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gito789

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Hey!

I am in the process of choosing parts for a new gaming PC that can run games such as Battlefield and Far Cry 3. I have already decided on the new I5 Sandybridge Quad-Core processor and the NVIDIA EVGA GTX 550 TI for a graphics card. Since this is my first time building I was wondering whether there are any suggestions for Motherboard, Ram, Case, Hard drive and maybe an SSD. My budget is around £400-£500 without including the processor and Graphics card.

Any help would be appreciated thanks!
 
Sandy bridge isnt new. And the 550 Ti is a bad choice. If you already have them, okay.
Gigabyte Z77 UD3H
Corsair CX 500
Seagate Barracuda 1 tb
Corsair 300D
2 x 4 GB 1866 MHz G.Skill
 
WHY in the world are you telling him to get a expensive overclocking Z77 motherboard for a sandy bridge i5??????
 
First off, you are crazy if you are saying the UD3H is expensive.

That aside, Z77 is sandybridge compatible. Only things you will not get are the USB3 ports (intel controlled ones) and PCIe 3.0. And you are going to be hard pressed to find a decent quality P67/Z68 board for sandy that is less expensive than the UD3H.
 
Its expensive for a beginner sandybridge build, I know the ud3h is not expensive..... No point in going Z77 for sandybridge, a H77 will be more then enough for a non sli/crossfire build.
 
No. Simply put that is no more accurate than saying you can game at 1440p on a laptop (which you can not). H77 is only useful for machines that will rarely see full load. It limits your memory speed to 1600, you will have no ability to OC no matter what processor you stick in there, the quality is going to be lower, as well as just flat cheaping out on it.

Z77/Z68/P67 are the only chipsets to look at for any computer that you plan to use to its full potential. That aside, with the DS3H (the highest model H77) you save $5 over the Z77 version. Recommending a board of that low quality makes as much sense as recommending crack as a solution to a drinking problem.
 
Considering its sandybridge and a beginner i doubt he will be really overclocking.. and why would you need more then 1600mhz? Virtually almost no noticable difference going past that speed. Specially for a begginer build, a GOOD h77 goes for $80-$90, $60 less then the ud3h, can u justify that extra money spent? Thats thats the difference bettween a gtx 660ti and a gtx670
 
You are basing your entire theory there off of flawed info.

First, you will not find a "Good" H77 board out there in that point of price. The only ones out there that are anywhere approaching close to good are the P8H77-V LE and the BOXDH77DF, and they are both well over the $100 dollar mark. At the $80 price point you are looking at the G43, Pro4, and D3H. None of these are worth the $80 you are putting out for a number of reasons. Let alone to allow you to match teh likes of a 660ti or 670.

Memory wise, assume all you want. There are plenty of apps that use that memory bandwidth, most pertinent being CAD, 3D modeling, Video Editing Apps, anything that has Physx used, Distributed computing, and even some games. You can get a decent FPS gain in some gains just going to 1866 over 1600.

Thirdly, just because he is new does not mean he is a retard that can not overclock. How much did you know about it the first time you did it? Probably not much more than him assuming your telling teh truth in your siggy considering your advice here.
 
+1 to what Wolfe is saying. No point cheaping out on a board. Even if you're not overclocking you still want a rock solid base to your system. Not to mention a better and newer board now will last longer in terms of being able to upgrade down the road.
 
gito789 said:
Hey!

I am in the process of choosing parts for a new gaming PC that can run games such as Battlefield and Far Cry 3. I have already decided on the new I5 Sandybridge Quad-Core processor and the NVIDIA EVGA GTX 550 TI for a graphics card. Since this is my first time building I was wondering whether there are any suggestions for Motherboard, Ram, Case, Hard drive and maybe an SSD. My budget is around £400-£500 without including the processor and Graphics card.

Any help would be appreciated thanks!
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Sounds to me like you may already have your graphics card and processor, but if not, I recommend you get an i5 3570K and something like a Radeon 7770 or 7850 instead. Newer parts.

You can use a Sandy Bridge processor perfectly well in a Z77 board.

For £400-500 for your other parts, here's what I recommend:

Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...1155z77chipset/atxformfactor/ga-z77x-d3h.html
Crucial Ballistix 8GB 1600MHz http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...c3-12800/1600mhz/bls2cp4g3d1609ds1s00ceu.html
Seagate Barracuda 1TB http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/harddrives-internal/sata1tbto1.5tb/st1000dm003.html
SanDisk Extreme 120GB http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...nal/solidstate/upto120gb/sdssdx-120g-g25.html
NZXT Phantom 410 http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...nal/solidstate/upto120gb/sdssdx-120g-g25.html
Corsair CX 600 (I think you got to say you needed a PSU?) http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/powersupplies/cp-9020048-uk.html

Total comes to £441.90 so it's right in budget.

Here's the i5 I recommend you get http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...ncorei3,i5andi71155socket/bx80637i53570k.html
Here's the graphics card I recommend you get http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...aphicscards/amdhd7850series/r7850-2gd5oc.html
 
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