Building a £1500 gaming rig

nathanael91

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Hello everyone

im wanting to build a gaming rig. this is the first time i will be the first time i will be building a pc from scratch. iv always wanted to have a dream pc ever since i was young (im 21).

however i have been looking around but im not too sure which company to trust, which case to get, what size. All i really it for is to plays for bf3.

like the only thing i need though is for the case to be blue/red and for it to be see through, its to kind of show off my pc to anyone who looks at it.

again i appreciate for anyone who wants to chip in and help me out.
 
Something like:


YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2670-KR) £319.99
1 x Hanns.G HZ281HPB 27.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £219.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Blue (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £64.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £54.98
1 x Logitech G110 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard (920-002241) £39.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x Steelseries Kinzu V2 3200 DPI Rubberised Black Gaming Mouse (62022) £29.99
1 x Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface £16.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x BitFenix Mesh Stripes for Shinobi Tower Case - Deep Blue £6.98
1 x BitFenix Logo for Shinobi Tower Case - Deep Blue £1.98
Total : £1,381.40 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
Thats a build it yourself by the way, are you wanting to build it yourself? You would also need to get an operating system for that, so by either putting Windows 8 on Doomedspeed's build or buying Windows 7. If you got a pre-build from Overclockers with Windows 7 you get a free upgrade to Windows 8 when it is released.
 
If you didn't want to build it yourself I'd go for something like this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan 8800i Photon" Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.50GHz DDR3 Ivybridge System £560
1 x Intel 330 Series 180GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £139.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £59.99
1 x Networking Not Selected £0
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £119.99
1 x System 12 Months Standard Warranty £0
1 x Opt Out of FREE AV Software £1.26
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2409HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £139.99
1 x TT eSports MEKA Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £64.99
1 x Creative A320 2.1 Speakers (51MF0405AA003) £32.99
1 x Steelseries Ikari Optical Mouse (62000) £15.98
Total : £1,481.40 (includes shipping : £21.85).



However it is easy to build yourself one and you will get better value for money, if you just want the ease of having it pre-built then I think this would be perfect for your needs.

Edit: you can choose a more flashy case if you wanted to :D
 
im sorry guys the graphics card is the one thing im having trouble with. which one should i go for in the £1500 setup. the things that i dont need to get is the keyboard,pad,mouse,monitor. i might need to get a trustworthy sound system and headphones with mic.

thanks a lot for all the help. i will be ordering shortly.
hopefully i can post some photos with updates on the rig
 
nathanael91 said:
ok what is the difference between the 670 and the 680?? im sorry yes i am a noob at this lol
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Around a 5% performance difference I believe. However a large price difference.

One of the bog standard 670's costs mid £200's and a 680 into the £400's. SLI 670's will only cost like £100 more or something.
 
^ this really, you have a 1080p screen as well, the 2/4gb 670's will eat everything up. Save yourself some cash and when the time comes that the gpu cant handle games, you just swap it out.
 
hey i would like to make a slight adjustment. i really enjoy the 50 quid case however i would like to splash out abit. rougly 150 tops, have a blue led, see-through case and just show off
 
Appears the 670's have inflated quite a bit in price. Still around £150 cheaper than the majority of 680's though.

Expect closer to £300 GPU now. Might be worth going with some of the 7970's. Totally depends on your setup i'd say.

Nvidia = less VRAM (unless you pay more), better drivers and comparable speeds overall. Nvidia 670's that is.
AMD = More VRAM, similar speeds, nice overclocking headroom but worse drivers. Very capable card.

What it boils down to is the future i'd say. I prefer more VRAM for making SLI/Crossfire still worthwhile in the future. 2gb is fine now, plenty. However there will come a point where it isn't. That point may be when adding your second GPU is worthwhile but then you are VRAM limited thus making the SLI not worth your time.

3d eats VRAM. If what intel wants to happen does (the really high res monitors) then VRAM again could be an issue.
 
YOUR BASKET
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2670-KR) £319.99 (£639.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black £94.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £85.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775/AM2/AM2) £72.98
1 x OCZ ZS Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £67.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £64.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £56.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £31.19
Total : £1,492.07 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
what is VRAM? i mean i could always go for the sli 670s 2gb but dont you need to have a program or set up the graphics card is some special way? or can you just put the 2 graphics cards on the motherboard then put them inside the case and when you load up the desktop the computer will automatically regisister that it has 2 graphics cards inisde
 
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