£1000 build - Haswell - Gaming PC

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Sure, get a 3570k and a 1155 MB and save at least $50. 4670k is not worth paying more money for, even Tom's Hardware's CPU recommendations for gaming advise against getting "hasfail" over Ivy.

Additionally...because some will try to say IB is not as good, your extra $50-100 nets you a whopping 3% performance gain in real world applications, plus broadwell will be OEM only, so Hasfail is the only architecture ever going into socket 1150 until Skylake, which brings a new socket.

At this point in time, either Intel socket is a "dead" socket, so you may as well...
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You will only need 8gb of ram.
Get a Samsung 840 instead, £30 cheaper and you ifference in read speeds between them is pretty much non-existent.
Drop the thermal paste - the cooler comes with some that's perfectly adequate).
Phantom 410 is £20 cheaper, looks similar and is plenty big for this system.
Drop the PSU to the 650w version - that's all you'll need.
Any particular reason you need Windows 7 Professional and not simply Home Premium?
 
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[strike][/strike]PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£179.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.62 @ Scan.co.uk)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver Ceramique 2 Tri-Linear 2.7g Thermal Paste (£3.45 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI Z87 MPOWER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£181.97 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£125.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£106.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.94 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB Video Card (Purchased For £308.99)
Case: Thermaltake Chaser A31 ATX Mid Tower Case (£78.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid 850W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£119.82 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.87 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£104.39 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1292.96
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-22 16:14 BST+0100)





Get this built
Ivy is not bttr than haswell so just ignore the advice 4770k outperforms anything out there

I just made u change ur case ,psu ,hdd,
And upgraded ur mobo and ram to the best ones



Go for it its wrth it and the gpu looks purchased





Dont forget to close the post
 
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1.i don't think msi is better than Asus pro. Asus is best.
2. i don't think he needs 32gb ram. Corsair vengeance 2X4gb 1600mhz ram is enough for gaming pc.
3. i already said gtx 770 is much better for now and for future sli too. in cfx many problem comes. so better to go with gtx 770.
4. i don't think cooler master is better PSU maker than Corsair. Corsair, Sesonic and XFX are best brand for PSU maker.
I hope it helps.
Thank you.
 
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Hi there, thanks for all the replies... think I shall take some of the great advice.
To clear up some problems... thought the Radeon 7970 looks purchased I actually found it for cheaper at a different site - and inputted the price.
Anything else to help this build on its way?
 
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cut down on a lower cost asus motherboard, get a regular ssd instead of a pro because i have the regular and its perfect, the PSU is too much find one on eBay for way cheaper, and there are perfect, make the RAM only 8GB because if lower you dont need 16gb, its recommended not necessary, that should cut down about 200-300 dollars easy.
 
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Sure, get a 3570k and a 1155 MB and save at least $50. 4670k is not worth paying more money for, even Tom's Hardware's CPU recommendations for gaming advise against getting "hasfail" over Ivy.

Additionally...because some will try to say IB is not as good, your extra $50-100 nets you a whopping 3% performance gain in real world applications, plus broadwell will be OEM only, so Hasfail is the only architecture ever going into socket 1150 until Skylake, which brings a new socket.

At this point in time, either Intel socket is a "dead" socket, so you may as well get the 3570k and OC as it OC's much better than hasfail, and runs much cooler, and draws less power.

Only reason to consider 4th gen Intel is if you're going to use the iGPU, but you have bought a HD 7970 GHz, so you are clearly not going to use that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haswell_(microarchitecture)

Performance[edit]

Compared to Ivy Bridge:
Approximately 8% better vector processing performance.[8]
6% IPC (instructions per clock) increase.
up to 6% faster single-threaded performance.
6% faster multi-threaded performance.
Haswell is around 10°C-15°C hotter than Ivy Bridge when overclocked and does not seem to break the 4.4-4.5 GHz mark nearly as easily.
Haswell draws around 30 W more under load than Ivy Bridge.[9][10]
A 6% increase in sequential CPU performance (eight execution ports per core versus six).[11][12]
Up to 20% performance increase over the integrated HD4000 GPU (Haswell HD4600 vs Ivy Bridge's built-in Intel HD4000).[13][14]
Total performance improvement on average is about 3% [15]
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Hi there, thanks to you all - I will show you my updated build tomorrow morning - I wish not to close this as i think the more views the better. Also, I will be sticking to Haswell.
Can someone also help me with any other cases that will fit a 770 or 7970. I have had a nice eye for the CoolerMaster Haf X.
Price Wise, I have decided to go with the standard 840 series, drop to 8GB of RAM and to get a smaller, cheaper PSU... I am also considering a GTX 770 very strongly at this point in time...
Like I said, updated build will be out in the morning (GMT)
Once again, many thanks to you all!
 
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The Phantom will house either card, as will the HAF XM. When you say cheaper PSU, just ensure it's from a trusted brand - Corsair, XFX, Seasonic or Antec are ideal. :)
 
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The 770 and HD 7970 are so close in performance you're better off get the 7970 for less money with a gaming bundle.

Also, do not skimp on the PSU, it is the heart of your build...you can go to less wattage...but keep it a good quality part. If your PSU goes, there's high probability that everything attached will go in the surge that accompanies the death of a PSU.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-4.html

The Core i5-3570K's base clock rate is only 300 MHz faster than the Core i5-3350P's. However, the K-series' unlocked ratio multiplier is a must-have for overclockers looking to unleash significant performance improvements. It is for this reason alone that you'll want to consider shelling out an additional $40 beyond Intel's more entry-level Core i5. After all, the pricier chip's HD Graphics 4000 engine is inconsequential to us. If you don't plan to overclock, then there's little reason to spend any more than $180 on the Core i5-3350P.
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The Core i7-3770K only enjoys a 100 MHz-higher clock rate than the Core i5-3570K. Its real advantage is an extra 2 MB of L3 cache and Intel's Hyper-Threading feature. Neither of those extras have a big impact on gaming, but there is a small number of titles (like Crysis 3) that take advantage of extra resources, translating to a performance increase. Having said that, this is still rare, and the Core i7-3770K will be more useful to power users who want better performance in well-threaded apps, in addition to the best frame rates in games. Why not the new Core i7-4770K? As Chris covered in his launch story, it's really not all that impressive compared to Core i7-3770K. You need an LGA 1150-based motherboard to support it, and Intel currently wants $30 more for it. We're passing on making Haswell a recommendation for now.
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Just saying...the website you're asking about this on does not recommend the CPU you're going with...

 
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