Help me spec a full gaming machine for £1200 maximum

Parsifal

Parsifal

Parsifal

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Hello.

Please can you guys help me spec up a full gaming machine including peripherals [EDIT] but NOT the monitor, with a budget of £1200.

Thanks. :)
 
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Thanks for that. I'll take a look later.

I've changed my mind - not including the monitor anymore, so £1200 just for the base unit and peripherals.
 
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
(£199.99) £239.99
(£199.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Lost Planet 2 PC Game - Retail £201.98
(£168.32) £201.98
(£168.32)
Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Antec TruePower New Modular 750W Power Supply £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £101.99
(£84.99) £101.99
(£84.99)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £77.95
(£64.96) £77.95
(£64.96)
Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case - Black £63.98
(£53.32) £63.98
(£53.32)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000528AS) £40.99
(£34.16) £40.99
(£34.16)
Microsoft SideWinder X6 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (AGB-00006) £40.84
(£34.03) £40.84
(£34.03)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.74
(£29.78) £35.74
(£29.78)
Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £28.98
(£24.15) £28.98
(£24.15)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
(£11.65) £13.98
(£11.65)
Sub Total : £991.99
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £200.90
Total : £1,205.39

Right, virtually bang on budget.

  • SSD is a must for a new build with your budget!
  • 6950 and flash it to a 6970!
  • High quality PSU which will can accomodate dual gpu setup later if needed.
  • Cheapish case, but good bang-for-buck.
  • Better motherboard over the standard Asus P67, allows for Crossfire (Single@x16 or dual@x8/x8 mode or dual@x16/x1 mode) .
  • 8GB RAM
  • Good everyday/gaming mouse. Not to sure on the keyboard however.

Or,

Get the foxconn p67a-s intel p67 (socket 1155) ddr3 motherboard and a 6970 instead.

this board also does x8/x8 crossfire.

those pathway switches adapt the board from a single 16-lane slot to two eight-lane slots whenever a second card is detected.
Click to expand...
link

On a side note, price of the i5 2500K has increased a fair bit today. Can be had for £178.99 from elsewhere.

This 650W PSU is a little cheaper but is out of stock. Should provide enough juice for Crossfire later too.
 
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Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Palit GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £284.99
(£237.49) £284.99
(£237.49)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Lost Planet 2 PC Game - Retail £201.98
(£168.32) £201.98
(£168.32)
Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-850HXUK) £140.99
(£117.49) £140.99
(£117.49)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £101.99
(£84.99) £101.99
(£84.99)
Foxconn P67A-S Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower Case with Window - Black £87.82
(£73.18) £87.82
(£73.18)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £77.95
(£64.96) £77.95
(£64.96)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD105SI) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £36.76
(£30.63) £36.76
(£30.63)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £33.98
(£28.32) £33.98
(£28.32)
Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £28.98
(£24.15) £28.98
(£24.15)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £26.53
(£22.11) £26.53
(£22.11)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
(£11.65) £13.98
(£11.65)
Sub Total : £979.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £198.74
Total : £1,192.42


You guys really should have waited for the special offers to be updated:D
 
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My attempt:

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You could drop 4GB of the RAM and maybe get a better case. I put the soundcard in there as I never liked onboard sound. If you drop 4GB of the RAM, instead of getting a different case you could get some headphones to go with the Xonar.

I think all the components are compatible.. :)

Edit: Damn it I forgot Windows, all is lost :) Guess you would have to drop 4GB and go a bit over budget to add in the cost of Windows.
 
Danny25555 said:
Thats a nice build there, but the CPU Isnt going to cool itself.
Don't forget to include a cooler!
Click to expand...

if your referring to HP's build its a retail chip so already has a cooler supplied, fair enough with that amount to spend you'd go third party tho..........
 
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