Spec me a ~£700 gaming pc

The blu ray drive is the real money hog in this rig.

If you REALLY need it, go for it, but if you don't i'd scrap it if i were you.

There £30 Blu-ray players aren't great , so you need to pay £50+ for a decent one.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £185.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £79.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £47.95
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £45.95
Total : £722.45 (includes shipping : £10.50).



If you want this rig ask in the CS section whether the board comes with the ivybridge BIOS. :)
 
 
deadpresidents4 said:
Which card is better
Additionally aint 16gb better for windows 8
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The 670 but stulids overall build is better. :)

..and mine may not even work, as i said you'd have to contact CS..

If you can stretch your budget, id get stulids build and throw the GTX 670 in it. :)

No, you wont need 16GB of RAM for gaming.. or an OS.. I don't know where you got that from.. 8GB is more than enough for all of those tasks.
 
For price you cant really go wrong, if you had a little more on the budget then yes, you can get a better case.
 
stulid said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
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) £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £773.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).



The Blu-ray obviously eats a lot of the budget.

The GFX is on a weekend only offer.
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+1 for this as its the spec of the two I go for and what I would have specced myself ;)
 
deadpresidents4 said:
So if I pre order what happens
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Either the parts are shipped without the GFX card (follows when in stock), or its all delayed till the GFX card is in stock.

You can still use the system without a GFX card, but you will be limited to simple tasks as the built-in gfx of the Haswell CPU isnt great.
 
deadpresidents4 said:
Say if I spent more on a better gpu what would you suggest?
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Hmmm,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £279.95
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfigh (GX-108-GI) £259.99
Total : £551.34 (includes shipping : £9.50).




Maybe a GTX680 also? there are some listed at around £270, but either on pre-order again or out of stock.
 
deadpresidents4 said:
I will be using the Qnix QX271LED Evolution II

2.5k res

At the moment 670 is looking best but how much difference does the 7970 give?

Secondly I am concerned by the Psu as my past pcs have been fairly loud, is it possible to do silent on a budget?
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The Antec PSU is quiet (don't think I've ever used a loud one to be honest).

Going back to the 7970, I reviewed a fast 7970 against my GTX670 here - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=24145098#post24145098
 
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