Trying to choose betweed 3 slightly different builds

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So i have my first build (mainly for gaming) in mind and recently got another £30 to go towards my rig but don't know where to use it so i came up with three possible rigs and they are as followed: ( changes are in bold )

Original:

RAM: Corsair 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Vengeance LP - £31.58
CASE: CiT Vantage Gaming Case - £31.96
CPU: Intel Core i5 3350p - £135.56
GPU: XFX AMD Radeon 7850 HD 860MHz 2GB - £144.96
PSU: Corsair Builder Series CXM 600W Modular - £56.99
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - £69.95
HDD: Seagate 500GB - £43.00
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 - £69.99
MOUSE: Xenta Wired LED Gaming Mouse - £6.00
KEYBOARD: Xenta Illuminated Multimedia Keyboard - £11.99


1st:
RAM: Corsair 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Vengeance LP - £31.58
CASE: CiT Vantage Gaming Case - £31.96
CPU: Intel Core i5 3550 - £169.59
GPU: XFX AMD Radeon 7850 HD 860MHz 2GB - £144.96
PSU: Corsair Builder Series CXM 600W Modular - £56.99
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - £69.95
HDD: Seagate 500GB - £43.00
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 - £69.99
MOUSE: Xenta Wired LED Gaming Mouse - £6.00
KEYBOARD: Xenta Illuminated Multimedia Keyboard - £11.99

total - £636.01


2nd:
RAM: Corsair 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Vengeance LP - £31.58
CASE: Corsair Carbide Series 300R( windowed ) - £69.99
CPU: Intel Core i5 3350p - £135.56
GPU: XFX AMD Radeon 7850 HD 860MHz 2GB - £144.96
PSU: Corsair Builder Series CXM 600W Modular - £56.99
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - £69.95
HDD: Seagate 500GB - £43.00
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 - £69.99
MOUSE: Xenta Wired LED Gaming Mouse - £6.00
KEYBOARD: Xenta Illuminated Multimedia Keyboard - £11.99

total - £640.01

3rd:
RAM: Corsair 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Vengeance LP - £31.58
CASE: CiT Vantage Gaming Case - £31.96
CPU: Intel Core i5 3350p - £135.56
GPU: XFX ATI Radeon 7870 1GHz 2GB - £175.98
PSU: Corsair Builder Series CXM 600W Modular - £56.99
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - £69.95
HDD: Seagate 500GB - £43.00
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 - £69.99
MOUSE: Xenta Wired LED Gaming Mouse - £6.00
KEYBOARD: Xenta Illuminated Multimedia Keyboard - £11.99

total - £633

 

[jnkweaver]

Well what is the purpose of this rig?

None of the processors you choose are overclockable but the motherboard you choose is. The Z77 chipset is for overclocking. Get an H77 chipset and save some money. 8 Gb for memory seems to be the sweet spot. Get a 2x4Gb for a dual pair.

Cases are so personal so I will leave that decision to you.

If this is for gaming then a better graphics card is always a good idea so based on that I would pick 4 but I would do the changes I suggested.

 

[posebuf]

Thanks for the quick answer.

as for the z77 there are 2 reasons i choose it, i might upgrade to a k cpu in the future and the h77 was only like a £1 cheaper so i went for a z77
i shall also buy another 4gb ram later on but in the meantime 4gb should suffice

since this rig is for gaming i think i should go for the 3rd choice (gpu upgraded one) as you suggested.

 

[jnkweaver]

Sounds like you have a plan and know why you are buying certain components. Looks solid

 

[posebuf]

thanks again for helping me out