New gaming PC (£1000 Budget)

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HardwareNoob

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As the name suggests i have no idea when it comes to hardware, goes straight over my head.

I got a friend to build me a pc, this is what he came up with..

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Looking for some advice from some more experienced people.

Already have OS, Monitor, keyboard and mouse, budget is purely for the tower.
 
Come up with the spec below:


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 Game £199.99
(£166.66) £199.99
(£166.66)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £139.98
(£116.65) £139.98
(£116.65)
OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £95.99
(£79.99) £95.99
(£79.99)
Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower Case with Window - Black £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £61.99
(£51.66) £61.99
(£51.66)
Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £792.40
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 : £160.98
Total : £965.88


Comparison of the cpu's:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=100
 
RJC said:
Come up with the spec below:


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 Game £199.99
(£166.66) £199.99
(£166.66)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £139.98
(£116.65) £139.98
(£116.65)
OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £95.99
(£79.99) £95.99
(£79.99)
Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower Case with Window - Black £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £61.99
(£51.66) £61.99
(£51.66)
Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £792.40
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 : £160.98
Total : £965.88


Comparison of the cpu's:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=100
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Looks nice but is the SSD a must? I know everyone is hyped about them but just seems like such a waste of money to me, keeping in mind i know very little about them :D
 
HardwareNoob said:
Looks nice but is the SSD a must? I know everyone is hyped about them but just seems like such a waste of money to me, keeping in mind i know very little about them :D
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I have been using one for my main operating and most common used programs and would never go back to a Mechanical drive for the operating system :)
 
That spec looks very good to me for £1000. Do you need an OS? What resolution are you gaming at?

You could easily get a very capable gaming system by spending less. As for an SSD, if you can fit it into your budget I believe it is a must. I have one of the Crucial M4's in a HTPC and is brilliant! Makes the whole system feel nippy and booting up takes 10 seconds. A lot people say they can live without SSDs (I don't have one in my main rig at the moment) but if you and budget for it then go for it I'd say.
 
Ok, went with RJCs spec (thanks a lot for that btw) and it should be arriving soon! Does anybody have a link to a step by step for putting it together? This will be the first time i put an entire pc together by hand, only done the really simple stuff like RAM and GPU before.
 
One thing to do is take your time and read the manual which comes with the motherboard - (I'm guilty of not doing so :() and be careful when inserting the cpu.

Enjoy your system :)
 
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