xmas spec check

Steveocee · 18 Oct 2013 at 19:50

OK, so I was offered a PS4 for xmas and I said no thanks.
I have a spare and decent Antec 650w PSU, 16GB of patriot ram on windows 7.

Looking to build a htpc/gaming pc to play the new titles on when I'm not on the "big rig"

Any advice on this;
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte H77N-WIFI Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £89.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
Total : £545.82 (includes shipping : £16.60).

Thanks

RJC · 18 Oct 2013 at 19:57

A little more but can be overclocked and Haswell cpu.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87N-WIFI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £119.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £69.95
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £57.95
Total : £561.36 (includes shipping : £11.25).

Steveocee · 18 Oct 2013 at 19:58

Worth looking at an AMD build?

RJC · 18 Oct 2013 at 20:06

My personal view is stick with Intel.

drnick · 18 Oct 2013 at 21:10

Why Mini, you could save a bit on a normal ATX case getting a £40-50 one and maybe drop to 1tb of hard drive saving another £20ish, always add another later if you are really going to use it all, and upgrade to a 7950 card with three free games and free delivery on whole order for not far off the same amount. Also change the mobo still a Z87 maybe the gigabyte D3HP another £10 saving that comes with a free decent aftermarket cooler at the moment.

A bit more for your money perhaps...

Steveocee · 18 Oct 2013 at 21:12

drnick said:
Why Mini, you could save a bit on a normal ATX case getting a £40-50 one and maybe drop to 1tb of hard drive saving another £20ish, always add another later if you are really going to use it all, and upgrade to a 7950 card with three free games and free delivery on whole order for not far off the same amount. Also change the mobo still a Z87 maybe the gigabyte D3HP another £10 saving that comes with a free decent aftermarket cooler at the moment.

A bit more for your money perhaps...

I was hoping for a small form factor as it needs to sit around the TV area, good point on the 7950 call though, I have a 7950 and ICEQ 7950 in my rig now, could get another ICEQ and then move the standard 7950 over into the new build.