Spec us a build for £700 - £800, mainly for streaming and general use.

[The Matrix]

A mate is after a new build to replace his ageing desktop, he'll mainly be using it for streaming, playing poker, general internet use, occasional ripping dvd's. movies and TV etc. He may play the occasional game as he's into the X-Box so may in time convert to PC gaming if he thinks its better than the X box. The streaming he does is live football and films etc.

I'll be doing the build for him, i was thinking of an i5 3570k and an 1155 Gigabyte motherboard like the Z77X D3H or similar, or would you recommend going the Haswell route ? The tower he'd want is one thats very good for air cooling.

Any suggestions would be great for the entire build including tower etc, in a shopping basket form would be great.

 

[joeyjojo]

I'm not sure what kind of streaming you mean - watching shows or broadcasting games live?

For the former, you could get something plenty good enough for half the budget. For the latter, what kind of games does he stream?

 

[The Matrix]

Hi

Ive updated the original post so its a little bit clearer.

 

[The Matrix]

Any suggestions on the build would be appreciated, is it better to go Haswell or Ivybridge ?

 

[The Matrix]

This is a rough one i came up with, he already has windows 7. Just need to decide on a case.

Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £107.99
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £71.99
Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic £86.99
Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Blue £69.98
AMD Sapphire 7850 HD £140
Corsair Professional Series AX 760W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £119.99
Samsung optical drive £20

£786.94

 

[fowler002]

Cheaper psu as you don't need such an expensive one, I've linked the 550w but you can go for the 650w which is ~£14 more if you want headroom.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-003-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2057

Cheaper cooler but just as good

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-020-AL

Cheaper and faster ram

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-052-TG&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

Gpu slightly more expensive but comes with free bf4 and voucher(well code ocuk will emailer you) for four free games from the amd website from a choice of several(you put the code ocuk send you on the amd website, choose the games then amd give(email and on your account on the amd website) you the codes to enter on steam/origin)

 

[The Matrix]

Hi Fowler

Thanks for the suggestions, the memory looks interesting, never heard of that make though.

He wants a fully modular PSU of around 760W, its for the flexibilty of possible upgrades later plus only having to use the cables you need.

 

[stulid]

You get a better bang per buck with AMD.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £125.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £59.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shadow Tower Case - Midnight Black £54.98
1 x Xigmatek Achilles II SD1284 CPU-Cooler - 120mm £26.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £14.99
Total : £699.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Added a 2TB HDD in case he needs additional storage

The R7 GPU is a better card than a 7850HD.

 

[The Matrix]

Thanks Stulid, its appreciated.

He wants to go the Intel route so have to decide on either Ivybridge or Haswell, also he wants a fully modular PSU. The memory looks interesting, are they low profile ? Obviously he'd need clearance to get a good air cooler above them.

I don't think that case would be the best for air cooling with it having a sealed front and no vents on top, that Radeon R9 270 seems to be popluar so i'll recommend that to him.

Is their any huge differences between these 2 R9 270 cards ?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-245-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1982

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-169-PC&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1982

 

[Danny75]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.99
1 x Zalman Z3-Plus Midi-Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Janus LD1266 Heatpipe CPU Cooler - 120mm £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £14.99
Total : £809.92 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[The Matrix]

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