Gaming PC for a friend - £700?

[LiamJ]

Speccing a PC for a friend that needs to be about £700. Just needs a monitor and the base unit.

Currently have:

All help greatly appreciated.

 

[stulid]

P67 board can use 1600mhz RAM - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-094-KS

Retail CPU is a few £ more and comes with a heatsink that you may want to use

 

[Reaper 392]

a DVD-RW drive is only about £3 more

 

[King Damager]

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 PC Game £197.99
(£164.99) £197.99
(£164.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
OcUK V-Line 221V2SB 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Gigabyte Z68A-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.99
(£64.99) £77.99
(£64.99)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £45.98
(£38.32) £45.98
(£38.32)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £607.41
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £124.23
Total : £745.39

Stulid will no doubt find flaws with this...

I know it's slightly more than the one you found, but have made some savings in interesting places...

Screen is slightly smaller, but it pays for quite a bit more...

Z68 motherboard over P67
Retail CPU over OEM (which you need )
6950 over 560, also 6950 may be able to unlock to 6970, and I think with this board you should be able to crossfire them in future if you wanted (although don't think PSU would support it)
You can sell off Dirt 3 if you wanted to recoup some of the extra money spent..
Also I think (think) that you can fit 6950's into the Antec 100 but you might want to check...
Also can he make the best out of your free shipping because that would be a nice small benefit


kd

 

[stulid]

Stulid will no doubt find flaws with this...

Heh eh he, you know whats coming.

Z68 motherboard over P67

So the Gigabyte board which because it doesn't have any display outputs mean its missing two features that all Z68 boards have,

lucid Virtu and Quicksync.

 

[King Damager]

Heh eh he, you know whats coming.



So the Gigabyte board which because it doesn't have any display outputs mean its missing two features that all Z68 boards have,

lucid Virtu and Quicksync.

Meh, I wasn't thinking too much, he can stick with his current MoBo choice if he wants to save a few £...

kd

 

[chrisarm]

YOUR BASKET
How about this as a setup. I know the GPU is on pre order but are due on the 19th, for that price it's worth a couple of days wait

1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Bare OEM £205.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x OcUK V-Line 221V2SB 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £99.98
1 x Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £74.99
1 x Lepa W-Series 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply £42.98
1 x OcUK Terminator Gaming Case - Black £38.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £715.39 (includes shipping : £11.25).



If you could scrape an extra £60 you could add this 580 instead, had to slightly downgrade the CPU though and there's no usb 3.0 or sata 6gb

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 580 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Bare OEM £289.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £144.98
1 x OcUK V-Line 221V2SB 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £99.98
1 x Lepa W-Series 600W '80 Plus' Power Supply £56.99
1 x MSI H61M-E33 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £46.99
1 x OcUK Glacier Case Midi-Tower Case - Black £37.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £758.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).



You could add the 580 to the top spec but that'd put your PC up to £800

 

[Reaper 392]

here's my advice:

Better graphics
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £134.99
1 x BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £104.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £91.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £45.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £44.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £694.88 (includes shipping: FREE).



way better motherboard
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x OcUK V-Line 221V2SB 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £99.98
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Bare OEM £95.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x OcUK Value PCI Express 6-Pin to 4-Pin Power Adaptor for PCI-E Graphics Cards (RB-527) £1.99
Total : £706.88 (includes shipping: FREE).

really not sure which one i'd take of the two though

 

[Greavesy]

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99

XFX ATI Radeon HD 6870 Black Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Dirt3 & Shogun 2 PC Games
£134.99

Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
£131.99

BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor -
£104.99

Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case -
£46.99

BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply
£45.98

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS)
£28.99

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)
£23.99

Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£15.98

Total: £703.90 drop to the cheaper asrock motherboard and you can probably get a 560ti in the build at bery little over budget.
Sorry if i've made any mistakes

 

[stulid]

high quality "Bronze" rated PSU - http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story4&reid=248

And a GTX560ti for maximum effects and settings - http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_560_Twin_Frozr_II/


Or with a heatsink for easy, safe and cool overclocking,