gaming pc to take to university

jakejacob0 · 25 Apr 2011 at 10:53

gong to university in september so looking for a good gaming pc to take with me.
i will need everything except an OS.
monitor must be able to be connected to my xbox.
preferably 1920x1080
graphics maybe a 2gb 6950.
or just a card that will play most games on hight/ultra settings.

price rage of about £550-650
i can get stuff from MM if possible but just depends if anything comes up on there

thanks a lot all

Judgeneo · 25 Apr 2011 at 10:54

Say please

joemo13 · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:03

Please, I want one too!
But won't £650 be a bit tight if including a monitor as well?

jakejacob0 · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:05

Judgeneo said:
Say please

pleaseee

jakejacob0 · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:06

joemo13 said:
Please, I want one too!
But won't £650 be a bit tight if including a monitor as well?

not if i use a 955BE

Judgeneo · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:13

Slightly over budget, but should be able to get within if you use MM

HIS ATI Radeon 6950 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Games Pack £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
IIyama Prolite E2271HDS 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £134.39
(£111.99) £134.39
(£111.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
(£68.32) £81.98
(£68.32)
Corsair Builder Series CX 600W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXUK) £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Sub Total : £566.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £113.38
Total : £680.29

Presuming that you don't need keyboard, mouse, speakers/headphones

stulid · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:14

jakejacob0 said:
not if i use a 955BE

Well you go ahead and spec a PC with that CPU, and I will use the faster Sandybridge 13 2120 - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i3-2120-2100_5.html#sect0

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon 6950 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Games Pack £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
Iiyama ProLite E2409HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £143.99
(£119.99) £143.99
(£119.99)
Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.49) £14.99
(£12.49)
Sub Total : £538.23
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £107.65
Total : £645.88

sk82jack · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:16

HIS ATI Radeon 6950 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Games Pack HIS ATI Radeon 6950 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Games Pack £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
LG E1940S 19" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black LG E1940S 19" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Asus P8H67-M Pro Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** Asus P8H67-M Pro Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £85.18
(£70.98) £85.18
(£70.98)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
OCZ Intel Extreme XMP 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 10666C7 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit (OCZ3X1333LV4GK) OCZ Intel Extreme XMP 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 10666C7 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit (OCZ3X1333LV4GK) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £33.98
(£28.32) £33.98
(£28.32)
LiteOn IHAS324-32 24x DVD±RW ReWriter SATA - (Black) Retail LiteOn IHAS324-32 24x DVD±RW ReWriter SATA - (Black) Retail £19.99
(£16.66) £19.99
(£16.66)
Sub Total : £524.23
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 : £107.35
Total : £644.08

If you qualify for free shipping this comes down to £629.08

Difference between 6950 1GB and 2GB is minimal over 1 screen I've heard (and this one comes with free games!

lol)

EDIT: Stulid beat me to it

stulid · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:21

^
19" screen!! LOL and how does a XBOX connect to it?

jakejacob0 · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:23

so would this be alright?

Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FarCry 2 & Operation Flashpoint Games
£199.98
(£166.65)

£199.98
(£166.65)

BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black
£107.99
(£89.99)

£107.99
(£89.99)

Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
£99.98
(£83.32)

£99.98
(£83.32)

Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU
£64.99
(£54.16)

£64.99
(£54.16)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION**
£59.99
(£49.99)

£59.99
(£49.99)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)
£35.99
(£29.99)

£35.99
(£29.99)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS)
£30.98
(£25.82)

£30.98
(£25.82)
Samsung SH-S223C/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black/Silver/Biege) - Retail
£15.59
(£12.99)

£15.59
(£12.99)
Sub Total :

£512.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout)

Shipping :

FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00%

VAT :

£102.58

Total :

£615.49

stulid · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:26

The PSU supplied with that case will die with trying to power a GTX480.

the BenQ monitor doesnt have HDMI for your Xbox

jakejacob0 · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:27

oh okay

sk82jack · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:27

stulid said:
^
19" screen!! LOL and how does a XBOX connect to it?

Well I left £20 to upgrade it.....

(forgot about the xbox tbh

)

jakejacob0 said:
so would this be alright?

....

You probably want a better quality PSU than the one that comes with a case but wait for someone to confirm that lol

KiiYzOo · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:27

I personally wouldn't trust a psu that comes with a case with the gtx480

Murray · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:30

@sk82jack, Stulid is betting you every time!

I would go with Stulid's build ain't going to get much better than that really.

jakejacob0 · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:33

how about this?

Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FarCry 2 & Operation Flashpoint Games
£199.98
(£166.65)

£199.98
(£166.65)

OcUK 24" True HD Widescreen LED Monitor - Black
£134.99
(£112.49)

£134.99
(£112.49)

Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail

£99.98
(£83.32)

£99.98
(£83.32)

MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION**

£59.99
(£49.99)

£59.99
(£49.99)

BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply
£39.98
(£33.32)

£39.98
(£33.32)

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)

£35.99
(£29.99)

£35.99
(£29.99)

Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black

£33.98
(£28.32)

£33.98
(£28.32)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS)
£30.98
(£25.82)
£30.98
(£25.82)
Samsung SH-S223C/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black/Silver/Biege) - Retail
£15.59
(£12.99)
£15.59
(£12.99)
Sub Total :
£542.82
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout)
Shipping :
FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00%
VAT :
£108.58
Total :

£651.47

stulid · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:34

better.

Murray · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:36

Better you really want that card don't you and it does beat the 6950.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/331?vs=309

sk82jack · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:37

Murray said:
@sk82jack, Stulid is betting you every time!

I would go with Stulid's build ain't going to get much better than that really.

Talk about never kick a man when he's down

lol

Just a quick question, if I may. Does it matter that your speccing 1600MHz RAM when the motherboard will only run it at 1333MHz? Does it make any difference than if you were to put in 1333MHz RAM? (not that there's a difference in price)

stulid · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:37

Oh, and you might want to add a 120MM fan to the basket as the case only comes with a front fitted fan.

but, consider what the cost is with an extra fan or two, compared to a case that cost a little more but includes more fans anyway.