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Critch1990

Critch1990

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EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2670-KR) £305.99

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95

Gigabyte Z77- G1-Sniper M3 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £139.99

BitFenix Colossus Blue LED Big Tower Windowed Case - White £119.99
Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard (920-000978) £99.98

Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99

Intel Liquid Cooling Solution CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1155/1156//1366/2011) £72.98

PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W High Performance Modular Power Supply - White £64.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £54.98

Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £49.99

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99

Total : £1,221.53

I know the Sniper Motherboard doesnt fit the theme but couldnt find one that matched that looked to the same standard.

A bit over on the budget is this a little bit of overkill? Its a shame im goign to have to get it on 12month finance but cant keep destroying my Macbook playing diablo, wow and Battlefield

Any input guys?
 
Well, pimping up a rig can become expensive.

You can cut around £200 without worrying about the looks. The Bitfenix Shinobi White is a cheaper alternative, would need some dremelling on the side panel.

What about the Z77X-UD3H? Or the P8Z77-V Pro? It also has wifi.

Secondly, you can reduce your budget further with a 7850. Very good card. Bottom line would be 7850 + 3570K (£700), versus a GTX670 + 3570K + SSD (£1000).
 
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Games i will be playing at the moment will be BF3, CSS, WoW and Diablo 3 So the GTX 670 might be a bit high but dont want to drop to low incase i choose to pick up a graphics intense game in the future. Also not sure if this board supports SLI or fits together :)
 
All three boards mentioned in this thread support SLI+Crossfire.

You will want a bigger wattage PSU, 750w I would say.
 
Any recommendations for a possible graphics card replacement if i dont need it?

Ive also replaced the motherboard with the Asus P8Z77-V LE Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard that olivere recommended.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £105.98
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - White £94.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £87.98
1 x Sandisk Extreme SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-120G-G25) £84.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £84.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £988.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Sorry i meant the PRO version of that motherboard.

Any recommendations on a possible graphics card change? Dont really want to drop down to much incase i more to something a bit more graphics intense in the future.
 
Does the build fit together ok if so ill get it ordered now or are there some changes i should make like moving to a 750W PSU rather than the 500W i chose?

And anyone have the g19?
 
Critch1990 said:
Does the build fit together ok if so ill get it ordered now or are there some changes i should make like moving to a 750W PSU rather than the 500W i chose?

And anyone have the g19?
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Here's my suggestion, a little bit cheaper than yours with a very good 750W PSU for SLI, and a mechanical keyboard which I'd get when spending that much on a keyboard. Do some research though to see which you'd prefer.

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x BitFenix Colossus Blue LED Big Tower Windowed Case - White £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £105.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance K90 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £99.98
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £96.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £54.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,198.51 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 
Critch1990 said:
Does the build fit together ok if so ill get it ordered now or are there some changes i should make like moving to a 750W PSU rather than the 500W i chose?

And anyone have the g19?
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Both yours and honosuseri builds fit fine.

The only thing is the PSU, try this one,
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-055-BQ&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1083

honosuseri suggestion makes more sense with the ATX sized board in the big case and a few other things.
 
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Critch1990 said:
Sorry i meant the PRO version of that motherboard.

Any recommendations on a possible graphics card change? Dont really want to drop down to much incase i more to something a bit more graphics intense in the future.
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The 670 (as stulid showed in his link) quite frankly is a much better GPU. It's a cut down 680 but they trimmed off very lil fat so to speak. The 7850 is popular because it has 2GB of VRAM and overclocks very well, the spec i did before was Xfire capable if you had wanted to add a 2nd 7850 much later on.

Critch1990 said:
Does the build fit together ok if so ill get it ordered now or are there some changes i should make like moving to a 750W PSU rather than the 500W i chose?
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What is in your basket?

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2670-KR) £305.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Asrock Z77 Extreme4 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.99
1 x Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard (920-000978) £99.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black/White £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £87.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £84.98
1 x Sandisk Extreme SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-120G-G25) £84.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PXD38G1600LLK) £39.95
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,215.24 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Another good white case. The Z77 mobo does do SLI/Xfire it has THX rated onboard audio so no need for a soundcard really. If style appeals to you then you might like the gold caps and styling of the mobo.

I chose the CM 700W PSU both times to show it can Xfire two 7850s or is more than enough for any single GPU setup. It's modular and the same price as it's 600W lil bro pretty much. For £65 it ticks a lot of boxes, to SLI the 670 you are going to need a lil more power realistically.

I included a closed loop cooler as you considered one. This is a place where you can save some cash. The H-100 is considered to be the ideal closed loop cooler to use, although you could use an air cooler for around £30 and still achieve a good overclock

Not the cheapest cooler but will peform well and again it's wether you like the style/look of it

I look forward to seeing what you decide on. Any chance of a build log? With lots of pretty pics? ;)
 
A cheaper option keeping the faster card and the above suggestions, the Shinobi doesn't have the space of some of the other cases but its signifcantly cheaper and fits in with the colour scheme:


YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £105.98
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 730W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £89.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £54.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - White/Blue £49.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket Intel® Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,038.32 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 
honosuseri said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2670-KR) £305.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Asrock Z77 Extreme4 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.99
1 x Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard (920-000978) £99.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black/White £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £87.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £84.98
1 x Sandisk Extreme SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-120G-G25) £84.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PXD38G1600LLK) £39.95
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,215.24 (includes shipping : £13.75).

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That with maybe a Gigabyte board (better UK based warranty) and the Bequiet PSU (four PCI-E connectors) will be ace:)
 
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stulid said:
Both yours and honosuseri builds fit fine.

The only thing is the PSU, try this one,
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-055-BQ&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1083

honosuseri suggestion makes more sense with the ATX sized board in the big case and a few other things.
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Cheers for your input Stulid, Could you be a bit more in depth?

Im hoping to get something ordered tonight but your comments about KFX and his making more sense went totally over my head and its looks completly diffrent to what i have put together.

With mine i was trying to keep to a theme also but i dont mind swapping bits if thats what it needs i can just look for a colour in the new part.
 
7850s are not worth £200. I got mine for £160

A 670 is a better buy if you get one for just under £300.

As at the current price you're having to get finance, if I were you I'd tone down your budget, or even buy second hand.

Everything in my sig comes in at under £550 (second hand stuff - case, mobo, ram, cpu, hdd)
 
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