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Hey guys! I'm new here having just come across the Forums 5 minutes ago, now that I've joined I really hope I can stay, however I'm not much of an expert /:

Anyways, I'm wanting to do a build! It's going to be my First ever build so I really need all the help I can get. I have a £700 Budget (GBP) which (Just guessing) is around 1000 USD. The computers main use apart From Social Networking and random Internet browsing, The computers main use will be light gaming, such as MMORPG's like RuneScape and W.o.W, and some FPS games such as Soldier Front, A.V.A and GunZ and Halo. I mainly download/watch Tons and Tons of Films and videos, so I'd love to be able to watch in Full 1080p HD. And I know that for the needs, a 660Ti or The 7950 is probably what you guys say 'overkill' But I really don't want to have to swap or upgrade any parts, or at least not any time soon. And I have an Xbox 360 For games like Battlefield, CoD etc. But who knows, seeing as I'll Finally have a computer capable I might try proper PC gaming. I may still even need to make slight cuts seeing as I still need peripherals and I was hoping to spend no more than £700, and I'm already over budget by £50, which is roughly 70 Dollars.

The parts I've chosen are:

Intel Core i3 3220 CPU

MSI B75MA-P45 Intel B75 Motherboard

Asus 2GB GTX 660Ti GPU / MSI 2GB GeForce GTX 660Ti OC Both are the same price.

(The Asus is Double Fan cooled whereas the MSI is Single Fan cooled, however the MSI has slightly more min/max clocks speeds or whatever)

Corsair Memory Vegeance (Blue) 8GB RAM

Seagate 1TB Performance Hard Drive

PNY XLR8 120GB SSD

Corsair Enthusiast TX V2 650W PSU

Corsair Carbide 200R Case

Corsair H60 Hydro Series Liquid CPU Cooler

Scythe Kaze Jyuni 120mm 1900rpm Fan

Corsair Air Series AF120 Performance 120mm 1560rpm Fan.

May I please also ask, since this computer will be in my room and I use VirginMedia Fiber Optic Broadband, will I need a PCI-E Wireless Network Card For me to be able to connect to WiFi? I'm also debating on whether I should buy the H60 CPU cooler or not seeing as I won't be overclocking, mainly because I don't even think the Intel i3 is overclockable and I wouldn't know how to anyway, and I wouldn't really even want to to be honest. So For me mean time let's imagine I'm sticking with the standard Intel cooler(If it comes with one anyway). May I also say that I watched The LinusTechTips GTX 670 review where the GTX 670 was compared to the 7950 etc.

I'm considering The 3GB Sapphire HD 7950(Only after watching your video to be honest) it's roughly the same price as both 660Ti's I listed above, what do you think I should do?

Many many thanks!

Also, even with the £70 reduction From The H60 CPU cooler I may still be a little over budget, If anybody has any suggestions on parts I could switch please don't hesitate to say, and likewise if anybody would even perhaps build another system that could be better.

All Feedback is greatly appreciated ^.^

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You could go with an FX 4300 and a cheaper motherboard if you want.

You don't need an H60, go with what ever Cooler Master Hyper 212 you can get for cheapest.

You don't need a 650w PSU, a quality 500w is enough for a 660Ti.

​You can probably save money on the RAM, it isn't as important as people would think.

Get what ever is the cheapest in the 7870 LE/660Ti/670/7950 range, they all preform pretty close to each other, so if any are quite a bit cheaper I'd get that one.

GPU

http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/...roductId=53474

PSU

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=53655

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£95.94 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.00 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.99 @ Novatech)

Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£30.23 @ CCL Computers)

Storage: Seagate Constellation ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.82 @ Aria PC)

Storage: Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£124.98 @ Amazon UK)

Sound Card: Asus Xonar DGX 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card (£21.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

That should leave you money for good peripherals.

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You could go with an FX 4300 and a cheaper motherboard if you want.

You don't need an H60, go with what ever Cooler Master Hyper 212 you can get for cheapest.

You don't need a 650w PSU, a quality 500w is enough for a 660Ti.

​You can probably save money on the RAM, it isn't as important as people would think.

Get what ever is the cheapest in the 7870 LE/660Ti/670/7950 range, they all preform pretty close to each other, so if any are quite a bit cheaper I'd get that one.

