Please Recommend Motherboard + GPU for PC Build?

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Tom Armstrong

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Hey guys

Building a PC for the first time and am a bit lost and would love some advice.

I'd like a Motherboard for around £100
I'd also like a GPU for around £200

PC is to play Skyrim as well as Battlefield 3/4 and future releases.

Current Build:
Case - Thermaltake Commander
PSU - Corsair 750W
CPU - Intel 4570
RAM - Kingston HyperX 1600MHz
HDD - Western Digital 1TB 3.5 inch

Any advice on the current components would be fantastic as well as recommendations and advice on motherboard and GPU. :)

Thanks in advance!
 
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I'm not really an intel guy but comparing these two motherboards, the Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H is more capable of overclocking than the...
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Thanks.

Could you possibly tell me why that mobo is so cheap compared to a mobo like the Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H shown in the link below?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-Z87X-UD3H-Motherboard-4thGeneration-Processors/dp/B00CXK59QK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386689551&sr=8-1&keywords=Gigabyte+GA-Z87X-UD3H

My friend recently purchased one of these but we are struggling to figure out why his cost nearly triple what you are recommending but seems to have basically the same capabilities.

Also, would a GTX 760 be appropriate? I would rather pay for a 760 than a 770
 
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I'm not really an intel guy but comparing these two motherboards, the Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H is more capable of overclocking than the asrock b85 pro4, btw z87 is intel's highest chipset to date, I assumed that youre not going to overclock coz you got a 4570 non k cpu, so the b85 pro4 would be enough and will save you some moolah. A z87 mb for the 4570 cpu would be non sense for me, until you upgraded your cpu to a k seres. :D

hope this helps:
http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Z87-H87-H81-Q87-Q85-B85-What-is-the-difference-473/

The Z87 chipset is the most feature-rich chipset and is the only one to offer full CPU overclocking for supported (K-series) processors. This chipset can easily handle SLI/Crossfire configurations by allowing the 16 PCI-E lanes from the CPU to be divided into either a single x16 slot, dual x8 slots, or a single x8 plus two x4 slots. While this means that the Z87 chipset can support triple SLI/Crossfire configurations, we typically recommend against doing so except in isolated circumstances. In most cases a Socket 2011 system is a better option as the additional PCI-E 3.0 lanes will provide improved performance.

The B85 chipset is the "budget" business option and as such is very limited compared to the other business chipsets. As such, it does not support iSIPP or vPro. Like the Q85 chipset, it has four SATA 6Gb/s ports compared to the six found on Q87. The B85 chipset is a good option for systems that need only basic functionality without the various features found in the other business chipsets.

the 760 is fine if you want to go cheaper.

 
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Tom Armstrong

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Sorry for the delay, I didn't get an email saying I had a reply for some reason.

Thanks man! Really helpful.

Good to know why my friend paid over double what I am planning to pay for a mobo. He is planning on overclocking where as, like you said, I am not, so this mobo and GPU will be great money savers :D
 
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no problem mate :D enjoy your gaming pc.
 
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