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StanleyRop

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Hi peeps

Need some advise. Busy with an upgrade and budget is +-R 7000 for motherboard, CPU and GPU. Gonna use old hard drive, case, mouse, screen etc. Will probably also get PSU but thats another budget. Used mainly for gaming.

I have been looking at:

i5 3570k - R 2288
MSI 660Ti -R 3466
Asus P8H77 - V R 1579 (no stock) (any other suggestions)
Total R7333

Advise please.

Thanks
 
Good mobo, same price range: Gigabyte Z77X-UD3

Would really recommend the GTX 670, 660Ti only has 128bit which limit v-sync capabilities. Still very good card though.
 
NomNom said:
If you get that motherboard you will not be able to overclock that CPU.

Look at this one instead:

MSI Z77A-G43, LGA1155, Intel Z77 - R1,162

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Of course you can overclock that with the board. Its actually very impressive when it come to overclocking (thats the idea my when it comes to ivy bridge cpu's my friend) :)

Its a bit more expensive yes, but very good budget board.

edit: if you read the article its one of the best budget boards for overclocking :p


http://www.overclock.net/t/1252290/z77x-ud3h-review-and-oc-testing-circuit-analysis-ln2-runs-efficiency-comparison
 
^^ He was talking about the H77 board OP had in his post.
 
Thanks will change to the 7950 and Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H. While I'm at it what power supply would you recommend.
 
alternate good mobo: asrock Z77 Extreme4 for R1550 from Rebeltech (no affiliation, just bought mine from them). better value than the asus at the same price point.
 
"Personally" get a entry level chip (i3 2120/i5 2500k) + mid range board + entry level ram. And spend the rest on a good card

Not much FPS difference between chips/ram/boards, SPEND ALL YOUR CASH ON GFX if your into games and performace, but i guess thats just my thing :P, oh a SSD can make a good difference. Bad advice??
 
^^ That's only good advice if the games you're playing aren't CPU-dependent and rely mostly on GPU horsepower. Your choice of platform does limit the performance of your games and does dictate to a certain extent what settings you may play on. For example, many people can attest that Battlefield 3 runs just fine on a Core i3 and a GTX660 Ti on Ultra settings in the single-player campaign. But as soon as you go into the multiplayer, performance drops because the game itself changes to a CPU-limited one and nothing save a good quad-core can save it.
 
With regards to the mobo, just make sure you get a Z77 chipset if you planning on getting a Ivybridge processor. I picked up a Asus GTX670 (which is factory overclocked to the same as the GTX680) from Amazon for R3200. Awesome GPU that.
 
aka.Goliath said:
With regards to the mobo, just make sure you get a Z77 chipset if you planning on getting a Ivybridge processor. I picked up a Asus GTX670 (which is factory overclocked to the same as the GTX680) from Amazon for R3200. Awesome GPU that.
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Including your import duty and shipping?
 
Looking at getting the Intel® Desktop Board DZ77BH-55K for R1700, any one recommend something better in this price range?
 
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