Sturdy build?

[kingpinuk880]

Hi there,

Just looking for a thumbs up really as admittedly i am not an IT wizard by any means. Been having a play around and ended up with the below build that fits my budget. I am looking to be able to play modern games on high spec at least (bf3, crisis etc).

Will the build below cut it? I may have gone a little over kill on the PSU, but I have read the gtx 570 can be a little power hungry, I will be using a 27inch monitor on 1920x1080 so I want to make sure the display is pushed through with as little struggle as possible. Any feedback greatly appreciated thanks in advance!
Ps- not looking to over clock or sli/crossfire down the line, just want a simple yet effective build that does the job


Computer Case - Cooler Master Elite 335
CPU - Intel i5 3570K - (4 x 3.4 GHZ) - Ivy Bridge
CPU Heatsink - Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo - Low Noise
Memory - Corsair 8GB XMS3 PC3-12800 1600MHz (2x4GB) (DDR3) Graphics Card - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 - 1280 MB - (EVGA) (PCI-E) Motherboard Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H (Intel B75) - VGA/DVI/HDMI
Sound Card Motherboard Integrated HD Sound
Networking Motherboard Integrated Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
Power Supply Cooler Master 650W PSU - Low Noise
CPU Compound Standard CPU Compound Supplied With Heatsink
Hard Drive #1 1 TB (1000 GB) SATA-III HDD 7200 RPM 64MB
Operating System - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 BIT

 

[Pinhedd]

GTX 570 is old news. Many games will easily blow past the 1280mb of SGRAM without breaking a sweat. Skyrim alone uses twice that on my PC

Get yourself a Radeon 7970 or GTX 670, they are around the same price right now. The 570 is not going to stand the test of time for much longer

Use Corsair Vengeance memory or Mushkin Redline memory instead of Corsair XMS3. XMS3 is some weird ***, causes a lot of problems.

 

[kingpinuk880]

thanks for the reply,

the step up to 7970 / gtx 670 is about £100 jump or so. probs abit above my budget. would getting a 7850 and overclocking it be a better option to the gtx 570 then? as the 7850 is roughly the same price as the gtx 570 it seems

 

[kingpinuk880]

thanks for the reply,

the step up to 7970 / gtx 670 is about £100 jump or so. probs abit above my budget. would getting a 7850 and overclocking it be a better option to the gtx 570 then? as the 7850 is roughly the same price as the gtx 570 it seems

 

[idroid]

Go here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum1.php?config=tomshardwareus.inc&cat=prive&page=1&subcat=0&sondage=0&owntopic=0&trash=0&trash_post=0&moderation=0&new=0&nojs=0


What's your budget?

 

[Pinhedd]

The 7870 is slightly ahead of the 570, but the gap between the 7870 and the 7850 is pretty big. If you can get a 7870 within your budget I'd go for that. I would say that the extra 100 for the 7970 is worth it though

 

[kingpinuk880]

budget is roughly £700 ex vat, will jumble stuff around and see if can afford, if not then ill have to settle for 570 or the 7850.

are these kind of charts worth going off?
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

 

[idroid]

budget is roughly £700 ex vat, will jumble stuff around and see if can afford, if not then ill have to settle for 570 or the 7850.

are these kind of charts worth going off?
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

Hell no, that page is complete BS, read your messages...

 

[kingpinuk880]

ok i reckon i can push to a gtx 660ti. is it worth the extra money over the 570/7850?

 

[idroid]

ok i reckon i can push to a gtx 660ti. is it worth the extra money over the 570/7850?

Can't you just say what are gonna use this PC for?

 

[kingpinuk880]

sorry i perhaps didnt make it clear enough in the OP, looking to game on it. wow,bf3,crisis etc. just gaming and redtube tbh

 

[idroid]

sorry i perhaps didnt make it clear enough in the OP, looking to game on it. wow,bf3,crisis etc. just gaming and redtube tbh

hahahahaha i knew it :lol:


CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.94 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£88.52 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£37.87 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.65 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB Video Card (£239.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Tempest 410 ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair 650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£83.58 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £732.54


Add an SSD and a CPU cooler later.

 

[kingpinuk880]

Thanks a lot. Appreciate the input! A great point in the right direction.