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jamie4696

jamie4696

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hey guys and im building my first ever gaming computer and basically i need your help.
im looking for a computer that can do things such a-

play video games to the best specs or high specs at least
run capture software such as fraps
photoshop
rendering videos (i believe this uses RAM)

Basically this is my list of items that im thinking of using please can i have opinions on better options or anything that i need that i missed it.

HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - AMD 3 - £287.99

AMD Bulldozer FX-8 Eight Core 8120@8150 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail with FREE Deus Ex PC Game - £143.99

Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) -£89.99

Asus M5A97 PRO AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard - £73.79

Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9) - £61.99

OcUK Swift 750W V2 Silent Power Supply - £ 35.99


i left out the case and disk drive because i didnt think they were necessary please pop some feedback.
 
Welcome,

First of all, what is your budget?

Is it just light video editing or Very heavy?

The case is important to know, as we can assess whether all the components will fit or not.

I feel you should go Ivybridge rather than bulldozer, the performance is much better in gaming and general PC use.

If you are going to Overclock you need an aftermarket CPU cooler, these can be purchased for around £30.

The PSU you chose, is not reccomeneded. Go for a Branded one, such as Corsair, Antec, coolermaster, OCZ, XFX or Be quiet. They cost more, but will be much better and last a lot longer.

The RAM is overpriced, 1600 mhz should be fine.
 
okay i have a total budget of £750 so not the highest budget and not massive video editing just splitting and piecing back together, could someone help me i have no idea what im doing really, im not to worried about overclocking i just need a powerful computer that is able to render videos as quickly as possible and play games well whilst recording.
By the way the case i had in mind is -
Cooler Master Centurion RC534 Windowed Tower Case - Black £47.99
and it will be on windows 7
i have no idea on monitor sizes yet :/
sorry about this.
 
I'm on my phone so I can't spec you a basket but an i5 will be well within your budget and is just awesome (both sandy bridge and ivybridg)
 
I would probably recommend this, but it's over your budget.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2670-KR) £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £65.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £43.99
Total : £792.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).



a 2500K retail will bring it more in line.

I also recommend MSI Afterburner as a capture tool. Love it.
 
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olivier renault said:
I would probably recommend this, but it's over your budget.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2670-KR) £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £65.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £43.99
Total : £792.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).



a 2500K retail will bring it more in line.

I also recommend MSI Afterburner as a capture tool. Love it.
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okay thankyou ill look into it its alright at about this price , will this run games such as magicka or battlefield whilst also recording ??
 
jamie4696 said:
okay thankyou ill look into it its alright at about this price , will this run games such as magicka or battlefield whilst also recording ??
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I've recorded some L4D2 footage with 6950 crossfire, and a 2500K no problem.

I couldn't say first hand unless you go to the people who've actually done it on a similar rig. AFAIK, the video card has little impact, so you could get a 7850, while still getting good framerates and more money towards a SSD and maybe a CPU cooler for overclock. Or whatever is best for recording / streaming gameplay on your budget (3770K + cooler?).
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2670-KR) £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £80.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £40.00
Total : £780.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).



You can swap 3570K for 2500K or Intel xeon 1230, all cost roughly the same... Read about xeon 1230 it is very interesting chip and will be useful to you, since it has 4 cores and 8 threads, you only get that in i7 which is 80 quid more expensive.
 
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jamie4696 said:
what would you recommend if i wanted to go with AMD instead of Intel, i hear a lot of talk about AMD being just as good and better for money ?
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Not with Bulldozer. They are actually sometimes worse than their Phenom II predecessors, especially at similar clocks. BD can have the edge at encoding / rendering, heavily threaded tasks, but that's not always true, and you get penalised in games. The i5 / i7 are much more versatile and consistent and the best for gaming / overclocking.

The FX-8120 would be the only one I'd bother with. But I'd rather have a 2500K at the least.
 
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jamie4696 said:
oh okay and is there a major difference between the i5 and i7 like is it worth forking out extra for an i7 for what i want the computer for
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Depends what you do. But not for gaming. Dunno if multithreading comes into play for streaming / recording.

IIRC you can use the integrated graphics to offload most of the video encoding work.
 
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