Sub £1000 Gaming build

Poulter

Poulter

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Hey,
Just saying this is my first build, preferable nvidia GPU as i will be using this mainly for EvE (which prefers nvidia) and LoL etc. Any advice/builds would be very welcome and advice on why each is preferable etc. Would maybe like the Zalman Z11 and the Dell 24 Ultrasharp, but apart from that i don't have a clue :D
 
Didn't know EVE prefers Nvidia :confused: I can run it max settings on 1080P on a 6850.

Also this for tower, monitor, OS and mouse keyboard etc?
 
670 + Ultrasharp will go over budget. I wouldn't worry about particular games preferring a manufacturer.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £259.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £62.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £34.99
Total : £990.55 (includes shipping : £22.20).



670 spec:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £335.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £62.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £34.99
Total : £1,064.03 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
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Bacon? said:
Didn't know EVE prefers Nvidia :confused: I can run it max settings on 1080P on a 6850.

Also this for tower, monitor, OS and mouse keyboard etc?
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Tower/monitor, but not OS mouse or keyboard. I was thinking msi 660ti with a z77 board, (no idea which one) 128gb SSD, Dell ultra 24 monitor, and anything else? :D
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £335.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £1,093.58 (includes shipping : £14.75).





YOUR BASKET
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £227.99
1 x Sapphire HD 7950 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (11196-00-20G) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £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 £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £1,057.57 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 
The builds all look amazing, and i've read up on ATI vs Nvidia quite a bit, but i still can't understand why one is better than the other, could someone simply just state in a paragraph or so why I should go for Nvidia or ATI over the other one? The other bits and pieces are easy enough to find, but the three main things that I'm concerned about are the Mboard, RAM and Graphics cards?

I know I'm asking a lot but £1000 is a lot for me to spend on something, so i just want to make sure that i have the best possible :D
Thanks again for all the help
 
For all of these just copy RJC's second build above.

RAM - Get the cheapest Dual Channel DDR3 1600Mhz kit 8GB.
MOBO - Get one with the features you need, but not extra features which just cost more.
GPU - One isn't better than the other, people are jaded by their past experiences so you get fanboys from either side. Base your purchase on the best bang-for-buck in the current generation - which at the higher end is the 7950.
 
billysielu said:
For all of these just copy RJC's second build above.

RAM - Get the cheapest Dual Channel DDR3 1600Mhz kit 8GB.
MOBO - Get one with the features you need, but not extra features which just cost more.
GPU - One isn't better than the other, people are jaded by their past experiences so you get fanboys from either side. Base your purchase on the best bang-for-buck in the current generation - which at the higher end is the 7950.
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Ok i think i get it now, i read some reviews on the Saphire 7950 and it seems to be pretty amazing. the MOBO that is said is 90 odd, and gigabyte do another one for 100, but i don't have any idea what the difference between them is or anything, very confusing, but i'll trust your guys judgement and go for that one :P
 
Changed the monitor for an IPS, same price.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Benq XL2411T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £227.99
1 x Sapphire HD 7950 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (11196-00-20G) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £64.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £54.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £49.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £34.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £1,063.00 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
Poulter said:
Hey just wondering if anyone else has any ideas on what i could spec for £1000-£1050 max?
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Get this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 680 DirectCU II 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £479.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid 1300W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £269.99
1 x Benq G950A 18.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £41.99
1 x Asus P8H61-MX USB 3.0 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - OEM ** £37.99
1 x Intel Celeron G440 1.60GHz Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £25.99
1 x Bos Midi Tower Case - Black/Red £24.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Single Channel Module (TED32GM1333C901) £9.95
Total : £987.37 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
 
Hey now I have too many options to go for, more confused than when I started :(
Could I get the opinions of any more people that agree or disagree with the above builds, too much choice!!
 
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