New build - help required.

[Twoddle]

Hi all,

New poster here, had one build before, ended up selling it due to short finances. Considering making another build, need some advice on the parts that I have picked; if possible. All help if appreciated!

Case: Bitfenix Prodigy
PSU: Silverstone Strider 500w with short cable kit
RAM: Mushkin 8gb Blackline 1600mhz
SSD: Crucial M4
Cooler: Intel Liquid Cooling Solution (cheap off a friend)

For the motherboard, graphics and processor, I have left absolute maximum of £450 and would prefer to spend less if possible.
I had in mind:
MSI Z77IA-E53
Intel 3220 to 3570k or anywhere in between
nvidia 660

The main use of the build will be gaming and general use, and may render small videos such as skiing/gaming clips, but this won't happen very often.
I'll be playing at 1080p.

Thanks for any advice!

Best regards,

Josh

 

[MadMarc]

CPU: 3570k
MB: GIGABYTE GA-Z77N-WIFI
GPU: MSI Power Edition Radeon HD 7850 OC

around £450 @ aria.co.uk maybe you can find the parts somewhere else for cheaper.
If you want to save a bit drop to a non k series cpu and a H77 mb

 

[Twoddle]

CPU: 3570k
MB: GIGABYTE GA-Z77N-WIFI
GPU: MSI Power Edition Radeon HD 7850 OC

around £450 @ aria.co.uk maybe you can find the parts somewhere else for cheaper.
If you want to save a bit drop to a non k series cpu and a H77 mb

Hi MadMarc,

Thanks for your help/advice!

Seems to be the best option so far, maybe able to push the budget slightly higher for a better graphics card, looking to spend max of £730 on this build.

Cheers

Josh

 

[Twoddle]

Hi all,

What would you guys recommend between:

MSI Twin FROZR660 - £181.99
MSI PE 7850 - £173.99
XFX Core edition 7870 - £187.99
XFX Double D 7950 - £223.14

The Double D will take me over budget but is it worth spending the extra c.£40 to get better performance for current and future games?

Cheers

Josh

 

[Josh Weston]

If you can stretch it, then I would, yes.

 

[jimbo32]

Have you checked the prices on the XFX 7870 DD? It shouldn't be too much more than the core ed. and would easily handle most games on max. That said, that's a pretty good price for a 7950, so it might be worth grabbing that if you can swing it.