Spec me - gaming build (£800)

Bradderz · 18 Sep 2011 at 19:42

Hey guys,

I've decided to lower my budget to make room for some games. I've now decided that I'll spend ~ £800 on the build itself so I can still grab some games for it.

I'll just need the best performing gaming build for that price. No SSD's etc. Windows 7 will also need to be included in the budget. It can be the OEM edition also.

My only request for your builds is to include a Blu-ray player if it's worth budgeting. Cheers guys.

Thanks in advance, I should be ordering tomorrow!

stulid · 18 Sep 2011 at 19:50

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 "Dual Fan Edition" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex Games £205.99
(£171.66) £205.99
(£171.66)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** LOWEST UK PRICE ** £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
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) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £647.74
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 : £132.30
Total : £793.79

• Motherboard - http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/z68xp-ud3-dz68db,review-32228.html
• PSu is modualr and you can crossfire another 6950 with it and the motherboard to.

Bradderz · 18 Sep 2011 at 20:06

^ Three free games? Quite a nice offer there.

Thanks for your input!

titan13131 · 18 Sep 2011 at 20:30

I can't really improve of stulids build. Just add a blu-ray player and job done.

Bradderz · 18 Sep 2011 at 20:33

Edit: Double post, sorry about that.

stulid · 18 Sep 2011 at 20:50

Yes three free games, they will be digital download vouchers.

Bradderz · 18 Sep 2011 at 22:37

Do you guys think bumping up to a 580 would be worth it? I'd happily go over budget if it really was worth the extra buck.

stulid · 18 Sep 2011 at 22:41

Bradderz said:
Do you guys think bumping up to a 580 would be worth it? I'd happily go over budget if it really was worth the extra buck.

A 6950 is a fast card, what resolution is your screen?

You can always add another 6950 later on.

Gib_Gib · 18 Sep 2011 at 23:42

2 6950s are faster than one 580
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/305?vs=299
If you wanted to spend £400 on a gfx card I would spend £200 twice instead.

stulid · 18 Sep 2011 at 23:53

Gib_Gib said:
2 6950s are faster than one 580
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/305?vs=299
If you wanted to spend £400 on a gfx card I would spend £200 twice instead.

Aye, also he can get the other 6950 when he really needs it, for a cheap second hand price, bargain bang per buck

Bradderz · 19 Sep 2011 at 00:07

1920x1080

I'm just thinking about BF3 mainly. I trust the 580 to max it.

I like the idea of getting two though, I might go with that. Cheers guys.

stulid · 19 Sep 2011 at 00:22

Bradderz said:
1920x1080

I'm just thinking about BF3 mainly. I trust the 580 to max it.

I like the idea of getting two though, I might go with that. Cheers guys.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/Radeon_HD_6950_CrossFire/

Good performance really.

Bradderz · 20 Sep 2011 at 13:59

I've decided to bump my budget up to £900. Would what you guys recommend for that?

stulid · 20 Sep 2011 at 14:00

Bradderz said:
I've decided to bump my budget up to £900. Would what you guys recommend for that?

Add a Crucial M4 64GB SSD to the spec and thats it.

Maybe up the case to a slightly bigger one,
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-221-CM&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-212-CM&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

stulid · 20 Sep 2011 at 14:06

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 "Dual Fan Edition" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex Games £209.99
(£174.99) £209.99
(£174.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** LOWEST UK PRICE ** £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £77.99
(£64.99) £77.99
(£64.99)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
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) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £66.98
(£55.82) £66.98
(£55.82)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £740.22
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 : £150.79
Total : £904.76

Now includes a modular PSU and the other changes.