A good Gaming Rig

DarkMessiah · 18 May 2011 at 12:38

Hay Guys

Im hoping you could help me with getting a good gaming rig.I have looked about and found one but would like to know if you think this is a good rig.Im looking at spending 700-800 quid on a system.Thanks for your help

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-179-OE&groupid=43&catid=1444&subcat=

Ginger-Menace · 18 May 2011 at 12:40

if you build it yourself you can save some money its really easy to build and there pleanty of people on here that are willing to help you

Reaper 392 · 18 May 2011 at 12:41

are you happy to build the computer yourself, or do you want a prebuilt one?

if you build it yourself you will end up saving a lot of cash, but i know some people arent happy to do that

DarkMessiah · 18 May 2011 at 12:43

Hay guys thx for the quick reply's

I have built a pc before but i am so out of tuch with the new stuff its unreal lol.I can build one but need a good list maybe picked by you guys.Thanks again

stulid · 18 May 2011 at 12:47

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £89.98
(£74.98) £89.98
(£74.98)
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXV2UK) £74.99
(£62.49) £74.99
(£62.49)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £56.99
(£47.49) £56.99
(£47.49)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £601.07
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £123.16
Total : £738.98

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Or with a GTX570,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £233.99
(£194.99) £233.99
(£194.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £89.98
(£74.98) £89.98
(£74.98)
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXV2UK) £74.99
(£62.49) £74.99
(£62.49)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £56.99
(£47.49) £56.99
(£47.49)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £654.40
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £133.83
Total : £802.98

Included win7 with both specs.

Reaper 392 · 18 May 2011 at 12:54

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £149.99
1 x MSI P67A-G45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition Power Supply £72.98
1 x Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £56.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £43.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £788.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

all ready for a second 570 in SLI when you need a boost in performance

stulid · 18 May 2011 at 12:55

Reaper 392 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £149.99
1 x MSI P67A-G45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition Power Supply £72.98
1 x Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £56.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £43.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £788.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

all ready for a second 570 in SLI when you need a boost in performance

OH DEAR

motherboard doesnt support SLI.

hybrid572 · 18 May 2011 at 12:56

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £149.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £119.99
1 x Asus P8P67-M Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £94.98
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXV2UK) £74.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £71.99
1 x Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £56.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £17.99
Total : £660.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).

This is all you need, but feel free to throw down another £80 on the 6950 2GB if you must have all the sparkles in your games.

Reaper 392 · 18 May 2011 at 12:57

stulid said:
OH DEAR

motherboard doesnt support SLI.

so it only does crossfire?

FFFUUU MSI

*edit*

yes it does support SLI:

http://www.msi.com/product/mb/P67A-G45--B3-.html#Support
click VGA cards to go to the link below:
http://www.msi.com/file/test_report/TR1_2341.pdf

oh, and from OcUK website:

Multi-GPU Support
- Support for Nvidia SLI and ATI CrossfireX

stulid · 18 May 2011 at 12:58

Reaper 392 said:
so it only does crossfire?

FFFUUU MSI

Aye

stulid · 18 May 2011 at 12:59

@ OP do you need a copy of Win7?

Reaper 392 · 18 May 2011 at 13:01

stulid said:
Aye

might want to read my edit

stulid · 18 May 2011 at 13:03

Reaper 392 said:
might want to read my edit

you might want to check the specs

SLI N/A
3-way SLI N/A
Hybrid SLI N/A
CrossFire Y

And theres no SLI badge on the features, only a crossfire certification

Reaper 392 · 18 May 2011 at 13:12

stulid said:
you might want to check the specs

SLI N/A
3-way SLI N/A
Hybrid SLI N/A
CrossFire Y

And theres no SLI badge on the features, only a crossfire certification

so how the **** did it pass the SLI tests then :eek:

and why was this not mentioned on the detailed specs (which is what i was looking at)

updated spec:
(this one better support SLI MSI *shakes fist*)

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £149.99
1 x MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £109.99
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition Power Supply £72.98
1 x Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £56.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £43.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £798.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).

*edit*
now its all ready for SLI

stulid · 18 May 2011 at 13:14

Have you seen the GD53 test report? its a lot more comprehensive than just "yes"

Better spec, still need to find out if Win7 is needed.

Reaper 392 · 18 May 2011 at 13:20

stulid said:
Have you seen the GD53 test report? its a lot more comprehensive than just "yes"

Better spec, still need to find out if Win7 is needed.

nah, i just looked at that because i was sure it said somewhere that it could do SLI, that was the first place i found it (however, the info was wrong)

ive also sent a message to OcUK about it, so hopefully they will ammend the website soon

DarkMessiah · 18 May 2011 at 14:26

Reaper 392 said:
so how the **** did it pass the SLI tests then

and why was this not mentioned on the detailed specs (which is what i was looking at)

updated spec:
(this one better support SLI MSI *shakes fist*)

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £149.99
1 x MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £109.99
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition Power Supply £72.98
1 x Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £56.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £43.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £798.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).

*edit*
now its all ready for SLI

Awesome thanks guys for your help

Think i will go for this setup it looks good

stulid · 18 May 2011 at 14:34

DarkMessiah said:
Awesome thanks guys for your help Think i will go for this setup it looks good

Did you need an operating system?

DarkMessiah · 18 May 2011 at 14:42

stulid said:
Did you need an operating system?

No i haven't actually :eek:

Windows 7 X86 will do i think yeah ?

stulid · 18 May 2011 at 14:44

DarkMessiah said:
No i haven't actually Windows 7 X86 will do i think yeah ?

Yeah, but it then goes over your budget!!!!

your back to looking at post #5 specs, where i actually included it