New Gaming PC

[Hippy]

Hi, I have decided to buy a new gaming PC, ( last one was 7 years ago) so I am a bit out of touch with the specs, set a budget of £600.00[rollinglaugh][rollinglaugh] and started to investigate what I can buy.
Below is £662.00. Biggest upgrade cost was the Graphics card, 2gb HD7870 instead of a 1gb HD6670. Is this overkill for games like Whitcher 2 etc?
Any thoughts, suggestions will be gratefully received.

Regards Gary

Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 311 BLUE CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3470 (3.2GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8H61-MX USB3/SI: uATX, USB 3.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD7870 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
350W Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1155 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
2 - 6 DAY DELIVERY TO EUROPE (COUNTRY DEPENDANT) (£29)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £662.00 including VAT and delivery.

 

[keynes]

For the Witcher 2 the HD 7870 is a good choice, you could consider upgrading to a caviar black if possible.

 

[Hippy]

Thanks for the reply, 500 or 1tb caviar black? and how would it better as the specs seem the same, but I am a novice and this is my first build so open to any advice.

 

[Rakk]

Thanks for the reply, 500 or 1tb caviar black? and how would it better as the specs seem the same, but I am a novice and this is my first build so open to any advice.

The Caviar Black has a larger cache (64MB instead of 16MB), therefore it will make for slightly faster booting and loading of applications.

 

[Hippy]

OK thanks for the explanation, so this spec should keep me going for a few years?

 

[keynes]

OK thanks for the explanation, so this spec should keep me going for a few years?

For your budget is a very good spec, the power supply you have chose may limit you on possible upgrades in term of a better graphics card.

 

[Hippy]

OK I am going for the 500mb Caviar Black, I think I will leave the 350w psu in place because,

1) I hope not to upgrade anything for at least 2-3 years and by then there could be advances in the PSU area + drop in cost.

2) What size psu to upgrade to now not knowing what I could be upgrading later ( does that make sense?)

3) I have no money left.

4) The amount I spend on a new PC I have to equal that for her new clothes !!!! so it doubles the cost!

Thanks for all who helped.

 

[Grimezy]

OK I am going for the 500mb Caviar Black, I think I will leave the 350w psu in place because,

1) I hope not to upgrade anything for at least 2-3 years and by then there could be advances in the PSU area + drop in cost.

2) What size psu to upgrade to now not knowing what I could be upgrading later ( does that make sense?)

3) I have no money left.

4) The amount I spend on a new PC I have to equal that for her new clothes !!!! so it doubles the cost!

Thanks for all who helped.

The only problem with keeping the PSU low is that the closer you are to your maximum capacity, the more stress the PSU is going to be put under and the more chance of it becoming faulty. Even if you could just upgrade to the next size up the computer will run a lot happier in general. Your decision though, I just don't agree with spending £600 on pretty top spec hardware and then skimping out on the thing that essentially keeps it running.

 

[Hippy]

Point taken on the psu, new spec below,
One other question though, whilst looking at other peoples specs I have noticed that KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS ram is prefered, but it does not seem avaliable to me under the ram spec ? just Samsung.

Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 311 BLUE CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3470 (3.2GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8H61-MX USB3/SI: uATX, USB 3.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD7870 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5003AZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1155 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
2 - 6 DAY DELIVERY TO EUROPE (COUNTRY DEPENDANT) (£29)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £730.00 including VAT and delivery.

 

[keynes]

For gaming there is no noticeable difference between the samsung 1333mhz and the kingston 1600mhz.