Just wondering if you guys could give me a hand, I have speced together a rough build but it needs to come down on the budget and I am a bit out of touch from this gen!
Aiming for a total of £700 including monitor, Ideally cheaper is better so £650 would be the best mark!
Uses: Gaming for the most part @ 1080p
CPU: 4670k (dont need this as it wont be overclocked... whats the best step down?) - £165
GPU : AMD 7870 - £140 (anything else? THink this is a minimum tbh)
RAM: 8gb DDR3 1600mhz - £40
Motherboard: Not a clue here... suggestions?
PSU: http://www.amazon.co.uk/OCZ-OCZ-ZS55...2&keywords=psu ? £41
Case: Something generic ~ £35
HDD: 1tb WD blue - £48
SSD: 120gb Crucial m500 or plexor m5? - £70
OS: Windows 8 upgrade - £55
Monitor: One of those LG 23" monitors - £110
So atm £74 over budget...
Any suggestions on where I can skimp a bit, surely there is a solid PSU for that £30 price and then I guess the SSD I could drop that to a 64gb? its only a glorified boot drive.
Suggestions welcome, appreciate any help!


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. If it was me I would have the i5k and a high end motherboard and be done with it but I need to get him something close to that budget.
, honestly went by the anandtech benches and they dont paint a pretty picture (8320 is worse than my 2500k) I assume anandtech have gone mass Intel bias?
~£120 (closer to £100 better... 23" I think he wants I would double check)