My new gaming rig

Zaruz

Zaruz

Zaruz

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Hi guys :)

Looking to make myself a new mid-ish range gaming rig in the next few months to replace my laptop and wanted feedback on what I have chosen so far. This is purely for playing games like Skyrim, BF3 and Guild Wars 2, along with the usual stuff like youtube. My original budget was about £600 but realised I won't get Ultra settings realistically for under ~£750-850 so I can push it up a little. Anyway, here is my current planned setup:

Mobo, Processor, heatsink and RAM (8GB upgrade) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-080-OE

GFX (Debating upgrading to the 560Ti, but doubtfull I'll benefit much from it. MAY go SLI with two of these in the future)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-256-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341

PSU (Thing I'm most looking for feedback on, as my knowledge on these is low, thinking I should push the boat for a corsair, such as a CX500, although I'd prefer a modular PSU)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-035-OP

Case
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-037-ZA&tool=3

HDD - Will maybe get a SSD in the future
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-255-SE

Monitor
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-063-AC&groupid=17&catid=510&subcat=

This comes to about £825, so meets the top end of my budget. I also already have a DVD/RW drive and a copy of windows so those aren't required.

Thoughts? thanks :)
 
Zaruz said:
PSU (Thing I'm most looking for feedback on, as my knowledge on these is low, thinking I should push the boat for a corsair, such as a CX500, although I'd prefer a modular PSU)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=ca-035-op

thoughts? thanks :)
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you can buy this for the same price (until the end of tomorrow though)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=ca-167-cm&tool=3

i'd rather power my rig with that one instead of the ocuk one.

review of it here

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/620/pg1/cooler-master-silent-pro-m-500w-introduction.html
 
Idleman said:
560ti v 560

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/547?vs=543
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Difference doesn't seem that great. Would the 560Ti work well in a SLI setup with the plain 560? I may upgrade to the ti if budget allows, but stick a plain 560 in at a later date.

Grimley said:
You can buy this for the same price (until the end of tomorrow though)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-167-CM&tool=3

I'd rather power my rig with that one instead of the OCUK one.
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Thanks for the recommendation, I won't be buying anything until 1-2 months time as I need my money for holiday, but bookmarked as I think I'd rather spend a few extra quid for a branded PSU.
 
+1 for the Coolermaster Silent Pro 500W - it's a good PSU. The OCUK battle PSU on the other hand is not nearly as good quality.

Also, as Idleman says, the £132 ASUS graphics card is the GTX 560 not the GTX 560Ti - which is a different more powerful and more expensive card (the GTX 560Ti has 384 steam processors, while the GTX 560 only has 336). At this price range the best card to go for at the moment seems to be this HD 6950 2GB.

The Zalman is a nice case and the 2TB Seagate looks like a good HDD if you need a lot of storage (though I would suggest you also add in a small SSD as a boot drive).
 
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 PC Game £189.95
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 **B Grade** Samsung S24A300BL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black **GET THE VAT BACK** £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £74.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £41.99
1 x BitFenix Outlaw Gaming Case - Black £36.98
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
Total : £841.01 (includes shipping : £13.50).

 
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