Spec my system pls :)

Waylander86

Waylander86

Waylander86

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Hey there guys!
Was thinking of purchasing this rig.. Thought id get your opinion b4 i go ahead with it. Its a budget gaming rig that will be mainly for bf3, mechwarrior LL and for upcoming mechwarrior online. What are your thoughts? cheers in advance. :)


Sapphire HD 7870 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99

BenQ G2450HM 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £137.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £114.98

Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GB3-BK) £95.99

Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.98

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £74.99

OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99

Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £47.99

Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99

Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £24.98

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99

Sub Total : £970.69

(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £20.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £198.16
Total : £1,188.95
 
Looks fine but I could maybe suggest a couple of things. Do you really need Windows Professional ? Windows Home is cheaper and for a gaming rig and general use is all you need. Also, how about a 64GB SSD as your OS/Boot drive and use your Seagate 1TB for everything else ? The increased system performance from having your OS on an SSD is worth it.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x BenQ G2450HM 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £137.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
1 x Sandisk Extreme SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-120G-G25) £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £74.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £38.39
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £24.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,171.31 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
Thanks for your input guys :) i have made some changes such as downgrading to windows 7 home and also going with idleman's recommendations of power supply and RAM....

I was curious as to the difference in motherboards..
Is it worth paying the extra for the Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99

Compared to Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.98 ??

cheers guys :)
 
You may want to make sure you choose Idleman's CPU as well as yours is oem and you won't have a cooler. In theory you could buy an oem CPU and an aftermarket cooler but I would recommend that you buy a retail CPU as well as an aftermarket giving you a longer warranty and a spare cooler.
 
Was just having a look at some of the deals and noticed this
Club3D HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion £287.99

Havnt really heard much about Club3D .. but this seems to be a massive saving for the 7950.

Do you guys think its worth the jump in cost in regards to future proofing, as i was looking at getting 7870 anyways??

cheers again :)
 
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