Help to choose parts

[mowat18]

I'm looking for help to choose good parts for a gaming pc. I would prefer to keep it within a 900 pound budget. I need everything including a keyboard, mouse and operating system. It would be prefferable if it was an intel i7 and have 6 gig of memory. My hard drive should have a fairly good amount of space as I am doing game development at college and may require a lot of space for saving animations etc. Thanks in advance to all who take the time to help me out. I have chosen parts but I wan't to see what everyone else comes up with and compare them.

Thanks again I want it to be able to run the latest games with high graphics if possible

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Here is a Core i7 based build you might want to consider:

Intel Core i7 920 D0 ~ £175

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-280-IN

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R ~ £157

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-235-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1692

6GB 1600MHZ DDR3 ~ £115

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-179-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1389

Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply ~ £77

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-117-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1088

This PSU is made by Seasonic and has 4 PCI-E power connectors.

HIS iCooler V ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 ~ £233

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-004-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411

OR

Club 3D ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB ~ £125

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-014-C3

Windows 7 OEM ~ £83

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-127-MS

Samsung F3 1TB ~ £58

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA

SATA optical drive ~ £15

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-099-SA&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-090-LG&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951

Antec 300 ~ £45

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-101-AN

OR

Zalman Z7 Plus ~ £43

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-033-ZA

The total comes to around £848 to £958.

It looks like you will need to stick with an HD5770 1GB if you want to have peripherals within your £900 budget.

You could probably get a cheaper PSU like an OCZ one although the Antec units are better.

The Antec 650W unit does get a good review:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/psus/2010/02/22/600-700w-psu-review-round-up/7


Here is an alternate AMD build:

AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T 2.80GHz ~ £167

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-267-AM

OR

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz ~ £136

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-244-AM

Asus M4A89GTD PRO ~ £108

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-392-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782

4GB 1600MHZ DDR3 ~ £100

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-180-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply ~ £77

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-117-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1088

HIS iCooler V ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 ~ £233

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-004-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411

This PSU is made by Seasonic and has 4 PCI-E power connectors.

Windows 7 OEM ~ £83

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-127-MS

Samsung F3 1TB ~ £58

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA

SATA optical drive ~ £15

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-099-SA&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-090-LG&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951

Antec 300 ~ £45

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-101-AN

OR

Zalman Z7 Plus ~ £43

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-033-ZA

The total comes to around £856 to £887.

 

[Redmint]

Cat, can't see any cases in your builds? Other than that, looks good.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Cat, can't see any cases in your builds? Other than that, looks good.

You are right! Components lists now edited!

 

[Jae-So]

^ + for the i7+UD3R+5850 build, i5 may be better value for gaming due to cheaper boards tho

 

[mowat18]

Thanks for the help your build is a lot cheaper than mine I am ordering next week so I have plenty of time to decide