Can you help spec me a PC?

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Hiya, I've joined up just then and was wondering if anybody could help me spec a half-decent pc for around 600-650 pounds.

It'll be used for gaming such as WoW, Portal 2 and BF3 when it comes out.

AMD/Intel and ATI/Nvidia is no issue for me, I'm fine either way.

I'd quite like the rig to be upgradeable to crossfire/sli if possible but it's not a make or break thing for me.

Thanks,
Josh
 
Do you need a monitor or any other peripherals? If you want to play BF3 with high settings then you might want to purchase it closer to the release, as you would get better value for money.

I would advise you to wait for the new bulldozer chips to come out so you can pick-up a phenom II pretty cheap.
 
I have a keyboard, mouse and a monitor that runs at 1920x1080 so I just need the actually PC itself
 
heres a £600 spec. extra money should be spent on the graphics card. but i'm not 100% sure whats best in the £150 area
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changed RAM to remove clearance issues

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
1 x MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £132.00
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £107.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £39.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £27.98
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.59
Total : £609.49 (includes shipping : £12.50).
 
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Come up with this:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £163.99
(£136.66) £163.99
(£136.66)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £107.99
(£89.99) £107.99
(£89.99)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply £50.99
(£42.49) £50.99
(£42.49)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.39
(£11.99) £14.39
(£11.99)
Sub Total : £483.57
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 : £99.21
Total : £595.28
 
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If you don't have an os, and are connected in anyway with someone who is a student then checkout software4students. W7 home premium and office 2010 for ~£40 each.
 
Thanks for the great response guys, I think I'll have trouble deciding which spec though :D
 
If you want SLI/CF in future go for the MSI GD65 which reaper and stulid suggested, if not save money and go for the MSI C45 from RJC
 
I would be tempted to ignore Crossfire/sli thoughts, stick with a single powerful GPU and just replace it when it needs it.

So take what RJC specced, and maximize the graphics card.

j0sh said:
With Stulid's build, would the PSU be enough to crossfire?
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Not really, a XFX 650w would be ideal because it has more PCI-E connectors too.
 
oliver2601 said:
Do you need a monitor or any other peripherals? If you want to play BF3 with high settings then you might want to purchase it closer to the release, as you would get better value for money.

I would advise you to wait for the new bulldozer chips to come out so you can pick-up a phenom II netto half-price sale cheap.
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fixed it for you... already cheap as is :D
 
I looked on software4students and there is a upgrade pack for 40 quid which will suit me nicely :D
I think it's gonna be RJC's build with a more powerful GPU,
thanks very much guys
 
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