My i5 3570k build (Almost £600)

[Speedy247]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Speedy247/saved/1KoV

Review
All comments are appreciated.

[Marc_92]

Solid build, just the gfx card is abit lacking but like you mentioned in the comments you can always upgrade down the line.

[Speedy247]

I was thinking a 7950 as an upgrade

[Marc_92]

I would just wait for the 8000's release, we should see a price drop in the 7000's like what nvidia did with some of the 600 series.

[Domestic_Ginger]

The GPU and PSU are not priced.

Aria postage isn't added.

Two of these may be cheaper for your ram (its faster too):-
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-BLT4...cial+ballistix
No idea if buying two sticks the same will cause any problem matching them up. I imagine not but could be wrong.

Not sure you need 650W. A 550W is more than enough and even a 450 should be fine:-
http://www.dabs.com/products/xfx-550...m_content=Q200 (apparently not haswell compatable).

Cooler:- Thor's hammer £17 on ebay. It does not come with a fan.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Xigmatek-T...item3f2130ad06

http://www.frostytech.com/articlevie...id=2652&page=5 - Review uses a cack 1500rpm fan on the T'sH iirc.

[jinq-sea]

Not sure you need 650W. A 550W is more than enough and even a 450 should be fine:- (snip)

I'd probably go a 650W (or 550W at a pinch) if things like 7950s are considered down the line - while a 450W might do it, it'd be pushing it, and leaves no headroom for clocking and the like.

[Domestic_Ginger]

The number of PCIe plugs may be a downer. I don't think unless the OP uses a multi GPU setup he needs a 650w PSU; I think he'll be closer to the sweet spot @50% load on the PSU with something smaller.

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphi...x-780/?page=12

Shows a 7970ghz and stock 3770 drawing 289w during farcry 3. I imagine this is from the wall so the PSU is only delivering (289x0.85= (85% eff. best case imo)) 246w of its rated maximum. I assume you only use the 12v rail. The 550 linked will provide 44A @12v = 528w. A decent 450w will provide about 400w @12v.

[Speedy247]

the psu and gpu arent priced because they are already bought and what do you guys reccommend for a gpu upgrade?
also about that ram , amazon says takes usually 1-2 months to ship...

[jigger]

What resolution are you using and how much do you want to spend?

I found this the other week and I think its the Tahiti le card but call and check. If you sold the hd7850 for £80~ and overclocked you would get hd7950+ performance for £68.

http://www.waeplus.co.uk/item/207469...on---2-GB-GDDR

[Speedy247]

wae+ isnt a trusted site , it hardly ever ships your items , anyway my res atm is 1280x1024 but im hoping to upgrade to a high res monitor.

[Domestic_Ginger]

The one to months is a bit of downer. I tend to ignore the important bits.

The 7870 is a Tahiti (925-975 with boost). Not sure on WAEs reputation; should be able to pick up a similar card for more but with game codes. I would just OC the nuts off the 7850 however if that is the actual card I believe its voltage locked. Check on the sapphire trixx webpage to see if its supported. At about 1150mhz it should be the same as a 7870.

I would wait till you get a new monitor and see if you get any slow downs.

[ThermalDroid]

Swap that 7850 for a 7950 and you have a solid 1080p gaming machine!

[Speedy247]

Thanks for the help guys much appreciated