What would you recommend?

ragingcake · 19 Aug 2012 at 09:57

Just built a budget build what would you recommend and why? thanks

3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5 3570K 3.40GHz Socket LGA1155 - Retai£179.99

GIGABYTE GA-Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) Motherboard £84.99

XFX AMD Radeon HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 Free Games: DiRT 3 + DiRT Showdown
£179.99

Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £40.99

Seagate Barracuda 500GB 16MB Cache Hard Drive SATA 6GB/s 8.5ms 7200rpm - OEM £49.98

Sony AD-7280S-0B 24x DVD+/-RW SATA Black - OEM £13.99

PowerStation Black Edition 750W Silent ATX2 Modular Power Supply£64.98

Fractal Design R3 Black Pearl - now with USB 3.0 £74.99

Doomedspeed · 19 Aug 2012 at 10:09

Is that a list of what you have already built?

What recommendations do you want?

ragingcake · 19 Aug 2012 at 10:13

No not yet but about to order, for the same cost can you do better? it'll mainly be used for playing games at 1080p.

Is a 8.9ms HDD seek-time noticeable when compared to a 4.2ms? Justifying whether to change hard drive for an extra £15. With the 7850 being the same price as the 560ti it's a no brainer. Should i get a cheaper case and purchase an SSD for the boot drive etc

Doomedspeed · 19 Aug 2012 at 10:24

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £54.98
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £53.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £49.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £31.19
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £719.10 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Not much more £'s and you get an SSD.

Changed the RAM for Low profile and it's cheaper. No performance difference.

The case is well reviewed and highly customization.

The PSU is more than enough for the build.

The SSD will help no end, i know from personal experience.

Mei · 19 Aug 2012 at 10:30

the R4 is worth the extra i say
and hm stick with the sony rom it quieter im pretty sure, or go no dvd drive at all^^

Phusion · 19 Aug 2012 at 12:16

You could either go for 64GB or 128GB SSD depends what you store, the case is really up to your pick

I've added the Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU cooler which will be use to overclock the i5 3570K

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £179.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £64.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £751.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).