Gaming desktop to replace gaming laptop

chromechief

chromechief

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Hi Ocuk members :) im after some help,

Ok so i have a baby on the way, so im trying to save up as much as possible for the baby and as much as i love my gaming laptop, its funds that could go somewhere else.

so at the moment im trying to sell it for about 1k (also selling my gfs laptop as we are going to share a machine.

so as a replacement i could do with some good recommendations for a system that will be able to play games, perform media-center tasks + bluray and be quite small but ultimately as cheap as possible. I have a monitor and mouse and speakers so im ok in that department. Also os wise i have a windows 7 hp hanging around as well.

I hope you can help out guys

regards
Gaz
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** £58.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £695.90 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Thankyou for your reply, I must apologise as i didn't mention a price limit, ideally i would like to keep the price as low as possible, say £350-450 also i dont mind overclocking :). Look like a great system Linwelin if only i could spend more.
 
Not too good with AMD, so you'll need someone else to check it:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £92.39
1 x Asus HD 6670 SILENT EDITION 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75M-ITX AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £68.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yang' Mini-ITX Cube Case - Black/White £64.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** £58.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G213C1K) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £459.32 (includes shipping : FREE).



Alternatively:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x Sapphire HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3 & 20% MOH WarFighter PC Games £95.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yang' Mini-ITX Cube Case - Black/White £64.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** £58.99
1 x Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £44.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £26.39
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £448.32 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
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What games are you wanting to play and at what resolution?

This has the Bluray drive you wanted (read only) as well as a DVDRW drive to write disks should you need to. Cheaper than a BD-ROM/DVDRW combo drive too.

The graphics card should make even recent games playable on medium settings.

Couple of fans in there too to help keep things cool.

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 650Ti EX OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
1 x Intel Pentium G870 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £67.99
1 x ASRock B75 Pro3-M Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £43.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046) £36.98
1 x Liteon IHOS104-06 4x BD-ROM (Black) - OEM £34.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £26.39
1 x Xigmatek Helios XTK231 Mini Tower Case - Black £24.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
2 x Arctic F9 Case Fan - 92mm £2.99 (£5.98)
Total : £431.28 (includes shipping : FREE).




Why people are recommending a £65 case to someone on a budget like yours that requires a £90 motherboard is beyond me. MATX cases are still quite small but you have options for 2 drives (if needed) more expansion slots (if needed) and allows you to get more for your money in other areas of the build because the case/motherboard combo cost £80 total compared to £155 total.

Stretching the budget to £500 (if possible) would get you an i3 CPU and HD7850 Graphics card which is a big upgrade. If you were to plan for this upgrade then getting the i3 now and the graphics card later would bring the current cost down to £335 with the 7850 costing ~£150 at a later date.
 
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Thanks for all the builds :D, the games im gonna be playing rages from the likes of world of tanks to bf3 to supreme commander at 1920-1080p. i really dont mind going ultra cheap on something like the case for example, a matx would be big enough. If i could fit a graphics card in thats faster than a gtx570m that would be good.
 
For AMD if you can fit it into your budget try and get your hands on a AMD phenom II x4 965 black edition.

Great little processor, i've seen them online for as cheap as £70, and can run games like BF3 pretty handily.

Its an AM3 fitting, so you'd need an AM3 or AM3+ motherboard.
 
I've got an AMD 965 at stock speeds with a Radeon 7850 2GB and it runs BF3 great.

The 965 black edition would be a great choice and they overclock really well\easily with the unlocked multiplier.
 
7770 is faster than the 570m and it's £35 cheaper than the 7850. Obviously the 7850 is faster, just depends on whether you're trying to match or beat the laptops performance. Were you running the games you're talking about now on your laptop? What were the specs of the laptop? Would make it easier to match.

Also if getting a blu-ray drive I would stay away from OEM because most of the retail packages come with a copy of PowerDVD without which blu-ray playback becomes a hassle.
 
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7770 is faster than the 570m and it's £35 cheaper than the 7850. Obviously the 7850 is faster, just depends on whether you're trying to match or beat the laptops performance. Were you running the games you're talking about now on your laptop? What were the specs of the laptop? Would make it easier to match.

Also if getting a blu-ray drive I would stay away from OEM because most of the retail packages come with a copy of PowerDVD without which blu-ray playback becomes a hassle.
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Well at the moment at the setting and res im playing world of tanks at its gets a tad low framerate wise dropping into the 20's in some situations and fast movements, but that depends on the map. As for bf3 it run ok with no aa. i would like that extra leg room though.

The laptop specs
i7 2670qm
12gb ram
1tb hdd
240gbssd
gtx570m
blu-ray

I was thinking of getting a seperate blu-ray, + also do you think 999 is an ok amount to sell spec wise or am i being to greedy.
 
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