Opinion on this build please! £1400budget

Lindley23 · 12 Feb 2011 at 21:50

Hello! I have a maximum of £1400 to spend, anything less is a bonus, this pc is PURELY for gaming, nothing else. I would obviously like it to be as future proof as possible.

Ive tried my best but probably made a few mistakes, what do you guys think to this build?

Thanks in advance, Alex

stulid · 12 Feb 2011 at 21:53

that's great.

the ram not fit with the cooler due to the little heat spreaders on them.

Lindley23 · 12 Feb 2011 at 21:55

tbh, Ram is about the only thing I haven't done much research on, is there anything you can suggest? Is it worth getting 8gig on a gaming rig?

Davey_Pitch · 12 Feb 2011 at 21:58

Unless you need the 3 year warranty on the CPU, change it for the OEM version as the retail version comes with a stock cooler which you obviously won't be using

anuraj · 12 Feb 2011 at 21:59

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-105-GL&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517 should be better

stulid · 12 Feb 2011 at 22:02

the geil value ram above, or corsair xms3

Lindley23 · 12 Feb 2011 at 22:04

Thanks a lot guys, got to love this forum!

With my budget of around £400 for the graphics card(s) is the 580 the one to go for without question?

anuraj · 12 Feb 2011 at 22:06

I think so.

stulid · 12 Feb 2011 at 22:12

if you can honestly afford that then its the best.

anuraj · 12 Feb 2011 at 22:13

stulid said:
if you can honestly afford that then its the best.

That's what she said
but seriously this.

Lindley23 · 12 Feb 2011 at 22:18

It seems you are doubting that I am actually going to buy this pc?

I don't just want to throw money away for a couple more fps, If there are any savings to be made i'd appreciate it or any cards that are easily overclockable that give a close performance?

I assure you, I will be buying a pc for this budget from overclockers in the next couple of days.

trisp · 12 Feb 2011 at 22:23

Thats what she said

lol

But your about right for that build i would change the 1tb for a tb drive as its about 20 pounds more for another 1 tb its defiantly worth it!! and the palit gtx 580 is 370 atms so buy that instead!!

Mojo · 12 Feb 2011 at 22:44

To be quite honest the 580 is not a very good value card. For 270 quid you could get either a GTX570 or a 6970, both of which will overclock to 580 speeds for more than a hundred quid less. I would suggest the 6970 at this point, as the board in your spec supports crossfire, allowing another card to be added in future if you feel the need for any extra ooomph.If you were to spend a bit more, say £410 odd, you could get two 6950s which will decimate the 580.

I'd avoid the 580 like the plague at the moment. It has no direct competition which is why the prices are so high for what you get. This is virtually the definition of throwing money away for a few extra fps!

Orcvader · 12 Feb 2011 at 22:47

Another option is to get a couple of 6950s in crossfire, and flash them to 6970s.