£1,500 budget, Build suggestions

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Xenlol1

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As mentioned in the title my budget is around £1,500. If someone can come up with the best gaming configuration for the money, would be appreciated.

Currently running with:

AMD Phenom II X4 995 Black Edition @ 3.21 GHz
Corsair 4GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 5850 2GB
850W PSU

Hard drives, I already have 2x 1TB of, including 64-bit Windows7, not sure about an SSD or not.
I can keep the PSU and my current monitor is a 24" LG, but wouldn't mind dual display :>
Also not sure if I should keep current GPU and crossfire? or just invest in a new one!

Thanks in advance.
 
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I can keep the PSU yeah, and my current monitor is an LG 24" 1920x1080 which I;ll keep, although I wouldn't mind dual display for convenience :)
 
This would do good if you already had a quality power supply.

Your basket

Product Name

Qty

Price

Line Total

XFX ATI Radeon HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

£454.99
(£379.16)

£454.99
(£379.16)


Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey


£239.99
(£199.99)

£239.99
(£199.99)

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM

£169.99
(£141.66)

£169.99
(£141.66)

Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

£157.99
(£131.66)

£157.99
(£131.66)

Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black

£145.99
(£121.66)

£145.99
(£121.66)

Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2)

£141.98
(£118.32)

£141.98
(£118.32)

Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse and FREE Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface

£37.98
(£31.65)

£37.98
(£31.65)

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)

£35.99
(£29.99)

£71.98
(£59.98)

Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006)

£28.99
(£24.16)

£28.99
(£24.16)

Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366)


£25.99
(£21.66)

£25.99
(£21.66)

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

£17.99
(£14.99)

£17.99
(£14.99)

Sub Total :

£1,244.89

Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout)

Shipping :

£22.20


VAT is being charged at 20.00%

VAT :

£253.42


Total :

£1,520.51
 
Cheers for the post. I took out the Optical drive, the Mouse & Keyboard, since I have Razer peripherals.

Is the i5 2500k really much better than an i7?

And I'm guessing more than 8GB RAM is overkill?
 
i5 does the same as i7 in gaming, unless your doing heavy video editing / 3d designs etc i5 is a lot cheaper and same stuff.

8GB should be enough, anything more is kind of same as i7/i5 comparison
 
The i7 is better for stuff like video editing however if only gaming then it makes little to no difference getting an i5. Yep 8gb is more than fine for gaming.

Beaten to it.;)
 
In terms of gaming there is little to no difference between the i7 and the i5 so you might as well save the money and get the i5.

Now here is a build I have put together since you have said you don't need HDD's (you have 2x 1TB ones), mouse, keyboard, optical drive and PSU.

YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX ATI Radeon HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £454.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £284.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Asus VE247H 24" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £155.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £149.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £43.99
1 x Gelid GX7 High Performance Quiet PC Cooler (Socket Intel 775/1366/1155/6 and AMD AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £39.98
Total : £1,477.97 (includes shipping : £27.55).



Stoner81.
 
I recommend you go Nvidia if you play BF3 a lot, they are better than ATI for BF3 afaik.

Something like this (example):


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "Phantom" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £499.99
1 x Hazro HZ27WC 8-Bit 27" LED Widescreen Professional Monitor - Black £419.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £157.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £145.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £79.99
1 x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775/AM2/AM2) £72.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
Total : £1,617.04 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
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