£650 Gaming/Video Editing Build

[JCP21]

Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: ASAP

Budget Range: £650

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Video Editing

Are you buying a monitor: No

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: UK

Location:UK

Parts Preferences: Any

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe in future

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x 1080

Additional Comments: Not bothered about look of the case, would like an SSD


Any help appreciated

Thanks

 

[zenflux]

Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: ASAP

Budget Range: £650

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Video Editing

Are you buying a monitor: No

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: UK

Location:UK

Parts Preferences: Any

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe in future

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x 1080

Additional Comments: Not bothered about look of the case, would like an SSD


Any help appreciated
Thanks

Now i am not a genuis when it comes to PC's but at that price range you could try and get an i5 3570k and a gtx 660 by msi which is quite cheap and runs good!

 

[JCP21]

Thoughts on this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£168.94 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£26.65 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£82.52 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£29.59 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M4 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£54.96 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card (£191.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Antec Three Hundred Two ATX Mid Tower Case (£50.37 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.98 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Novatech)
Total: £713.73
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-11-30 16:59 GMT+0000)

 

[g-unit1111]

Thoughts on this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£168.94 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£26.65 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£82.52 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£29.59 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M4 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£54.96 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card (£191.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Antec Three Hundred Two ATX Mid Tower Case (£50.37 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.98 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Novatech)
Total: £713.73
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-11-30 16:59 GMT+0000)

That looks pretty good but a 64GB SSD won't get you very far especially if you plan to do any editing.

I'd try something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£168.94 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£26.65 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£101.98 @ Dabs)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£39.28 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£55.00 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card (£191.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 400R ATX Mid Tower Case (£78.89 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£70.16 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Novatech)
Total: £747.63
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-11-30 17:48 GMT+0000)