1200 euro build (gaming)

thefinalstage

1. What is your budget? €1200

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? No

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? No

5. Do you need a monitor? No

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? No

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? yes

8. How can you pay? Any

9. When are you purchasing? End of the month

Do your worst :-P

Altheus

What resolution do you plan to play games at?

BloodBath

This would do nicely. I don't think a 770gtx or 4670k haswell is worth the extra costs for minimal gains. You would be better off putting that money into a nice keyboard and mouse or monitor.

Or save it an put it towards a second 760 when you need to. The board and psu will be fine for sli.

The case comes in a few colors.

You could squeeze a second 760gtx into the build now with some minor changes.


Item|Price
Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155|€202.32
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - Intel/AMD|€28.78
ASRock Z77 Extreme3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€109.19
EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked AX, 2GB DDR5, PCI-Express|€256.76
8GB-Kit G.Skill Sniper PC3-14900U CL9-10-9-28|€62.25
Samsung SSD 840 250GB SATA 6Gb/s|€147.92
WD Caviar Blue 1TB 6Gb's|€56.22
Nanoxia Deep Silence One Silver, ATX, ohne Netzteil|€92.66
be quiet! Pure Power L8 CM|€77.98
LiteOn iHAS124-04 schwarz SATA|€16.31
LogiLink SATA Anschlusskabel mit Sicherungslasche, 0.5m|€0.63
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€1070.01

Gumbi

Haswell definitely not worth it over 3570k, simply because the motherboards + cooler will make it too expensive. But the 770 isn't so bad bang-for-buck. It's fast than even a super-clocked 7950. I've benched my own 7950 at 1200mhz vs a friend's 770, and the 770 wins out while being cooler, quieter and more efficient. Although it is almost a hundred quid more expensive!

thefinalstage

BloodBath wrote: »

This would do nicely. I don't think a 770gtx or 4670k haswell is worth the extra costs for minimal gains. You would be better off putting that money into a nice keyboard and mouse or monitor.

Or save it an put it towards a second 760 when you need to. The board and psu will be fine for sli.

The case comes in a few colors.

You could squeeze a second 760gtx into the build now with some minor changes.


Item|Price
Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155|€202.32
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - Intel/AMD|€28.78
ASRock Z77 Extreme3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€109.19
EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked AX, 2GB DDR5, PCI-Express|€256.76
8GB-Kit G.Skill Sniper PC3-14900U CL9-10-9-28|€62.25
Samsung SSD 840 250GB SATA 6Gb/s|€147.92
WD Caviar Blue 1TB 6Gb's|€56.22
Nanoxia Deep Silence One Silver, ATX, ohne Netzteil|€92.66
be quiet! Pure Power L8 CM|€77.98
LiteOn iHAS124-04 schwarz SATA|€16.31
LogiLink SATA Anschlusskabel mit Sicherungslasche, 0.5m|€0.63
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€1070.01

That's a great selection, I think you may have built my computer haha. Could you rework it for a second 760 or would I be better with one 770?

I haven't used sli/crossfire before.

Darn, the superclocked version is sold out everywhere.

Danger781

poisonedstream wrote: »

That's a great selection, I think you may have built my computer haha. Could you rework it for a second 760 or would I be better with one 770?

I haven't used sli/crossfire before.

Darn, the superclocked version is sold out everywhere.

I wouldn't think you'd need dual cards for a 1080p setup. If you can stretch your budget and you feel like its worth the added cost go for the 770.

Are you set on getting a Nvidia card? AMD cards are dropping in price, but a lot of places also offer the 'Never Settle' bundle. OCUK are currently offering 8 Free games qualifying 7800 & 7900 Cards.

thefinalstage

Danger781 wrote: »

I wouldn't think you'd need dual cards for a 1080p setup. If you can stretch your budget and you feel like its worth the added cost go for the 770.

Are you set on getting a Nvidia card? AMD cards are dropping in price, but a lot of places also offer the 'Never Settle' bundle. OCUK are currently offering 8 Free games qualifying 7800 & 7900 Cards.

I may go dual monitors at some stage but I guess for the moment 1 beauty will do just fine. I have no preference on card make, the reviews I read said that he Nvidia cards had better performance to price?

Danger781

poisonedstream wrote: »

I may go dual monitors at some stage but I guess for the moment 1 beauty will do just fine. I have no preference on card make, the reviews I read said that he Nvidia cards had better performance to price?

To be honest I would say the opposite. AMD are especially good value for money at the moment. The 7950 can be got for £208 off Amazon and it's a great card (Sapphire Dual-X).

Or as I mentioned, the 8 free games on OCUK.

thefinalstage

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-11196-09-40G-HD7950-Vapox-X-Graphics/dp/B0091MFBZC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372931598&sr=8-1&keywords=sapphire+7950

How would this card stack up?

Danger781

poisonedstream wrote: »

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-11196-09-40G-HD7950-Vapox-X-Graphics/dp/B0091MFBZC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372931598&sr=8-1&keywords=sapphire+7950

How would this card stack up?

Not worth the extra money over this in my opinion. The Vapor-X is a great card by all means, but not worth the extra cost over this one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00BBKO65S

Choose Amazon from the 'More buying options' to get it for £208 delivered.

thefinalstage

Danger781 wrote: »

Not worth the extra money over this in my opinion. The Vapor-X is a great card by all means, but not worth the extra cost over this one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00BBKO65S

Choose Amazon from the 'More buying options' to get it for £208 delivered.

Hmmm, I guess you are right. I don't see much difference specs wise. The 208 pound one is certainly tempting...

Danger781

poisonedstream wrote: »

Hmmm, I guess you are right. I don't see much difference specs wise. The 208 pound one is certainly tempting...

Spec wise there wouldn't be much of a difference. The main difference between the two of them is PCB on top of it. The Vapor-X has some sort of custom cooling chamber that is apparently great for keeping temperatures down. The Dual-X has two special fans on top.

I've heard on many occasions that the Vapor-X is voltage locked. I genuinely don't know of the Dual-X is but I felt it was worth the risk.

Worst case scenario and it is, I'll still get a small overclock

BloodBath

I don't think any of them are voltage locked. People who say that haven't discovered programs like afterburner.

Danger781

BloodBath wrote: »

I don't think any of them are voltage locked. People who say that haven't discovered programs like afterburner.

I've read on plenty of places that people have tried Trixx, Afterburner and whatever else but their voltage option is either unchangeable or blurred out.

They could be doing something wrong for all I know :pac:

game4it70

Danger781 wrote: »

I've read on plenty of places that people have tried Trixx, Afterburner and whatever else but their voltage option is either unchangeable or blurred out.

They could be doing something wrong for all I know :pac:

I think on some of the card its "hardware" locked so none of the registry tricks with the likes of afterburner.

BloodBath

I've heard of it on the memory but never on the gpu core voltage. Not on that line of cards.

EoinHef

I have a Vapor -x and its not voltage locked. Use the stock bios not the boost one and you can change the voltage. I heard the stories at time of buying aswell.

Also mine will di 1150 on the core and 1500 on the memory and i havent touched the voltage

BloodBath

There's 8 game bundles going with amd cards on overclockers this week. I'd go with the Sapphire 7950 vapor-x from that selection.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=1502