£500 gaming system

[CharlieBC]

Hey guys, new here and was just wondering if these components would be compatible.

By the way i have a budget of around £480-£500 and i'm trying to get it as cheap but effective as possible.

Components;
CPU - Intel 3rd Generation Core i5-3570K (4x3.4ghz)
GPU - XFX core edition radeon hd 7870 http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Com...DDR3+PCI-Express+Motherboard+?productId=53353 RAM - Corsair vengeance 8gb 1600mh...UL1C/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1356308391&sr=8-2 PSU- ACE 750 w - [url] [url=http:/...1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1356308475&sr=1-2 HDD- I have my own, but if you cou... already have my own disk Thanks in advance!

 

[sam_p_lay]

Well the K model CPU allows overclocking but the H77 chipset on your mobo doesn't. So save some money with an i5 3450 if not overclocking or grab a Z77 mobo if you are, like the ASRock Z77 Extreme4. Get a PSU from Seasonic, XFX or some PC Power & Cooling or Silverpower models. For SSD recommendation, Samsung 830 is excellent and very reasonably-priced. For retailers, don't forget Scan, Dabs, Ebuyer and Novatech.

 

[CharlieBC]

Well i really am into/going to overclock my cpu, so if you could recommend a motherboard that is a normal size and it isn't to expensive, but allows overclocking.

Thanks.

 

[sam_p_lay]

Already did The one I mentioned is around £100. If it starts getting a bit over budget, change that GPU to a GTX660. In frames/second it's less than 5% behind the 7870, and in other ways it's better. You can pick one for up for £160:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-msi-gtx-660-oc-28nm-pcie-30-(x16)-6008mhz-gddr5-gpu-1006mhz-boost-1072mhz-cores-960-dport-dl-dvi