been away from PC for a while

MrMoonX · 1 Dec 2011 at 16:27

Been using MacBooks for the past few years, but now I want a gaming PC as well, I literally have no idea the last system I built was Core2Duo. So budget of about £1k, now spec me ppl of ocuk

Loke · 1 Dec 2011 at 17:25

Do you need monitor, mouse, keyboard and OS? Do you have any SATA drives you can scrounge?

jamesfreddie · 1 Dec 2011 at 17:33

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Power Edition "448 Edition" OC Twin FrozR III 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £227.99
1 x Asus P8Z68 DELUXE GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £191.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £85.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXUKV2) £59.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9) £57.59
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011) £24.98
1 x LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,048.98 (includes shipping : £13.75).

No KB, mouse etc. But windows 7 64bit Also no HDD just SSD

GTO656 · 1 Dec 2011 at 17:42

Yes I'd go with the above.

Doomedspeed · 1 Dec 2011 at 17:43

jamesfreddie said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Power Edition "448 Edition" OC Twin FrozR III 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £227.99
1 x Asus P8Z68 DELUXE GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £191.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £85.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXUKV2) £59.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9) £57.59
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011) £24.98
1 x LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,048.98 (includes shipping : £13.75).

No KB, mouse etc. But windows 7 64bit Also no HDD just SSD

The heatsinks on the RAM will collide with the CPU cooler.

Change the RAM to HyperX Grey 8GB.

That motherboard is way overpriced. the MSI Z68A-GD55-G3 is very simular, all the important bits, while being £75 cheaper.

The rest looks great by the way.

MrMoonX · 1 Dec 2011 at 18:05

Loke said:
Do you need monitor, mouse, keyboard and OS? Do you have any SATA drives you can scrounge?

yeah i need everything, don't need windows 7 either as I have licence as i use it on a VM

jamesfreddie · 1 Dec 2011 at 18:23

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Power Edition "448 Edition" OC Twin FrozR III 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £191.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD55-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.99
1 x BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £85.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £84.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXUKV2) £59.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Arctic White 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £45.59
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011) £24.98
1 x LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x Microsoft Ready Basic Optical Mouse Black - Retail (3EG-00003) £10.99
1 x OcUK USB Keyboard - Black £4.99
Total : £1,019.58 (includes shipping : £20.10).

Changed the RAM out for LP stuff and also lowered the M/B and added in Mouse keyboard and mointor 22".

What do you think?

MrMoonX · 1 Dec 2011 at 18:49

jamesfreddie said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Power Edition "448 Edition" OC Twin FrozR III 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £191.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD55-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.99
1 x BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £85.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £84.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXUKV2) £59.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Arctic White 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £45.59
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011) £24.98
1 x LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x Microsoft Ready Basic Optical Mouse Black - Retail (3EG-00003) £10.99
1 x OcUK USB Keyboard - Black £4.99
Total : £1,019.58 (includes shipping : £20.10).

Changed the RAM out for LP stuff and also lowered the M/B and added in Mouse keyboard and mointor 22".

What do you think?

looks good will have a play in my basket thanks