Gaming PC £850 or so

eternaltrix · 3 May 2012 at 19:04

Hi

Looking for the best gaming PC I can get for around £850, don't need a monitor, speakers or any other peripherals. Purely for gaming so i dont need to worry about the worlds biggest HD etc

Stinger53 · 3 May 2012 at 19:10

only thing i'd change...
z77 board
i5 3570K
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
Total : £276.37 (includes shipping : £9.50).

ivy bridge cpu.
and newer board more features

need better board it u want to xfire, but if ur not it will do

CinderzFTW · 3 May 2012 at 19:10

change the shinobi to the windowed version. reasons:

1. I have one

2. Extra fan grill

3. Tool less design

4. Looks better

5. Comes with 2 fans

stulid · 3 May 2012 at 19:13

PSU - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-047-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084

Cooler - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-CS&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

honosuseri · 3 May 2012 at 19:17

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £184.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £94.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £52.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £39.95
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £22.20
1 x LG GH22NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £874.06 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Ivybridge CPU that is overclockable. Uses less power than the SB i5K you were suggested. It also has a better IGP as well.

Mobo can Xfire/SLI, it's a cheaper alternative to what you were suggested and GB has UK based RMA.

PSU is modular and has more than enough juice to run a second 7850 if you wanted to. Case has 4 120mm fans, digital temp display with fan controller and cable management.

Hope this helps, any questions or problems, you know where we are

CinderzFTW · 3 May 2012 at 22:20

Zalman Z9... Really??? Ugly case... Bit Fenix Shinobi Window case F T W!!!! (damn OcUK blocking ftw!)

Shinobi better looking, more options and just better lolz

honosuseri · 4 May 2012 at 06:46

CinderzFTW said:
Zalman Z9... Really??? Ugly case... Bit Fenix Shinobi Window case F T W!!!! (damn OcUK blocking ftw!)

Shinobi better looking, more options and just better lolz

More options? You get 2 extra 3.5inch bays (how many HDDs do you think they need anyway?) and 2 USB3 ports over the Z9 but you only get 1 fan.

Some mobos include a "break out" box with USB3 ports or you can buy a card reader with a USB3 port for the Z9. Not that you could fit either in the shinobi case......more options you said right?

The OP is free to choose his own case, I've just pointed out an alternative for the same price nigh on as the shinobi (i already stated it's main features below the spec). Makes no odds to me what they use, I own a Z9 and have used them plenty in builds......never had a complaint about looks or functionality.