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Josh_M_96

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Hello,
I am looking for some advice into building my first pc. My budget is £550 (excluding case, monitor, keyboard and mouse and OS) and i wish to beable to play games, e.g BF3, on highset posible graphics that my money allows.I am in the uk so us websites i can not buy from the US. This is what i have thought of :http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/parts/partlist/

 
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Ahh soz for link.
This is What i thought:
Intel i5 3570k 3.4GHz
MSI z77a-g45
Sapphire hd 7770 oc
Corsair 8gb vengence ram
WD 1TB caviar grenn HDD 7200rpm 64mb cache
Corsair 600w cx series v2 psu
Tp link wireless-n150 PCLe card
Pioneer dvd+rw
Sharkoon T9 case

My screen resolution is 1920x1080 ( it a hd tv)
Also i have no brand loyalty so would change to other brands like AMD instead of intel etc
 
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malbluff

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You don't need 600w, and XFX 550w would be better choice for PSU.
The processor and motherboard are designed for CPU overclocking, but, in order to do that, you need an aftermarket cooler (suggest CoolerMaster Hyper 212Evo), for CPU, and low profile RAM (suggest Crucial Ballistic Sport, or GSKill Ares), to avoid a clash.
If you don't want to overclock, you could save money on an i5-3550, and say Asus P8H77M motherboard. You could use that saving to get a better graphics card, like HD7850, or even HD7870, which will give much improved gaming performance. All you would need, then, to get a really nice rig, would be an SSD (something like 128GB Samsung 830, or Crucial M4). You can do that later, when funds allow.
 
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Agree with malbluff, for gaming the most money in the GPU is the important thing and the cheapest quad core from intel (i5 3450) will keep up with all but the most extreme graphics system (e.g. 2x GTX 690's). You can't overclock but it's well worth it for a gamer.
 
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malbluff

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Is i5-3450 still generally available. I know Intel are dropping it, and it's not on some price lists, anymore?
 
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This is what I would do. All parts are from Novatech in the uk

3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5 3470 3.20GHz Socket LGA1155 - Retail £153.98
ASUS P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) Motherboard £86.99
MSI AMD Radeon HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 £142.99
G.Skill Ripjaw 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit £37.99
XFX ProSeries 550W Core Edition Power Supply - 80 PLUS Bronze Certified £49.98
Antec Three Hundred Case - Black £47.98
Samsung S222BB 22x DVD+/-RW SATA Black - OEM £13.98
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 32Mb Cache Hard Disk Drive £49.98

Total £583.87


I realise this is over your budget so


 
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He doesn't need a case so you're actually within his budget. He could probably save some more money by going with an H77 motherboard. Also I'd spend a little more to get 1600 MHz memory.

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For instance:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£146.53 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock H77M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£62.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£31.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£49.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card (£187.89 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS90 DVD/CD Writer (£13.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £543.35
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
 
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From aria.co.uk
Intel Core i5-3450 3.10GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail #49752
GIGABYTE GA-B75M-D3V Intel B75 Socket 1155 DDR3 PCI-Express Motherboard #51972
550W OCZ ZS Series 80PLUS Bronze Power Supply #45457
TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter [TL-WN881ND] #47499
1TB Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 3.5" SATA III Hard Drive #48501
Total £306.44

from dabs.com
Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600MHz CL9 1.5v 240pin £26.98
Sony 24x DVD-RW SATA Black Bare Internal Drive £11.98
Sandisk 128GB SSD SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Drive £49.99
XFX ATI Radeon 7870 1GHz 2GB PCI-Express 3.0 HDMI Core Edition £191.98
Total (inc VAT) £280.93

Final Value: £587.37
 
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Looks ideal build for OP. Needs to add in wireless card, but they're cheap enough.
 
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I thought the OP needed a case as it was in his suggested build. If you can re-use your existing case an then get a 7870 as suggested above you should go for it.
 
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This is probably as good as it gets.
+1
 
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Josh_M_96

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Would I be better of getting a full size atx motherboard than a micro so there is more space for wiring?? Thanks for all the advice so far
 
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The only thing you really lose, with mATX, is the number of expansion slots, but with better on-board sound, and more potent graphics cards, the need for a lot of expansions, is less these days. Having said that, some manufacturers tend to "cheap out" on their mATX boards. I would be a lot happier with a mATX from, say, Asus, than from some.
 
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Is this a better rig? :
CPU: i5 3470 (£140.85 @ WAE+)
MOBO: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP (£63.24 @ tecknextday)
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 (£171.50 @ WAE+)
PSU: XFX core edition 500w (£50.25 @ jamdup.com)
RAM: Corsair vengence 8gb 1600 (£31.30 @tecknextday)
Storage: Westen Digital caviar black 1tb (£57.95 @somePC)
Optical Drive: Sony Optiarc DDU1681S dvdrw (£13.20@ WAE+)
Wireless: TP Link n150 (£10.49@ ebuyer)
Total: £538.78
 
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Everything looks good, but get the PSU lighter17 suggested. 500w is a bad zone for your setup.
I also don't know half the stores/retailers you listed so here, I helped you out a bit:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£146.53 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£72.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£31.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£49.98 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card (£183.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £546.78
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
 
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^^^ everything in that system is great except for the optical drive lol. Sony optical drive's aren't very good. I've had 3 of them fail in a single year while my 2 year old HP and ASUS drives are still kicking.
 
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Hi I was looking on the asrock website at the motherboard and it has a section of supported ram and corsair vengeance was not on it is this a problem or does it not matter?
 
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@jaideep1337 - I just picked out the cheapest optical drive in the list :p Feel free to suggest a better one.


That list is outdated. Corsair Vengeance runs perfectly fine on the mobo.
 
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