GPU

http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/...roductId=53474

PSU

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=53655

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£95.94 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.00 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.99 @ Novatech)

Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£30.23 @ CCL Computers)

Storage: Seagate Constellation ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.82 @ Aria PC)

Storage: Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£124.98 @ Amazon UK)

Sound Card: Asus Xonar DGX 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card (£21.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

That should leave you money for good peripherals.

250gb ssd is to much for this build

export PS1='\[\033[1;30m\]┌╼ \[\033[1;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[1;30m\] ╾╼ \[\033[0;34m\]\w\[\033[0;36m\]\n\[\033[1;30m\]└╼ \[\033[1;37m\]'


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You could go with an FX 4300 and a cheaper motherboard if you want.

You don't need an H60, go with what ever Cooler Master Hyper 212 you can get for cheapest.

You don't need a 650w PSU, a quality 500w is enough for a 660Ti.

​You can probably save money on the RAM, it isn't as important as people would think.

Get what ever is the cheapest in the 7870 LE/660Ti/670/7950 range, they all preform pretty close to each other, so if any are quite a bit cheaper I'd get that one.

GPU

http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/...roductId=53474

PSU

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=53655

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£95.94 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.00 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.99 @ Novatech)

Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£30.23 @ CCL Computers)

Storage: Seagate Constellation ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.82 @ Aria PC)

Storage: Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£124.98 @ Amazon UK)

Sound Card: Asus Xonar DGX 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card (£21.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

That should leave you money for good peripherals.

Except that it fits the budget....
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You could go with an FX 4300 and a cheaper motherboard if you want.

You don't need an H60, go with what ever Cooler Master Hyper 212 you can get for cheapest.

You don't need a 650w PSU, a quality 500w is enough for a 660Ti.

​You can probably save money on the RAM, it isn't as important as people would think.

Get what ever is the cheapest in the 7870 LE/660Ti/670/7950 range, they all preform pretty close to each other, so if any are quite a bit cheaper I'd get that one.

GPU

http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/...roductId=53474

PSU

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=53655

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£95.94 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.00 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.99 @ Novatech)

Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£30.23 @ CCL Computers)

Storage: Seagate Constellation ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.82 @ Aria PC)

Storage: Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£124.98 @ Amazon UK)

Sound Card: Asus Xonar DGX 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card (£21.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

That should leave you money for good peripherals.

I would argue that 120gb isn't enough for any gaming build, most gamers have about ten games, a game is about 10 gb, space goes quick when you add a few essential programs and the OS.
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export PS1='\[\033[1;30m\]┌╼ \[\033[1;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[1;30m\] ╾╼ \[\033[0;34m\]\w\[\033[0;36m\]\n\[\033[1;30m\]└╼ \[\033[1;37m\]'


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You could go with an FX 4300 and a cheaper motherboard if you want.

You don't need an H60, go with what ever Cooler Master Hyper 212 you can get for cheapest.

You don't need a 650w PSU, a quality 500w is enough for a 660Ti.

​You can probably save money on the RAM, it isn't as important as people would think.

Get what ever is the cheapest in the 7870 LE/660Ti/670/7950 range, they all preform pretty close to each other, so if any are quite a bit cheaper I'd get that one.

GPU

http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/...roductId=53474

PSU

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=53655

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£95.94 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.00 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.99 @ Novatech)

Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£30.23 @ CCL Computers)

Storage: Seagate Constellation ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.82 @ Aria PC)

Storage: Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£124.98 @ Amazon UK)

Sound Card: Asus Xonar DGX 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card (£21.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

That should leave you money for good peripherals.

u so funny :P

export PS1='\[\033[1;30m\]┌╼ \[\033[1;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[1;30m\] ╾╼ \[\033[0;34m\]\w\[\033[0;36m\]\n\[\033[1;30m\]└╼ \[\033[1;37m\]'


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Here!

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£95.94 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.00 @ Overclockers.co.uk)

Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.99 @ Novatech)

Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£30.23 @ CCL Computers)

Storage: Seagate Constellation ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.82 @ Aria PC)

Storage: OCZ Vertex Plus 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£99.25 @ Amazon UK)

Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£12.98 @ Scan.co.uk)

PSU: Corsair Builder Series CX500M (£53.99 @ Aria PC)

GPU: VTX3D Black Edition Radeon HD 7870 (£179.99 @ Aria PC)

Total: £605.19

This gives you an ODD, and leaves you with around 90 dollars for a keyboard, mouse, case and wireless card. If you need a little more for the extra parts which are all opinion parts, get the cheapest 120GB SSD you can find, or drop down the a 4300 CPU. Enjoy :)

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