Gaming rig £700 budget

Fuzzy Dunlop

Fuzzy Dunlop

Fuzzy Dunlop

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Hello all,

I've decided that it's time to build a new PC now that there's some interesting games out and due out in the near future.

Would it be possible to build a PC capable of running Battlefield 3 on ultra without going over budget?

I've been considering waiting a couple of months and adding £300-£400 to my budget so I can get one of the new graphics cards, but would rather get one now as I'm due some time off work and Diablo 3 is calling my name :eek:

After spending 3 days looking around the net I've even considered just buying one of the Alienware X51's (I can get one 25% off) just to get it all over with, even though I know I'd struggle to get high settings on games like Battlefield 3.

A case that doesn't take up half of my already cramped spare room would be ideal, as it's going next to my TV rather than on a desk. No extras needed, as I already have a mouse, keyboard etc

Any advice/builds would be appreciated, very much so!
 
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do you need an operating system, monitor ?

edit: just in case, adding a 24" monitor and win 7 64 bit oem takes the price up to £946.


as you mentioned bf3 i'd consider looking at the ati 7850 graphics card over the 570, due to the extra memory it has.

but for a base system:


YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £74.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Kingston HyperX RED Limited Edition 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1RK2/8GX) £43.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £717.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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Thank you. I'm just going to HDMI to my TV rather than get a monitor.

I will probably order this in the morning.

Only problem being deciding on a GPU.... Tough one. I don't mind going a little over budget for a better card if it's going to make a big difference.
 
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best bet is the 7850, next card up from that to really consider is the nvidia 670 but that adds about £110 to the budget.
 
Fuzzy Dunlop said:
Thanks. Which 7850 would you order?
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I'd go for one of the MSI's.

The TFIII OC is 40mhz higher than the non-msi's and has a good OC potential. I know my TFII is a great little OCer. And for the same price well worth it.

The TFIV 'Power' is 90 Mhz higher than the rest (non- msi) but therefore has a limited OC potential as its gone most of the way for you. Only a £10 more, i think, it looks a lot nicer too. :)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PXD38G1600LLK) £39.95
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £704.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).



The PSU is overkill really but at £64 for a 700W PSU which is modular it's a bargain.

THe i5K can be overclocked (expect 4ghz on the stock heatsink). The Z77 mobo has lucidMVP which uses the IGP to boost the GPU or the IGP can be used by quicksync to speed up video encoding tasks by supporting software. A xfire capable Z77 would be around £100 this would allow you to run 2 7850s if you wanted to and the 700W supply is ample to do so.

The Z9 is a midi tower case so not massive but it is big on features. 4 120mm fans, fan controller, digital temp display and cable management with a p4/8 aux power extension cable included :)

The 7850s overclock well, to get high quality settings at high resolutions 2GB of VRAM is a must really.

Hope this helps, any questions you know where to find us :)
 
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