Whole Gaming PC for £1500?

[RedTen]

Ok so I am way out of the loop when it comes to PC building and the latest hardware!

I love the look of the BitFenix Prodigy so I'd like to build around that. Main tasks will be gaming (BF4) and photo/video editing.

Here's what I have so far. Should I drop down to 8gb RAM and have more available for GPU?

I went for i7 as I understand the latest games do benefit from the processing grunt. I'll need to add a gaming mouse, PSU and GPU to the below.

I do prefer using dual monitors but could possibly sway to a larger single display if it means I gain elsewhere.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £229.99
2 x Dell UltraSharp U2312HM 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £161.99 (£323.98)
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel kit (PV316G160C0K) £119.99
1 x MSI Z87I Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £113.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £69.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance K65 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Silver - Red Switch (CH-9000040-UK) £69.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £47.99
1 x Creative Fatal1ty HS-800 Gaming Headset £28.99
Total : £1,184.15 (includes shipping : £24.45).



Any thoughts?

 

[Doomedspeed]

Ill give you a spec later (supposed to be working. )..

But you've got a Ivybridge CPU and Haswell motherboard (youre actually the second person ive seen do that today..Hmm..)

You need a 4770k for that motherboard.

What are your thoughts on overclocking and cooling?

 

[RedTen]

Ill give you a spec later (supposed to be working. )..

But you've got a Ivybridge CPU and Haswell motherboard (youre actually the second person ive seen do that today..Hmm..)

You need a 4770k for that motherboard.

What are your thoughts on overclocking and cooling?

Ha, thanks. Me too.

Ah that proves how out of the loop I am I'm afraid.

Happy to overclock and cool outside of the norm. I was watercooling back in the day with an Athlon XP (last machine I built from scratch!).

Edit: Whilst reading over a few other threads I think perhaps it would be wise to remove the dual 22's and go for the Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" then add another later when required..

 

[Doomedspeed]

This is what ive come up with.. A bit over

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC Rev2.0 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N780OC-3GD) £383.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £275.99
1 x Asus VS24AHL 24.1" Widescreen Professional/Gaming LED Monitor - Black £227.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87M-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 2 620w '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £74.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance K65 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Silver - Red Switch (CH-9000040-UK) £69.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX) £61.99
1 x Prolimatech Black Megahalems CPU Cooler £49.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £47.99
1 x Creative Fatal1ty HS-800 Gaming Headset £28.99
2 x Akasa AK-FN058 Apache Black Super Silent 120mm Fan - 4 Pin PWM £9.98 (£19.96)
Total : £1,601.87 (includes shipping : £20.10).