buying a gaming system budget up to £700

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bonesta

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hi
i am thinking of buying (customized by me on a website) a new rig for the gaming and and would like your advice on it.

im thinking of something like this....

- Computer Case Corsair Carbide Series 200R
- CPU Intel i5 4570 - (4 x 3.2 GHZ) - Haswell
- CPU Heatsink Arctic Cooling Freezer 13
- Memory 8 GB 1333Mhz (1x8GB) - (DDR3)
- Graphics Card None or Motherboard Integrated Graphics
- Motherboard Gigabyte Z87-HD3 (Intel Z87)
- Sound Card Motherboard Integrated HD Sound
- Networking Motherboard Integrated Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
- Power Supply Corsair 750W PSU - Low Noise
- CPU Compound Standard CPU Compound Supplied With Heatsink
- Case Fans 2 x Cooler Master Blue LED Quiet Case Fan 120mm
- Hard Drive #1 500 GB Seagate SATA-III HDD 7200 RPM 16MB
- Hard Drive #2 1 TB Seagate (1000 GB) SATA-III HDD 7200 RPM 64MB
- Optical Drive #1 Samsung 24x DVD/CD Re-Writer/Reader - Black - (SATA)
- Backup Software 1-Click Recovery System - Image Backup - Original O/S DVD
- DVD Playback Software FREE - CyberLink PowerDVD 10
- DVD/CD Burning Software FREE - Nero V12 - NEW
= 660
i will be using the windows 7 i allready own and i also allready own a gigabyte GTX 660 2mb

look forward to hearing from you
Tony
 
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ijuro

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I dont understand if you will be using your old gtx 660 or you want use integrated graphic because you want gaming PC and gaming pc with integrated graphic isn't gaming PC.
You are spending too much on CPU
Buy an AMD CPU you will save money also on motherboard for amd cpu.
Get at least 1600 mhz memory
And you dont need 750 W power supply if you will be use integrated graphic.
And also you dont need 2 hardrives, buy 1 HDD 2TB or buy 60 GB SSD and 1 TB HDD
And buy cooler master hyper 212 instead of freezer 13
 
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And you dont need 750 W power supply if you will be use integrated graphic.
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OP already has a GTX 660 that they will be using in this rig.

And buy cooler master hyper 212 instead of freezer 13
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Definitely agree there, most low end Arctic Cooling fans aren't any better than the stock fan.

For that budget here is what I would suggest:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£149.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-C ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£95.44 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£69.19 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£68.88 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£63.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£70.38 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £602.02
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-17 17:54 GMT+0000)

That's a much wiser use of that budget and gives you an extra 100 quid to spend on SLI'ing that GTX 660.
 
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bonesta

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I will be using the windows and the gtx 660 in the new system!

I will be ordering it built from a website not building it myself as I'm not confident enough to do that!

Thanks guys
 
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