Can anyone build me a gaming PC?

claverty19 · 13 May 2012 at 23:45

I have been researching about gaming computers/components for a while now regarding my first ever PC build. I have found so many options to go for and really have no clue.

Would anyone here be able to recommend a build for me, the whole list of components? I would greatly appreciate any help.

I would like a PC to play games such as BF3, Skyrim, Sims, Crysis and other big games.

The budget I have would be between 750-800 GBP (Pounds)

I'm not even sure if I can get a build for that money powerful enough to run those games at high/max settings. Can anyone help please?

beejjacobs · 13 May 2012 at 23:47

Of course, no problem.

A few questions first. What do you need? Everything, e.g. monitor/keyboard/mouse/OS/tower?

claverty19 · 13 May 2012 at 23:51

Well I don't need a keyboard or a mouse. I can live without a monitor as I have an old one at home, but if you can squeeze one in that would be good. I will need an OS and a tower.

beejjacobs · 13 May 2012 at 23:57

claverty19 said:
Well I don't need a keyboard or a mouse. I can live without a monitor as I have an old one at home, but if you can squeeze one in that would be good. I will need an OS and a tower.

This has a monitor and OS for you:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x XFX HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £129.95
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £94.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £74.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72.00
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £44.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £789.73 (includes shipping : £19.10).

If you got a monitor later, you could get a better graphics card and a good 128GB SSD too:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti "448 Edition" WindForce 3X OC 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £44.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £801.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).

What monitor do you have?

claverty19 · 14 May 2012 at 00:06

Thanks, the first GPU doesn't seem to have a great review on OC website, do you think it would do?

And the current monitor I have is off of an old Dell Dimension, Its really old

beejjacobs · 14 May 2012 at 00:10

claverty19 said:
Thanks, the first GPU doesn't seem to have a great review on OC website, do you think it would do?

And the current monitor I have is off of an old Dell Dimension, Its really old

Ignore those, read some proper reviews instead.

It will be fine,

The Radeon HD 6870 is a very interesting card. It does have a handful more shader processors over what we expected initially, and armed with a nice 900 MHz clock frequency this product simply makes really good sense. It will bring a lot of value to the table but also will allow you to play your games at 1920x1200 extremely well.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigabyte-radeon-hd-6870-review/20

And the current monitor I have is off of an old Dell Dimension, Its really old

Ah, a nice 1080p like suggested is a good idea then

claverty19 · 14 May 2012 at 00:21

thanks I will take a look at a few more reviews, thanks for your help

will these builds run BF3, Skyrim, Crysis and other big games on max settings?

beejjacobs · 14 May 2012 at 00:24

claverty19 said:
thanks I will take a look at a few more reviews, thanks for your help will these builds run BF3, Skyrim, Crysis and other big games on max settings?

Not the highest, but still good settings

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2011/11/10/battlefield-3-technical-analysis/4
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-3-graphics-performance,3063-8.html

And you've got the great i5 in there which can be overclocked, and will run any game so you can easily add a better graphics card in the future.

claverty19 · 14 May 2012 at 01:13

I might just go for the first build w/monitor but stretch my budget to accomodate a better GPU

beejjacobs · 14 May 2012 at 01:15

claverty19 said:
I might just go for the first build w/monitor but stretch my budget to accomodate a better GPU

6870 vs 560Ti 448

The 560Ti 448 will be good for BF3

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti "448 Edition" WindForce 3X OC 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £94.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXUKV2) £52.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £37.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £31.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £817.82 (includes shipping : £19.10).

Antony101 · 14 May 2012 at 01:48

Personally, I'd say get the 560Ti 448 and wait it out if you know you'll have the money for a monitor down the line, and maybe get a better branded one? I have an ASUS Direct CU II and it ran both Skyrim and BF3 on High/Ultra at 1080p. Great cards and the custom coolers on them keep the chilly and quite.

wozzsta · 14 May 2012 at 03:05

Double post

wozzsta · 14 May 2012 at 03:06

beejjacobs said:
This is a great build :

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti "448 Edition" WindForce 3X OC 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £44.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £801.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).

The 560Ti 448 will be good for BF3

claverty19 · 14 May 2012 at 13:55

Thanks above guys, Is there anyone else with any recommendations? Just want as many different recommended options as possible lol.

stulid · 14 May 2012 at 14:06

claverty19 said:
Thanks above guys, Is there anyone else with any recommendations? Just want as many different recommended options as possible lol.

Yeah,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti "448 Edition" WindForce 3X OC 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.00
1 x **B Grade** OcUK V-Line 221V2SB 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £74.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72.00
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £37.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x Xigmatek Gaia CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM3/FM1) £19.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x OcUK Value 2m DVI Male - Male Monitor Cable (DV-106) £4.99
Total : £828.40 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Modular PSU.

Heatsink to overclock the CPU.

claverty19 · 14 May 2012 at 14:19

stulid said:
Yeah,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti "448 Edition" WindForce 3X OC 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.00
1 x **B Grade** OcUK V-Line 221V2SB 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £74.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72.00
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £37.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x Xigmatek Gaia CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM3/FM1) £19.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x OcUK Value 2m DVI Male - Male Monitor Cable (DV-106) £4.99
Total : £828.40 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Modular PSU.

Heatsink to overclock the CPU.

Thank you, I'm not sure if I would go with the "B" grade monitor as I was told that you only get a 90 day warranty.
Would this set up run big games such as BF3 and Skyrim on the highest settings?

stulid · 14 May 2012 at 14:21

claverty19 said:
Thank you, I'm not sure if I would go with the "B" grade monitor as I was told that you only get a 90 day warranty.
Would this set up run big games such as BF3 and Skyrim on the highest settings?

Yes it will.

Subliminal Aura · 14 May 2012 at 14:30

@beejjacobs - where's your CPU cooler ?

@stulid - Gaia = Lurvly Jurbly

Gaia is outstanding for the price

beejjacobs · 14 May 2012 at 14:34

Subliminal Aura said:
@beejjacobs - where's your CPU cooler ?

Retail CPU comes with a stock heatsink - you can fit a better one in by getting a B-grade monitor and going a bit further over budget as stulid has shown.

I got one of those b-grade monitors for a friend several months ago, he's been using it ever since with no issue. It came with no cables, though I see stulid included a DVI cable at least.

stulid · 14 May 2012 at 14:39

beejjacobs said:
Retail CPU comes with a stock heatsink - you can fit a better one in by getting a B-grade monitor and going a bit further over budget as stulid has shown.

I got one of those b-grade monitors for a friend several months ago, he's been using it ever since with no issue. It came with no cables, though I see stulid included a DVI cable at least.

Of course I included a cable, im a pro