£1000/$1500 Gaming PC Help/Advice

lukeo77

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Approximate Purchase Date: Not Sure. Probably in the Summer Holidays when i have 8 weeks off school :D

Budget Range: £1000/$1500 after VAT

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Browsing the Web, Watching YouTube, School Work

Are you buying a monitor: Yes

Parts to Upgrade: None

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Whatever PartPicker says. Preferably UK based

Location: City, State/Region, Country - UK

Parts Preferences: Not really bothered

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 is the resolution of the monitor i found on part picker. I'm not sure if this is good or not

Additional Comments: Gonna want to have no lag, high FPS on mid-high graphics on pretty much all games ATM and for 3-5 years in the future (hopefully) Specifically BF 3&4, APB Reloaded and others

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My computer i have now can't run Minecraft in browser. Yeaaahhh its pretty crap.

What i have ATM is this-

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Qbpu
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Qbpu/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Qbpu/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£103.46 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60.70 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£75.59 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.99 @ Aria PC)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN781ND 802.11b/g/n PCI Wi-Fi Adapter (£8.08 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.59 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£53.99 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.13 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£68.39 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: LG IPS224V-PN 21.5" Monitor (£103.96 @ Ebuyer)
Other: EVGA 02G-P4-3658-KR GeForce GTX 650Ti Boost Superclocked Nvidia Graphics Card (2GB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 3.0, 192-Bit) (£152.52)
Total: £944.38
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-12 14:36 BST+0100)

The GPU i found on Amazon.co.uk and it wasn't on PartPicker so i did it as a Custom Part.
Is it all compatible?
Can i get better things with the £55 left?
Can i get better or the same quality for less or the same amount of money?

All help/advice is apreciated
Thnx in advance
 
While you have gone with the bells and whistles of an OC chip/board combo and SSD i feel for the money it is lightweight in the meat and potatoes of a bang for buck gaming rig i.e the GPU. Even more so for 1080p gaming - here is a no frills/stock base build with a monster single GPU smacked in off Ebuyer UK

 

lukeo77

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Although your build is good i think my build would perform better overall. I have the unlocked CPU and Z77 board because i will be OCing to around 4.3-4.5ghz. I also have an SSD because i want my comp to load quickly as i do turn it on and off frequently. I also like my maps and stuff to load quickly.
Thnx for your input though
 

TimeLass

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- that Ram is too darn expensive, go for cheaper 8Gb 1600 MHz one.
- you like that case very much? if yes then just get it, if you don't really like it, get a cheaper one such as Xigmatek Asgard pro/NZXT source 210/Raidmax Hurricane/Corsair 200R/Bitfenix Shinobi.
- Zalman Performa is good.
- spend the rest on GPU, HD7790/7850/7870XT
 

lukeo77

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Thnx a lot for your advice. I like the look of the case, it isn't very expensive and it has good airflow.
This is what i have come up with now-

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/QcFg
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/QcFg/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/QcFg/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£103.46 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£47.39 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£75.59 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card (£206.99 @ Novatech)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN781ND 802.11b/g/n PCI Wi-Fi Adapter (£8.08 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.59 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£53.99 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.13 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£68.39 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: LG IPS224V-PN 21.5" Monitor (£103.96 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £985.54
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-12 16:49 BST+0100)
 

lukeo77

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Overclock the GPU? Didn't know this was possible. Does the XT just mean its unlocked so u can OC? Either way i will upgrade the PSU.
Thnx for the help
Any other build ideas are greatly appreciated
 

lukeo77

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This is what i have now-

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£104.19 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£47.39 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£75.59 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card (£206.78 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN781ND 802.11b/g/n PCI Wi-Fi Adapter (£8.08 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.59 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£67.20 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.13 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£68.39 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: LG IPS224V-PN 21.5" Monitor (£103.96 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £999.27
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-13 13:10 BST+0100)

Can i get a better GPU for the money? I think around £200 is what im spending on it