Planning on a new build

[Cupcakeking]

Hey all,

So my current PC is beginning to show its age and as I've saved up some money I though I may as well upgrade, however my knowledge of components isn't that great so I've come to these forums for help. I've got a budget of £1500 and no real preferences to what type of components I get. i.e. intel or amd.

[Tim3Shift3r]

And you're gonna use it for which goal? gaming?

[Wauthar]

You will have to give more details about what you want.

What do you have now?

As Tim3Shift3r already said: what are you going to do with it? Gaming? Editing?

I am sure some of us are wanting to help, but if you don't give details, we can't help...

[MrWatch]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/EjLi If you only do gaming and regular computer use.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/EjK3 If you do some editing or something that needs multi-core use.

[Cupcakeking]

Sorry, to clarify, yeah it's going to be mainly used for gaming. And right now I've got a Radeon 5550 and an Intel Pentium G850

[ilikemacandpc]

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/buyers-guide/2012/08/31/pc-hardware-buyer-s-guide-august-2012/4

These prices are old, but the part recommendations are solid.

[PC_Noob]

Case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197

Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128545

Processor

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

Ram 2x4gb

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144

Hard Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533

Power Supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438005

Optical Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

Graphics Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121670

[PC_Noob]

I'm sorry I don't know why it spaced those out so far ^

[Guest]

3570K or AMD 8350

ASRock Extreme/Asus P8Z77 series board

8GB of C9 1600Mhz RAM - Corsair Vengeance

H100i/D14/H220/H80i

128GB SSD (boot) Samsung 840 Pro, Sandisk Extreme, OCZ Vector, Intel 520

2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD

600w PSU - Silverstone Strider Plus, Corsiar HX, Seasonic

Corsair C70/600T/NZXT 410/Fractal R4 case ect

GTX670 or 680 or 7970 - My preference are for Asus or MSI due to their really good cooling systems.

[LeeJC73]

I know you've given some usage information which is great, but have you given any thought to other requirements?

Noise/Space/Future Upgrades that kind of thing.

I've just spec'd a rig for someone at £800 and switching the graphics card around (he went 7770 as not a massive gamer) it might provide a similar solution for you.

£1500 is a good budget and it gives you some room to expand your requirements.