New Gaming PC

Xein · 27 Oct 2010 at 17:44

I was going to go for a laptop but I looked at everyones suggestions and took the opportunity to go ahead with a new gaming pc instead of a laptop, so I can get more for my money and it will perform better and hopefully last longer.

I have around £700 to spend ( Won't be buying as of yet )

I prefer AMD to Intel, I'm going to be keeping a close eye on the 6Series cards

I don't need - OS / Keyboard / Mouse / Monitor / HDD

stulid · 27 Oct 2010 at 17:48

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE CODMW2 PC-Game £189.99
(£161.69) £189.99
(£161.69)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £117.49
(£99.99) £117.49
(£99.99)
Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £104.97
(£89.34) £104.97
(£89.34)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply £94.99
(£80.84) £94.99
(£80.84)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £61.09
(£51.99) £61.09
(£51.99)
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - Retail £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £550.22
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £98.13
Total : £658.85

you can add a second 6870 later on for some Crossfire luv'in

Xein · 27 Oct 2010 at 17:56

Thanks for the suggestion

That PSU seems very expensive?

stulid · 27 Oct 2010 at 17:57

Frozo said:
That PSU seems very expensive?

good ones always do!

Xein · 27 Oct 2010 at 17:57

stulid said:
good ones always do!

Very true

chipps101 · 27 Oct 2010 at 18:01

if your not going to go crossfire at a later date i would save £50 and get this psu instead - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-034-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

and i would get this patriot memory kit instead of the corsair as it is cl7 instead of cl9 for the same price - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-041-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

apart from that stulid's spec would be ideal.

Liampope · 27 Oct 2010 at 18:36

Good spec. Alternatively, if you wanted, you could save a little on the mobo, case and PSU (still using quality components and still being ready to x-fire) and include a decent SSD and still hit around £700. Will spec it out later maybe...

stulid · 27 Oct 2010 at 18:44

this would be the non-crossfire spec.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE CODMW2 PC-Game £189.99
(£161.69) £189.99
(£161.69)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £117.49
(£99.99) £117.49
(£99.99)
MSI 870A-G54 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £77.98
(£66.37) £77.98
(£66.37)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £61.09
(£51.99) £61.09
(£51.99)
Corsair CX 500W ATX Power Supply £49.98
(£42.54) £49.98
(£42.54)
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - Retail £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £488.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £87.40
Total : £586.85

Xein · 27 Oct 2010 at 19:03

I think the chance to crossfire in a later date is something I will consider because it will boost my overall performance

Although I do like the idea of a SSD

Liampope · 27 Oct 2010 at 19:29

Here you go. Still fully ready to x-fire, but includes decent SSD. Just over budget...

HIS ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE CODMW2 PC-Game £189.99
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £117.49
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £99.99
Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply £69.99
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £61.09
Coolermaster Elite 430 Case - Black £41.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Sub Total : £599.59
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £106.77
Total : £716.86

No USB3 mind you - but meh.

Xein · 28 Oct 2010 at 10:33

Looks a good build, It would come under because I don't need a HDD as I already have one so I can use it as storage

The SSD I think is a prio now because of the performance boost you can get from them.

Liampope · 28 Oct 2010 at 10:56

Ah sorry I missed you didn't need a HDD. If I'd not made that mistake, I would have used the mobo from Stulid's spec instead as it is better all round and includes USB3 and SATA3 (will coax even more performance out of that SSD if I'm not mistaken). £25 more, so you'll still be on budget just about.

Xein · 28 Oct 2010 at 11:43

Liampope said:
Ah sorry I missed you didn't need a HDD. If I'd not made that mistake, I would have used the mobo from Stulid's spec instead as it is better all round and includes USB3 and SATA3 (will coax even more performance out of that SSD if I'm not mistaken). £25 more, so you'll still be on budget just about.

It's not your fualt, I'm going to keep checking different builds and put select things together to try and create the best one possible

Unless anyone else has any suggestions?

Xein · 29 Oct 2010 at 12:43

I think I am going to go with Stulids build and maybe add a SSD to it. But because I am not buying as of yet things might change so I will be coming back to check if anything new has been released, also would that Coolermaster case keep everything cool?

(Sorry for double post)