Spec me the rest

[8BaLL]

Hi I am looking at getting a i7 3770k 3.50 ghz with 16 gb ram not sure which yet, Can you give me any ideas on the rest of a gaming spec I already have my case which is a coolermaster stormtrooper my budget is around £1000 thanks.

 

[Rusty0611]

£1000 on top of what you've already chosen or including?

 

[8BaLL]

I am getting a SSD out of my budget maybe even a blu-ray drive.

 

[8BaLL]

Including but except the case .

 

[olivier renault]

This is what I'd get for £1000-£1100.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020003-UK) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £62.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
Total : £1,045.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Can save about £100 on various bits.

3770K is over-specced for a gaming rig. So is 16GB. But if you want to, why not.

 

[olivier renault]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX16GX3M2A1600C11) £95.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DL002) £64.99
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £62.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
Total : £1,089.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).




No SLI.

 

[8BaLL]

Well the SSD and blu ray drive I am going to purchase out of my budget so I don't need them included I am looking into the corsair h100 though for cooling though.

 

[Doomedspeed]

This is what I'd get for £1000-£1100.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020003-UK) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £62.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
Total : £1,045.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Can save about £100 on various bits.

3770K is over-specced for a gaming rig. So is 16GB. But if you want to, why not.

Well the SSD and blu ray drive I am going to purchase out of my budget so I don't need them included I am looking into the corsair h100 though for cooling though.

Thats a great spec.

The H100 is very expensive for the amount of cooling performance you get. You are better of with a mid-range cooler like this. This will achieve a great overclock and you won't have to listen to the sound of the H100 pump.

 

[8BaLL]

I have also heard good things about the 7970 graphics card or would you recommend the GTX 670 and thanks Olivier your a great help.

 

[olivier renault]

You'll have to look at reviews, but AFAIK the 670 wins. Its ot a bad card by all means, but the 670 seems to do better, while using less power. The Windforce would be the card to get, alongside the DirectCU TOP, but this one is uber-expensive.

 

[Nutty_Death]

From what I've read the:
asus geforce gtx 670 directcu ii 2048mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card is one of the best 670's whilst still being fairly quiet and only using 2 slots. like olivier said though it is expensive but not much more than the other 670's...

Check this Tomshardware article out for a comparison of 670's

 

[olivier renault]

If no SSD and bluray,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX16GX3M2A1600C11) £95.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020003-UK) £89.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ / ST1000DM005) £67.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 140 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £39.95
Total : £1,035.84 (includes shipping : £10.00).



The True Spirit 140 is 170mm tall, but I think your case takes 180mm coolers. Very good cooler for the price, and quiet.

 

[olivier renault]

From what I've read the:
Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card Is one of the best 670's whilst still being fairly quiet and only using 2 slots. Like Olivier said though it is expensive but not much more than the other 670's...

The TOP is the overclocked version, I suppose the standard version would do very well too.

 

[philmo]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX16GX3M2A1600C11) £95.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DL002) £64.99
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £62.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
Total : £1,089.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).




No SLI.

OLIVIER

Sorry to gatecrash, I know you have listed the Gigabyte Z77-3DH over the Z77X-3DH (cheaper but does not SLI). I am about to order my self build (post elsewhere) and was going with Z77X. But as am not planning SLI is there any point ? - should I just stick with non SLI version - are there any other benefits (not clear from spec).

Thanks

 

[olivier renault]

Haven't looked hard at the specs, the Z77X has more voltage regulations, although both use digi-vrms. More SATA 6GB ports, more USB3 ports, more PCIE slots...

If you don't need all that stuff, then the D3H will do a good job. It has enough voltage regulation for IB overclocking, which sin't that demanding anyway.