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Hi all,

I'm planning to get a new PC for gaming and would be grateful if you could have a look at what I am planning to get!

I play a range of games but my primary need is to run at 2 monitors with one playing vidoes/youtube/movies etc when gaming.... Also.. I'm not sure if the Motherboard I have selected is sufficient.

Edit: Oh and I've love to know what you think regarding windows 8.1 us windows 7 too! Game I currently play are: CS:GO, Path of Exile, Chivalry... My current computer cant really handle anything else, but I plan on FINALLY getting into the Assassin Creeds series and finish bioshock! OH and elderscrolls online when that comes out.. Once again Thanks for any advice you may have!

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Lincoln

Build:

Computer Case: NZXT Phantom 410
CPU: Intel i5 3570K Overclocked to (4 x 4.6 GHZ) - Ivy Bridge
CPU Heatsink: Corsair Hydro Series H60 2013 (Advanced Liquid Cooling)
Memory: Corsair 8GB XMS3 PC3-12800 1600MHz (1x8GB) - Lifetime Warranty (DDR3)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 JETSTREAM - 4 GB - (PALIT) - (PCI-E)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX (Intel Z77) - VGA/DVI/HDMI
Sound Card: Motherboard Integrated HD Sound
Networking: Wireless Network Card 450Mbps (PCI-E)
Power Supply: Corsair 650W PSU - Low Noise
Hard Drive #1: 120GB Kingston SSD SATA-III, Read 450MB/s, Write 450MB/s - Silent
Hard Drive #2: 2 TB Seagate (2000 GB) SATA-III HDD 7200 RPM 64MB
Operating System #1: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Standard 64 BIT (Genuine DVD & COA Included)
CPU Compound: Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound
 
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What is your total budget?
Where are you buying from?

-Drop the thermal compound. The CPU Cooler comes with thermal compound.
-The Corsair H60 isn't very good. Stick with air cooling, like the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.
-Grab 2x4gb of ram over 1x8gb, so you get to utilize dual channel memory.
-Don't go with Ivy Bridge (Socket LGA 1155). It's a dead socket now.
 
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Link622

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Thanks for the reply,
My Budget is around £1000 +/- £100 ish.
To be honest I'm either just going to lazy it up and buy it from a custom pc website or just pick up the parts using pc part picker.
Noob Question: So I guess I should drop Ivy Bridge for the Intel Hasell version?
Thanks again!
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£165.90 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£103.04 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£53.60 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£71.50 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£251.72 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£88.48 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£86.22 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) (£71.60 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £958.54
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-07 18:32 GMT+0000)

-Newer Haswell chip.
-Should be able to overclock to 4-4.3ghz, but it all depends on your chip.
-Bigger psu for future crossfire.
 
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