New gaming rig

gamedemon1081 · 30 May 2011 at 09:01

Just about to build my brother a gaming rig- budget of around £800 - but this can (and has been

) ppushed to about 840-850. Please take a look and tell me if you would change anything if it was your rig.

Things he does not need : Mouse, Speakers.

Benq G2420HDBL Full HD LED LCD 24" DVI-D Monitor £145.19
XFX HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI Dual Mini Display Port Out £138.99
Asus P8P67-M R3.0 Socket 1155 8 channel Audio ATX Motherboard £94.30
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW & DL SATA Optical Drive - OEM £14.99
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Download Voucher £163.52
Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm £41.79
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium-Licence and media-64-bit -English £70.86
Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case £54.95
Adata HM series 550W 80 plus Bronze PSU - 8x SATA 2x PCI-E £62.91
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus, 4 Heat Pipes, with 120mm Quiet Fan £18.83
4GB (2x2GB) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.50V £38.54
Cart total inc vat: £844.00

This is already over my budget - so please go easy on the prices

Thanks,
Jack.

Lemin · 30 May 2011 at 09:12

OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply
£50.99 inc VAT

XFX Pro 550W Core Edition Power Supply
£50.99 inc VAT

i have that cpu cooler, with this ram your safe from hight issues...

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) [CMX4GX3M2A1600C9]
£39.98 inc VAT

TheEnosFam · 30 May 2011 at 09:13

Looks good to me except for the PSU for that price range I would personally go with one of these YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply £65.99
1 x OCZ StealthXStream 2 700W Power Supply £60.98
Total : £138.07 (includes shipping : £9.25).

Pohly · 30 May 2011 at 09:29

the antec 620w is still on offer (£50) its better and cheaper than the one you hvae put in basket so i would suggest getting that

http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-148-AN

and if you can strech abit more i would suggest this motherboard supports crossfire proppaly and is very good for overclocking etc

gamedemon1081 · 30 May 2011 at 10:50

Thank you all for the replies guys - I am now choosing between the:
OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply
or
XFX Pro 550W Core Edition Power Supply

Please post your opinions on which you prefer and, if possible, why?

Thanks in advance

Pohly · 30 May 2011 at 10:53

gamedemon1081 said:
Thank you all for the replies guys - I am now choosing between the:
OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply
or
XFX Pro 550W Core Edition Power Supply

Please post your opinions on which you prefer and, if possible, why?

Thanks in advance

the xfx because its a sersonic unit so good build quality but tbh with you i would just get the antec its great quality and a tenner cheaper

never mind they are the same price

thought you said the xfx 650W

sk82jack · 30 May 2011 at 11:02

Go for the Antec High Current Gamer 620w!

It's a seasonic design for £50! :eek:

You can't go wrong!

gamedemon1081 · 30 May 2011 at 11:08

sk82jack said:
Go for the Antec High Current Gamer 620w!

It's a seasonic design for £50!

You can't go wrong!

Have ended up going for the Antec 620w ;P thanks for all the help guys

Pohly · 30 May 2011 at 12:11

gamedemon1081 said:
Have ended up going for the Antec 620w ;P thanks for all the help guys

nice one

if you are worried about cost you can allways cut back on the case and buy one of these they are really nice just built a rig for a friend in one and they are suprisingly roomy copiled with 2 extra 120mm fans and it runs really cool

olivier renault · 30 May 2011 at 12:14

That particular PSU looks like it would give my posh HX620 a run for its money. Which I paid £120 back then