£1500 new PC fund help

[Munkie]

Like the title suggests, I have saved up me bonus ready for a PC build, now I have the money, I realise I'm out of touch with PC tech!

I was looking at the i7 3550k but is that any good for gaming and YouTube video creation?

I'm tempted by the 690 also, but maybe wait for the 700 series?!

Any ideas or help would be ace!

That's all!

Munkie

[Thomas]

Where will you be buying the parts from? Im currently building a pc, i got the i5 3570k with 16 gb gskill ares ram, z77 motherboard 1 tb black wd hdd, 750 watt psu, evga 660ti 3 gb gddr5 pcie x16 3.0, dvd rw and bluray rom and my case was a silverstone raven rv03

[Anonymouse]

Link - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/wwHg

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3-1866
Storage: Crucial M4 256GB 2.5″ SSD
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5″ 7200RPM
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 670 2GB – 2-Way SLI
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 670 2GB – 2-Way SLI
Case: Antec Eleven Hundred ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 750W

IMO your better with 2 GTX 670's then 1 GTX 690

[Zuki]

Get an;
i7 3770k
8/12gb DDR3 RAM - CORSAIR
850w PSU GOLD - CORSAIR
GTX 680 4GB FTW ED. - EVGA
P8Z77-V LX Motherboard - ASUS
240 GB SSD - OCZ
1TB HDD 7200RPM - wD
Any midtower/high tower case.
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This will equal to approx. £1,300.

[Deaglan]

www.overclockers.co.uk

[Munkie]

Thanks guys, none of you have popped what to cool the CPU with, is the 80i ok?

D

[Kazumz]

100i better. Dual Rad.

[Munkie]

Will it fit in fatality r4?

[Kazumz]

Here's my personal build:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/lm/R10FATZ55...pdp_lm_title_1

Will it fit in fatality r4?

Best thing you can do is Google it for examples.

[Bevan]

This topic is a little old now but I figured I would weigh in here!
I would not go with an Intel Based system for just gaming purposes, If you are looking to do some video recording / editing then by all means go for Intel! but AMD is much better for Gaming due to the large price differences! Intel is only a slight bit better than AMD with Gaming but with a larger price margin.

My PC was Intel based and I sorely regret it, If I had swung for an AMD system I would have had extra cash for additional parts for future upgrades!