£1000 gaming PC advice
AlexTheLlama
Hey all,
I'm seeking advice on my gaming PC build. My existing PC is incapable of running the strategy games I like to play these days (Empire: Total War, CIV 5, CoH/M2TW w/ high detail) and is just slow, loud and crap overall, so I've put aside 1000 British pounds to create a PC that will last me.
I've been lurking these forums for some weeks now, and you lot seem to know what you're on about. Please give your expert opinions on my build:
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core £239.99
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM £56.23
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H ATX LGA1155 £149.72
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 £75.32
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM £57.59
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB £259.99
Case: Cooler Master HAF 922 ATX Mid Tower £79.99
Power Supply: OCZ 650W ATX12V £71.99
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer £11.40
Total: £1002.22
I don't require a monitor or any other peripherals, and I already own a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate. I may overclock the CPU but not massively. Same with the GPU.
Obviously, I'm British, so any replacements need to be available here.
I'm seeking advice on my gaming PC build. My existing PC is incapable of running the strategy games I like to play these days (Empire: Total War, CIV 5, CoH/M2TW w/ high detail) and is just slow, loud and crap overall, so I've put aside 1000 British pounds to create a PC that will last me.
I've been lurking these forums for some weeks now, and you lot seem to know what you're on about. Please give your expert opinions on my build:
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core £239.99
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM £56.23
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H ATX LGA1155 £149.72
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 £75.32
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM £57.59
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB £259.99
Case: Cooler Master HAF 922 ATX Mid Tower £79.99
Power Supply: OCZ 650W ATX12V £71.99
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer £11.40
Total: £1002.22
I don't require a monitor or any other peripherals, and I already own a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate. I may overclock the CPU but not massively. Same with the GPU.
Obviously, I'm British, so any replacements need to be available here.
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This should do you better for £1000
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£163.19 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£101.98 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£42.96 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£80.54 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£88.20 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card (£296.15 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced ATX Full Tower Case (£107.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£73.14 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SN-208DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£17.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £997.56
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-09 20:11 GMT+0000) -
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£163.19 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£62.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£67.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£49.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£259.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£259.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Silverstone SST-RL01B-USB 3.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£35.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£67.90 @ Dabs)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.40 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1003.20
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-09 20:48 GMT+0000)
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