Gaming PC £1500

Rocky20

Rocky20

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Hi, I am new to the forum. I recently had a nice win in the Irish Lotto :D and I thought I would spend my winnings on building a brand new gaming PC. I built the PC I have just now about 5 years ago but now it is way to slow to deal with the games nowadays.

I wan't a new monitor, keyboard and mouse.

Thanks guys!;)
 
I won £2890, the rest will be going into my savings account :D

I need to start catching up with the latest hardware, it has been a while.
 
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Included nice monitor, good size SSD, i5 is just as good for gaming as i7 in fact for single card set ups its slightly better due to the PCI-E controller, you didnt mention windows but as you need everything else I'm assuming you'll want that too?

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ATI are announcing there lineup of 6000, next gen cards. So I would put buying a graphics card on hold.

BTW. Congrats on your win :D - and very sensible to put the rest in savings too!! If only I could do the same....
 
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95's build looks good.

Case is usually mostly a personal preference kind of thing. There are some you should stay clear of, but most of the popular ones around this forum will serve well.

If you are going with the gaming pc route exclusively, I agree that the i5 will be your best bet as well. I would probably want to invest in a SLI/CrossFire capable motherboard though, but if you do not want a dual GPU setup then there is little reason to so also up to purchaser of course.
 
My choices are: (lots of which is same as my setup and is down to pp as above) Also, agreed on the 6000 series ATi cards, I'd wait to see what they are like but atm I'd go for:

Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail

MSI GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2

Samsung P2450H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor -

Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard

Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MH080G2R5)

Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black

Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750HXUK)

Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1600C9)

Razer Lycosa Gaming Keyboard

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)

Razer DeathAdder Respawn 3500dpi Xtreme Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1156 / 1366)

Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

TOTAL: £1497.18 inc VAT + Shipping

Yes, I'm a Razer fanboy but I've not had any problems with them and they perform really, REALLY well for me and look nice and smart too. The mouse, keyboard and case will all the match. Got a great gfx card in there and nice SSD for OS and games. OC it to about 4.0Ghz and off you go.....

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Gratz on the win m8y your in the same boat as me (not on the lotto but on the need for a complete new system) im trying to budget mine for about £1200 but im looking at £1500 builds and considering pieces i can buy a lil later down the line like the second GFX card. If i had all my money right now this is what i would buy...

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You cant see it but just of the bottom is a sata3 cable for about £6, this beast is what i really want to get but doubt ill have the cash any time soon. You a lucky swine and im jealous of your budget :), what ive linked there will be beastly and pwn anything you throw at it for some time. People are right about the new 6xxx series tho, its in your interests to maybe wait a month and see what there like cause even if they disappoint they will certainly drive down prices on the competition.

Also if its a choice between an SSD and 2x GPUS take the multi GPU :), thats just my opinion and im sure some will disagree but i value frame rates over a tiny increase in loading times.
 
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Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail

MSI GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2

Samsung P2450H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor -

Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard

Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MH080G2R5)

Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black

Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750HXUK)

Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1600C9)

Razer Lycosa Gaming Keyboard

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)

Razer DeathAdder Respawn 3500dpi Xtreme Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1156 / 1366)

Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

TOTAL: £1497.18 inc VAT + Shipping


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thats pretty much how id spend the money aswell......nice rig
 
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People are right about the new 6xxx series tho, its in your interests to maybe wait a month and see what there like cause even if they disappoint they will certainly drive down prices on the competition
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Got a crystal ball have you? If so then why arent you winning the lottery? Nothing is certain, and with the pound continuing to dip and the imminent hike in VAT Im personally speculating pricse will rise, but as I dont have a crystal ball like you I cant say for certain

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Also if its a choice between an SSD and 2x GPUS take the multi GPU :), thats just my opinion and im sure some will disagree but i value frame rates over a tiny increase in loading times.
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Glad you clarified its your opinion on this one, but its not a tiny increase in load times, its a massive decrease

A single 470 should handle anything you throw at it for some time, whilst leaving the multi gpu option open for future it makes no sense to spec a multi GPU set up initally, especially at the expense of a SSD which in my experience (along with what seems to be echoed by most on here) is one of best upgrades Ive had

Also this is another thread where a lot of people seem to recomend spending 1200 on a PC incl 3-400 (or even 550???) on gfx cards then displaying it on a crappy 200 quid monitor, I moved from TN to IPS a couple of years ago and would never go back, they might be bit more expensive but the image quality is vastly superior

I probably should have explained more in my first post re the monitor, for the benefit of the OP, the monitor I included uses an IPS panel which as Ive just said gives a much better image than "standard" TN panels

Edit: And as I and Porcelina said above, if its purely for gaming then i5 over i7
 
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Glad you clarified its your opinion on this one
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The thread your referring to the OP specifically asked how to make Mechwarrior and Dues Ex 3 run better when there released and i recommended an dx11 GPU over a SSD which still makes perfect sence imo.

I wouldnt go so far as to say the monitor ive specced is "Crappy", ok you can do better if your willing to spend a lot more but if you just want to play games then 24", FullHD res and 2ms response time will do the job quite nicely. If the OP wants he can get 2x5850s instead and use the £140 saved on a super top end monitor or a mid range 27" (that would be my choice) and still have a stupidly nice computer.
 
imo,,sli gtx 470 is ott because a single gtx 470 will play most of the games out there on max. i havent used an ssd before but i think it is a better buy now than a second gtx 470 as it will stay with the owner longer. buying single card now will also give the op a chance to sli it when games get more demanding or he can just sell it and get the next mid/top end gpu.
 
lol 95thrifles read my post properly (love the name btw, sharpe pwns) i was referring to the thread you were referring to where we were debating the merits of SSD and i said the guy should get a 5850 or a 5870 to replace his 4890.
 
Ahh makes more sense now, Id still disagree, Im running 4890s quite happily, there arent many games at all that actually use DX11, in fact most still use DX9
And yes Sharpe does rule!!!
 
The main reasoning behind my argument was the two games he stated he wants to play are almost certainly going to be dx11 :), and for me id choose fps over loading times but hey that is my opinion. I just think SSDs are currently to expensive and will eventually fall in price by a huge amount so best to save that money for time being.

Hoping to see another new Sharpe soon, still plenty of books to be made into TV shows.
 
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