Rate this £1000 build from ocuk

Andrei23 · 3 Sep 2012 at 17:17

stulid · 3 Sep 2012 at 17:18

The HDD could be replaced by a 500GB HDD+SSD?

Rooster212 · 3 Sep 2012 at 17:20

You'll need to get 1 or 2 fans for the CPU cooler, it doesn't come with any.

660Ti is really not that great value for money, you should get a 7950 for that money.

Power supply is one I personally wouldn't get (I'd get a Corsair, OCZ or Seasonic)

Rooster212 · 3 Sep 2012 at 17:22

stulid said:
The HDD could be replaced by a 500GB HDD+SSD?

This too, the SSD will be much quicker and you can likely get the same capacity for slightly more expensive but with a much faster SSD.

Bacon? · 3 Sep 2012 at 17:23

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7950 OC 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (11196-01-20G) with FREE Sleeping Dogs PC Game £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite X2377HDS 23" Premium IPS Panel Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £137.99
1 x ASRock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £123.98
1 x BitFenix Prodigy mini ITX Cube Case & Quad Spectre Pro Fans Bundle - Black £103
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ / ST1000DM005) £67.99
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
2 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £26.99 (£53.98)
Total : £1,074.38 (includes shipping : £11.25).

Slightly over but I improved upon a few things.

Idleman · 3 Sep 2012 at 17:33

Bacon? said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7950 OC 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (11196-01-20G) with FREE Sleeping Dogs PC Game £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite X2377HDS 23" Premium IPS Panel Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £137.99
1 x ASRock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £123.98
1 x BitFenix Prodigy mini ITX Cube Case & Quad Spectre Pro Fans Bundle - Black £103
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ / ST1000DM005) £67.99
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
2 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £26.99 (£53.98)
Total : £1,074.38 (includes shipping : £11.25).

Slightly over but I improved upon a few things.

Does he need 16gb of ram. Also, if he is a student he could claim the £20 back on the Samsung monitor he chose. That would save him about £47. Might get him a cooler.

Andrei23 · 3 Sep 2012 at 17:46

From the reviews I've read it seems that the gtx 660 and the hd 7950 are neck and neck in most games, and apparently the hd 7950 would be a better choice when overclocked, but I doubt I will be able to do much of that in a mini-ITX case without the thermals going through the roof so the gfx would have to pretty much run at stock. Also, I don't need 16 gb of ram, 8 is more than enough for me.

Bacon? · 3 Sep 2012 at 17:54

Sorry must have clicked the buy button twice

Also the 7950 is faster at sock than the 66TI and if your case is properly ventilated (like the one I chose) then its easy to overclock without tremendous heat.

Also didn't realise the Samsung had cashback, definetley worth it then,

Andrei23 · 3 Sep 2012 at 18:17

Swapped the gtx 660 with this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-304-SP

the power supply with this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-058-OC

the memory with this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-033-OK

swapped the hdd with this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-257-SE

and added

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-000-AL

The grand total is now down to £976.87 inc. p&p.

Bacon? · 3 Sep 2012 at 18:21

You'll want to ask in Customer Services what make of RAM the value RAM is and what size it is. If its to tall it could become a nightmare with cooling options.

Will you be keeping an SSD or not then?

honosuseri · 3 Sep 2012 at 18:30

Bacon? said:
You'll want to ask in Customer Services what make of RAM the value RAM is and what size it is. If its to tall it could become a nightmare with cooling options.

Will you be keeping an SSD or not then?

The stock cooler will be fine. Because of the layout of that Asrock mini-itx mobo it's not wise to use tower coolers as they can block the PCI-E slot for the GPU. That's why he had a closed loop cooler in his original spec

Andrei23 · 3 Sep 2012 at 18:43

I think I will postpone getting an SSD initially and then look to get one later down the line when they get a bit cheaper. I don't think the ram should interfere with the ocuk closed loop cooler.

Bacon? · 3 Sep 2012 at 18:54

Ok, they most likely won't be getting any cheaper than now though bud, just a heads up.

Fair point on the RAM if your water cooling.