Spec me! £560 Budget!

[UKFX]

I have £600 to spend, but I won't be able to get Windows 7 until sometime next week, so I am a little concerned about the "This Week Only Deals" perhaps offering better stuff for the price. Suggestions?

I cannot stretch beyond £600, regardless, so the closer to £560 the better - remember I must still buy Windows 7 64-bit)

The most I plan to game at is 1920x1080p on a single screen, but upgradability would be nice.

A 1TB HDD would also be nice so I can throw a ton of games on there.

I intend to play games such as Oblivion, Skyrim, Empire: Total War, Shogun 2, maybe BF3, Crysis, FSX, Dead Island, future titles. The higher the frames and the higher the settings the better.

Good modular power supply with a bit of headroom would be nice.

Reliable, overclockable motherboard and CPU is essential.

Zalman Z9 Plus looks good, but depending on the mobo, an the CPU cooler, I need very effective air cooler at a reasonable price to keep an OC'd i5 way under its limit.

Thanks for any help folks.

 

[Name]

Do you already have a genuine copy of Windows 7? If you do, don't buy another copy, just register your existing copy on your new machine, i did, saved me £80

Just make sure your OS version matches the amount of RAM you're going to use.

 

[Bacon?]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 "Dual Fan Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £65.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £588.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 

[UKFX]

No, I have ZERO copies of Windows 7, unfortunately. lol

 

[jimbos]

Hi

I purchased the below spec 2 days ago, and I can highly recommend the set up. You may be able to pick some bits out - the board, cpu and grphx card are very good imo. I am using ot for gaming at 1920x1200 and so far so good.

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) -
HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M)
Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2)
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Akasa Dual 2.5" SSD/HDD Mounting Kit (AK-MX010V2)

 

[Bacon?]

Jimbos thats out of his reach by a long way.

 

[UKFX]

Edited and deleted because I am a foolish fool.

 

[Bacon?]

Wheres the DVD-RW

 

[UKFX]

D'oh

 

[UKFX]

Wheres the DVD-RW

D'oh!

RAHH!

Lol, am I picking these things prematurely, an just wait until I can get Windows 7, or should I pick now and be all excited an then just order the copy of Windows 7 next week? lol

 

[UKFX]

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[jeff6475]

That 560 is out of stock(nvm you changed it) get this 6870 cheaper and better than the 560

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-143-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/540?vs=543

i had that bequiet PSU and its very good and quiet

 

[UKFX]

I'm just going to empty my basket and start over. This seemed easier last week. :|

 

[Name]

I found it so tricky getting my parts together, one of the reasons i didnt ask forums is because you end up with about 5 different amazing baskets that you cant decide between

Still took me a good week even after consulting friends.

 

[UKFX]

That 560 is out of stock(nvm you changed it) get this 6870 cheaper and better than the 560

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-143-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/540?vs=543

i had that bequiet PSU and its very good and quiet

Yes an the MSI overclocked 6870 is about £113. I just need help picking a good board that can OC, an a decent power supply. My budget is now £600

 

[UKFX]

blah blah edit delete rahhhh

 

[Bacon?]

Slightly over:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked FTW 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1363-KR) £124.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £65.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £629.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 

[MORE SPEED]

Why is an overclockable CPU essential?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x Samsung 64GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC064D/EU) £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £53.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £676.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).




Bit over your recent spec, but much better GPU (more important than a 2500K if you're gaming), and an SSD thrown in as well.

 

[UKFX]

Why is an overclockable CPU essential?

Well, if I start limiting myself in all areas, what is the point? I already have to slump on the PSU, an the size of the HDD, not to mention the mainboard. I know I don't have a huge sum of money, but I need something which is going to last me, and not burn a hole in my pocket. The mainboard is important, because I don't want to be held back on that, whether it is ATX or Micro-ATX, the main thing is that whatever I do with it, I don't want anything going bang, so 3 phase power and boiling hot VRMs are no good to me.

 

[UKFX]

Slightly over:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked FTW 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1363-KR) £124.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £65.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £629.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).

This build or the one you picked earlier?