Gaming PC Build Help

Hotfuss88 · 8 Feb 2011 at 12:32

This is my first build and i have no idea where to start and what to get. My aim as said in title is a gaming PC however my budget is around £500 will push it to £600's if it really proves to be worth it.
I don't really know what else to put. I'm abit of a MMORPG nut so looking to be able to experience games such as WoW and Rift at there best, i also play call of duty blops however my current PC cant handle it and so I've had to put that on pause for the moment.
Games I'm looking forward to getting would be Bulletstorm.
I will also be lookin to upgrade it in the future rather than getting a new pc.
I am only looking into the Tower, screen mouse etc im happy with right now.

Any help is greatly appreciated

stulid · 8 Feb 2011 at 12:32

do you want just a tower unit? operating system? etc

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £154.99
(£129.16) £154.99
(£129.16)
MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £144.98
(£120.82) £144.98
(£120.82)
Foxconn H67A-S Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £31.19
(£25.99) £31.19
(£25.99)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.19
(£10.99) £13.19
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £456.09
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 20.00% VAT : £93.32
Total : £559.91

stulid · 8 Feb 2011 at 12:37

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.98
(£166.65) £199.98
(£166.65)
Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £154.99
(£129.16) £154.99
(£129.16)
Foxconn H67A-S Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £38.80
(£32.33) £38.80
(£32.33)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £31.19
(£25.99) £31.19
(£25.99)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.19
(£10.99) £13.19
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £497.59
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 20.00% VAT : £101.62
Total : £609.71

A comparison between the two above graphic cards - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/295?vs=293

everything is currently in stock, and the ram and 6950 gpu are on special offer today.

Hotfuss88 · 8 Feb 2011 at 12:45

Thanks for the two quick replies stulid. I am just looking for the tower but from what i can see you guessed that. As im looking into upgrading in the future where are the weak points in this build.

stulid · 8 Feb 2011 at 12:48

only one weak point really.

The H67 chipset motherboard doesnt do overclocking, so if you ever upgraded to a "K" variant cpu it would be wasted.

the K cpus differ from the non k ones by having an unlocked multiplier and a stronger built in gpu, but your using a add in card anyway.

the 6950 in the second build can be flashed to turn it in to a 6970 card - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18221844

The psu is fine for any single graphics card, sli/crossfire is no good(except low power cards such as two 5770 in crossfire), but the motherboard only supports single graphics cards anyway.

Hotfuss88 · 8 Feb 2011 at 12:52

Thanks for all the great help stulid i agree with the quote in your sig

you have saved me time and money dont know why i havent been on here before!

6644kp · 8 Feb 2011 at 13:33

stulid said:
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.98
(£166.65) £199.98
(£166.65)
Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £154.99
(£129.16) £154.99
(£129.16)
Foxconn H67A-S Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £38.80
(£32.33) £38.80
(£32.33)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £31.19
(£25.99) £31.19
(£25.99)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.19
(£10.99) £13.19
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £497.59
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 20.00% VAT : £101.62
Total : £609.71

A comparison between the two above graphic cards - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/295?vs=293

everything is currently in stock, and the ram and 6950 gpu are on special offer today.

This except for the mobo which is a H series and has integrated graphics and cant be OC most likely, get this mobo instead:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-040-IN&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

Only £15 difference

stulid · 8 Feb 2011 at 13:34

6644kp said:
This except for the mobo which is a H series and has integrated graphics and cant be OC most likely, get this mobo instead:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-040-IN&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

Only £15 difference

but its a non K cpu. so no.

and its put him over budget, without a good reason which he asked for, I explained all this just above.

6644kp · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:17

stulid said:
but its a non K cpu. so no.

and its put him over budget, without a good reason which he asked for, I explained all this just above.

he can still OC to within the turbo so he would get 3.4Ghz for the price of 3.1GHZ

stulid · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:21

6644kp said:
he can still OC to within the turbo so he would get 3.4Ghz for the price of 3.1GHZ

only when one core is being used, turboboost is automatic.

its upto 3.4ghz.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/03/intel-sandy-bridge-review/14

The Core i5-2400 is a nominally 3.1GHz CPU that can boost up to 3.4GHz if only one core is in use – this rarely occurs, as Windows shuffles even single-threaded applications from one core to another to keep a multi-core CPU responsive

Greavesy · 8 Feb 2011 at 18:13

This : http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-152-MS
And: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1275

GPU: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-120-OK&groupid=595&catid=683&subcat=

Then the rest of Stulids build.
Allthough the GPU is worse it will stay play all the latest games and when you upgrade in the future will most likely be the first thing you do change.

This motherboard and Processor will allow you to overclock easily, Theres no real point in doing it straight away but when in the future it begins to fall behind youl be able to overclock it so it should last longer than a non k chip and a H67 board.