First build, £650 budget, making final changes before buying

[damien_95]

Tight budget = £650
Building a pc for the first time
Building because i want something to play games on without getting lags and so on...

(£145) CPU: i5 - 3470 3.2 GHz 6mb cache socket 1155
(£120) MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H ATX 1155 or (£100) ASRock Z77 Extreme 4 1155?
(£180) GPU: MSI Radeon HD 7870 2GB
(£31) RAM: G.skill Ripjaws 2x4GB DDR3 1600
(£41) HDD: Seagate barracuda 500GB 3.5 7200RPM
(£70) OS: Windows 7 64bit
(£13) Drive: LG GH24NS90.AUAA50B 24x SATA Bare Internal DVD Rewriter - Black
(£30) Case: Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black
PSU: 550W But i dont know what make i should buy, any suggestions?
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£630 I think the power supply will cost around £50 so £680...

Is this build good for gaming?
£680 for a pc is alot for me, expecially since im only 17 and im putting all of my money i have in it.
Which mother board is better? i cant see a difference and the ASRock is cheaper which would suit me better.
Thanks for your time!

 

[strife_ff7]

The motherboards are about the same so go with the asrock. Here's a good 550w psu xfx pro550 http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/powersupplies/p1-550s-xxb9.html

 

[damien_95]

The motherboards are about the same so go with the asrock. Here's a good 550w psu xfx pro550 http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/powersupplies/p1-550s-xxb9.html

Thanks The power supply seems good and the mobo yeah i thought the same haha thanks again

 

[damien_95]

Just found the NZXT Phantom 410 case and i think ill save up and get it, other than that, is the build it self good or needs changing?

 

[strife_ff7]

Well seeing you're getting a non k i5 you could get a much cheaper h77 motherboard but if you plan to someday add a second gpu for a crossfire setup then get the extreme4. If you do get a second gpu you'll also have to get a 750w psu later. If you don't plan to add a second gpu get this mobo asrock h77m http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007OCJWTM/?tag=pcp0f-21

 

[damien_95]

Well seeing you're getting a non k i5 you could get a much cheaper h77 motherboard but if you plan to someday add a second gpu for a crossfire setup then get the extreme4. If you do get a second gpu you'll also have to get a 750w psu later. If you don't plan to add a second gpu get this mobo asrock h77m http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007OCJWTM/?tag=pcp0f-21

Someone has told me to get thiss mobo but its microATX :/ I want an atx case and if i get a microATX board its gonna look empty inside, im really tempted to get it because its £60 less which is great, what do you think? if i have it for now as a begginer, and lets say i want to upgrade after a year to get another gpu or what not... or will it be a waste of £60 when i can get an ATX mobo now? and btw do you think the processor and this microatx mobo will be fast when i start using my pc? last thing i want is buy a cheap mobo with a processor someone recommended to me and have a *** computer. And im not good with computer parts just yet so want to make sure. Thanks

 

[strife_ff7]

The cpu would be just as good on the h77 or z77 mobo but it's probably not worth only getting it for a year or so. Here's a good mobo that's less than the asrock z77 extreme4 and will let you add a second gpu later for a good crossfire setup msi z77a-g45 http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007JRGVUA/?tag=pcp0f-21
The msi mobo is cheaper at scan.co.uk but I don't think it's in stock now http://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi-z77a-g45-intel-z77-s-1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-sata-raid-pcie-30-(x16)-d-sub-dvi-d-hdmi-atx