Gaming spec for future games

Morrey360 · 23 Apr 2011 at 16:28

I need a new gaming PC. I will mainly be using it for Battlefield 3 and Mass Effect 3 and the new Elder Scrolls when they eventually come out. I will need everything e.g. Monitor, Tower. I don't need a new OS or mouse or Keyboard and the budget will be around £600 - £650.

MrElve · 23 Apr 2011 at 16:30

I take it you need speakers too right? (or headset)

EDIT: Here is one I just came up with if you could stretch your budget out by another £15.

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
Coolermaster CM690-II Lite Dominator Case & GX 750W Power Supply Coolermaster CM690-II Lite Dominator Case & GX 750W Power Supply
(£93.88) £112.66
(£93.88)
BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black
(£89.99) £107.99
(£89.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 microATX Motherboard Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 microATX Motherboard
(£67.49) £80.99
(£67.49)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS)
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
Corsair Gaming Audio Series HS1A Analogue Gaming Headset Corsair Gaming Audio Series HS1A Analogue Gaming Headset
(£36.65) £43.98
(£36.65)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£12.99) £15.59
(£12.99)

Sub Total : £555.13
VAT : £111.03
Total : £666.16

Morrey360 · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:02

I don't think that i will be needing a headset i have a Sennheiser pc 360 that i currently use for my ps3

stulid · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:04

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)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Stalker Call of Pripyat PC Game Voucher £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Iiyama ProLite E2409HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £143.99
(£119.99) £143.99
(£119.99)
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/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.49) £14.99
(£12.49)
Sub Total : £554.07
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 : £110.81
Total : £664.88

A Intel 2400 cpu even destroys the AMD 975BE cpu - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-2500-2400-2300_7.html#sect0

And a ATI 5870 kills a GTX460 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/162?vs=156

Brumboy · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:07

MrElve's build is good for the money. I have the exact same graphics card and I can play all the Crysis games, BC2, Shogun 2, Portal 2, Call of Duty's, Batman Arkham Asylum at the maximum settings without a problem. The only game I can't play to the max is GTA IV because it requires over 1GB of graphics memory.

Since your budget is quite limited, you could also try looking in the clearance section on OCuk and find some cheaper components.

Reaper 392 · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:16

definitely go for stulids spec. will humiliate the spec from the other guy

Predicament · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:17

Rossuk89 said:
MrElve's build is good for the money.

Stulids Spec is actually far superior. If your budget can stretch, I'd go for a GTX 480. You say you want to play 'future games'

Morrey360 · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:43

I have just found out my brother has a spare 24" monitor that i can have, As well as a spare HX520W Corsair PSU but I'm not sure if it will have enough power

stulid · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:49

Morrey360 said:
I have just found out my brother has a spare 24" monitor that i can have, As well as a spare HX520W Corsair PSU but I'm not sure if it will have enough power

PSU is great

Heres a spec without PSU and monitor.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
(£174.99) £209.99
(£174.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
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 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 : £496.59
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 : £99.32
Total : £595.91

Cookeh · 23 Apr 2011 at 18:03

Predicament said:
Stulids Spec is actually far superior. If your budget can stretch, I'd go for a GTX 480. You say you want to play 'future games'

If you're thinking like that, then even the GTX480 will start to slow down

It's also hot and noisy.

A better bet for a more powerful graphics card would be a GTX560Ti

Stu's spec is very very good, and the HX520W will have more than enough juice

stulid · 23 Apr 2011 at 18:06

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £257.99
(£214.99) £257.99
(£214.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
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 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 : £536.59
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 : £107.32
Total : £643.91

ATI sucks, Nvidia rocks, there I said it!!! let the flames begin

Cookeh · 23 Apr 2011 at 18:09

The former AMD fanboy has turned! :eek:

GTX570 is a great card, and will certainly last you through Skyrim (can NOT wait xD)

Morrey360 · 24 Apr 2011 at 18:42

thanks for the specs guys. Just got to pick up the PSU and Monitor

PB94941 · 24 Apr 2011 at 22:42

the first post seems good spec

Blue160 · 24 Apr 2011 at 22:49

No it doesn't. As usual Stulid has put together the best system for the money

csj2k · 27 Apr 2011 at 13:31

I want to build the pc from stulid's list. I've been looking around for several days and this seems to be the best for the money. I've put plenty of pc's together but that was three or four years ago now....

I didn't see any cooling listed - what would people recommend? I'm asuming I'd also need to buy thermal compound.

Is there anything else I would need?

The mobo is out of stock - what would be a good alternative or should I just ring and see when it'll be back in stock?

Thank you in advance

sk82jack · 27 Apr 2011 at 13:57

csj2k said:
I want to build the pc from stulid's list. I've been looking around for several days and this seems to be the best for the money. I've put plenty of pc's together but that was three or four years ago now....

I didn't see any cooling listed - what would people recommend? I'm asuming I'd also need to buy thermal compound.

Is there anything else I would need?

The mobo is out of stock - what would be a good alternative or should I just ring and see when it'll be back in stock?

Thank you in advance

You mean his first spec (i5 2400)? The motherboard he specced was the cheapest H67 board that OcUK do so you can either ring up and ask when it's back in stock or get any of the others on the list (the next least expensive in stock is Gigabyte H67M-UD2H-B3 at £84.98.

As for the cooler, if you buy a retail version CPU, you get a cooler with it which will be fine.

You should really start your own thread with your budget, main uses of the pc, and any other preferences and more people will help you out.

pv123 · 27 Apr 2011 at 14:59

Go for one of the specs with the 2500k and the P67, you won't regret it. And go for a non-stock cooler - these are much better long term investments than a 2400 and a h67. However they will both provide really great performance and be overkill for almost everything at the moment.

olivier renault · 27 Apr 2011 at 15:22

Yeah, if you have monitor and a HX520, that'll work with a P67 2500K and a 6950 2GB. That's the best you can get for your money, GTX 480 at a push although it will stress that PSU.

Bwaaa · 27 Apr 2011 at 15:25

If you want to play "future games", save your money, make do for the moment and spend the money in the future. Unless you're terribly unhappy with your current setup for current games of course, then by all means go for it.