Building a gaming rig

jacobckhippy · 10 Mar 2012 at 19:37

Hi I'm pretty interested in building a rig over the summer, never done it before however I have a little experience moving ram around and playing with the BIOS. Having looked through a few guides on costs I'm hoping for a budget about £350-500.

What kind of quality can i expect for this price range ?

Any recommendations on which components to go with?
(to be able to game reasonably)

AMD OR INTEL ?!!

stulid · 10 Mar 2012 at 19:38

Hi and welcome,

What do you need for your money?

A base unit? OS? keyboard+mouse etc?

Whats it to be used for?

Do you have any parts that can be re-used? (SATA DVD drive, case etc)

Keod2 · 10 Mar 2012 at 20:57

jacobckhippy said:
What kind of quality can i expect for this price range ?

AMD OR INTEL ?!!

You can get a mediocre build for that budget, depending on what you can recycle as Stulid asked you may be able to get some pretty decent parts.

Also the general consensus on intel VS AMD is go for intel

jacobckhippy · 10 Mar 2012 at 21:08

As of right now, that budget would be just for the rig, already have accesories and OS license , already got a optical drive that's probably usable .
Looking to get :
Graphics card
processor
motherboard
(probably integrated sound at this point)
Harddrive
RAM
case
power supply

Was really just upgrading to a model for multitasking and web browsing as a build project for daily usage , but I'm pretty interested in pc gaming and would definitely invest in a graphics card that means I can game.

stulid · 10 Mar 2012 at 21:10

already got a optical drive that's probably usable .

Is it SATA?

and OS license

64bit or 32bit?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus HD 6850 DirectCU V2 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £57.98
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £45.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £37.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £31.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £488.28 (includes shipping : £17.85).

beejjacobs · 10 Mar 2012 at 21:10

YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £139.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.59
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £57.98
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £45.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £37.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £31.99
Total : £510.48 (includes shipping : £12.50).

stulid · 10 Mar 2012 at 21:25

jacobckhippy said:
Optical drive is hitachi , got a 32 bit license b

You should remove that bit from your quote that hints at naughtyness

With a 64bit OS you can make use of the 8GB of RAM

32bit is only able to address 4GB (actually 3.6'ish)

Does it use a cable like this to the board?

jacobckhippy · 10 Mar 2012 at 21:35

?

jacobckhippy · 10 Mar 2012 at 21:35

http://www.troovi.com/CQC7vTB9CNOT

stulid · 10 Mar 2012 at 21:36

Cant even make that picture out, and I had no choice but to have that post removed, there are forum rules, perhaps you should read them - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/faq.php

Edit.. found it on google, its IDE/notebook drive, no good im afraid.

stulid · 10 Mar 2012 at 21:41

So now that you need all the drives,

YOUR BASKET
1 x evga geforce gtx 460 superclocked *** 1024mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card (01g-p3-1363-kr) £113.99
1 x intel core i3-2100 3.10ghz (sandybridge) socket lga1155 processor - retail £89.99
1 x gigabyte z68ap-d3 intel z68 (socket 1155) ddr3 motherboard rev 1 £84.98
1 x seagate barracuda 7200.12 500gb sata 6gb/s 16mb cache - oem (st500dm002) £57.98
1 x xfx pro 450w core edition '80 plus bronze' power supply £45.98
1 x crucial ballistix sport 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-12800c9 1600mhz dual channel kit (bls2cp4g3d1609ds1s00ceu) £37.99
1 x bitfenix merc beta gaming case - black £31.99
1 x ocuk 22x dvd±rw sata rewriter (black) - oem £17.99
total : £495.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

within budget.

the gigabyte board is good to, uk 3 year warranty based in milton keynes,

reviews,
http://www.kitguru.net/components/m...-z68ap-d3-z68-review-bargain-buy-of-the-year/
http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/gigabyte_ga_z68ap_d3_review,1.html
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc...herboards/gigabyte-ga-z68ap-d3-1026263/review
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2011/10/11/gigabyte-ga-z68ap-d3-review/1

Ivybridge ready as well - http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...qPgwuC1YZNL2z3qPA&sig2=yJj7eVOqCQbRc5NYY_eZSg

jacobckhippy · 10 Mar 2012 at 21:44

Okay, thanks for the quick replies

, will look over the components you guys recommended. I assume they're all compatible.

I notice you linked me to all overclockers uk sales , would you recommend any other sites to shop around/cut costs , I know ********'s pretty good for components.

stulid · 10 Mar 2012 at 21:45

jacobckhippy said:
I notice you linked me to all overclockers uk sales , would you recommend any other sites to shop around/cut costs , I know ********'s pretty good for components.

Again, if you read the forum rules you will see this,

No promotion of OcUK's competitors

We, Overclockers UK (OcUK) are happy to provide the resources of these forums to responsible individuals without charge. They cost a substantial amount of money to maintain and use considerable amounts of bandwidth which is paid for exclusively by us. As you know OcUK are in the computer hardware business and therefore the promotion of OcUK's competitors is forbidden. Examples of promotion are :-
Posting links to competitors websites
Posting links to reviews that promote competitors
Quoting the names or contact details of competitors
Offering to provide the names or contact details of competitors
Hinting about product availability at competitors and their pricing
Using the forums to notify a member of intent or actual supply of names or contact details of competitors
Listing competitors names, URL's or e-mail addresses in signatures
Listing competitors names, URL's or e-mail addresses in profile
Posting links to or the mentioning of auction sites
Disguising attempts to do any of the above

You wont last long at this rate if you dont read the FAQ's.

Incapable · 10 Mar 2012 at 21:45

jacobckhippy said:
Okay, thanks for the quick replies , will look over the components you guys recommended. I assume they're all compatible.

I notice you linked me to all overclockers uk sales , would you recommend any other sites to shop around/cut costs , I know ********'s pretty good for components.

I really do think you should read those rules.

stulid · 10 Mar 2012 at 21:47

jacobckhippy said:
Okay, thanks for the quick replies , will look over the components you guys recommended. I assume they're all compatible.

Yes, of course

jacobckhippy · 10 Mar 2012 at 21:51

, thanks for the heads up, first time I've delved into a forum properly before and actually posted... Are all forums for tech companies like this?

jacobckhippy · 10 Mar 2012 at 21:52

Also what's with the Mafia theme ?

stulid · 10 Mar 2012 at 21:53

jacobckhippy said:
Are all forums for tech companies like this?

Are we really that bad?, its simple rules which if your were a business owner you should understand.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=21446567

jacobckhippy said:
Also what's with the Mafia theme ?

You can have an Avatar at certain post counts, then there are ones like mine or Don's/Commissario that have special ones as we are part of the moderation team.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/faq.php?faq=vb_board_usage#faq_vb_announce_explain

beejjacobs · 10 Mar 2012 at 21:53

Are all forums for tech companies like this?

No. None are as good

jacobckhippy · 10 Mar 2012 at 22:00

You get paid to be moderator ?