt touch it again *personal preference* im pretty sure it was just mine but im a once bitten twice shy kind of guy lol
 
apple_man77 said:
Thank you.

I'll order one of them then before they run out and it can be the start of my build :-)
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Remember it's a refurb (90 Day Guarantee) and water/electricity don't mix all that well ;)

I'm not trying to put you off, just letting you know there is a risk.

If your not overclocking right away, there is no point at all in having a water cooler to be honest. When you do overclock a decent air cooler would do fine and make less noise.
 
teppic said:
Potty *always* suggests OCZ PSUs, I think it's a bit of a fetish.
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Actually most of the time I seem to spec Corsair or XFX :p

All depends on the OP and what offers are on.

You don't seem to mind the OCZ above anyway from a previous spec:

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Though the jonnyguru site gives the OCZ a very good score, and that's probably the best PSU review site. So I'll change my suggestion to that. Just don't tell Potty.
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:p :p

@OP With every brand of PSU there are people that have had bad ones, including XFX/Corsair etc. The reason for buying a decent brand is so when something does go wrong, hopefully your other parts are protected.

Really ever PSU in this thread will do what you need providing the GPU you add later will have enough watts etc.
 
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