The latest games: 1080p/60fps - £1k spec?

mootonandy · 19 May 2013 at 21:00

Just what the thread title says. Would I be able to play the latest games at that fps and res and at high settings with decent eye candy switched on with a 1k spec build?

I mean the whole thing including windows monitor and periphs.

Sin_Chase · 19 May 2013 at 21:02

With OS, Peripherals and monitor? Not at high settings I do not think. Someone will be along shortly to spec you up

RJC · 19 May 2013 at 21:05

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7870 OC Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £191.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £175.99
1 x Samsung S24A300BL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £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) £83.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £61.98
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £47.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £21.98
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
Total : £1,020.48 (includes shipping : £22.20).

Doomedspeed · 19 May 2013 at 21:09

Here is my attempt:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £175.99
1 x MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7870-2GD5T/OC) £161.99
1 x Samsung S23B300BS 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 60GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH060GCST) £61.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £47.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £47.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £32.99
1 x Roccat Lua 2000DPI Gaming Mouse (ROC-11-310) £26.99
1 x Silverstone Argon SST-AR01 CPU Cooler - 120mm (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1150 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,009.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).

RJC, your specs are missing cases.

RJC · 19 May 2013 at 21:14

Cheers, thought I was missing something!!

mootonandy · 19 May 2013 at 21:17

RJC said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7870 OC Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £191.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £175.99
1 x Samsung S24A300BL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £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) £83.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £61.98
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £47.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £21.98
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
Total : £1,020.48 (includes shipping : £22.20).

Hmm. I think I like your first spec the best, but think ill have to go up to about £1100 for speakers and a case.
Thx v.much.

RJC · 19 May 2013 at 21:20

Something like this, as per my original spec:

Changed the case to the 200R and not sure how good the speaker are though!

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £175.99
1 x Samsung S24A300BL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £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) £83.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £47.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £47.99
1 x Logitech Z323 2.1 Speaker System (980-000355) £43.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £21.98
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
Total : £1,098.48 (includes shipping : £22.20).

honosuseri · 19 May 2013 at 21:22

You could give the Windows 8 Enterprise (evaluation) Edition a bash for free on a 3 month trial. Infact I think they will do another trial for Windows Blue later in the year too. You can then buy the OS later having made an informed decision.....

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £189.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £175.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite E2382HSD 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £94.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A2000C9) £53.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £47.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £47.99
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £39.95
1 x Thermalright Macho 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £21.98
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,000.76 (includes shipping : £12.50).

This 7870XT is a Tahiti core so closely related to a 7950, OC it and you net the same if not better performance than a stock 7950.

There is THIS larger SSD with cashback and it writes faster than it's 120GB lil bro. The Toshiba 128GB I have used is nice and rapid though. I look forward to seeing what you settle on in the end

mootonandy · 20 May 2013 at 12:38

honosuseri said:
You could give the Windows 8 Enterprise (evaluation) Edition a bash for free on a 3 month trial. Infact I think they will do another trial for Windows Blue later in the year too. You can then buy the OS later having made an informed decision.....

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £189.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £175.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite E2382HSD 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £94.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A2000C9) £53.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £47.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £47.99
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £39.95
1 x Thermalright Macho 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £21.98
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,000.76 (includes shipping : £12.50).

This 7870XT is a Tahiti core so closely related to a 7950, OC it and you net the same if not better performance than a stock 7950.

There is THIS larger SSD with cashback and it writes faster than it's 120GB lil bro. The Toshiba 128GB I have used is nice and rapid though. I look forward to seeing what you settle on in the end

Whats the point in the SSD? Is it just to make the OS load up quicker?

RJC · 20 May 2013 at 12:52

I use mine for Windows and frequent used programmes, I would not go back to a mechanical drive, only for storage.

Idleman · 20 May 2013 at 13:40

You can always add an ssd at a later date when funds permit.

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £189.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £175.99
1 x Samsung S24B150BL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £129.95
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) £83.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £47.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £39.95
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Edifier M1370 2.1 Speaker System - Black £23.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £21.98
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,001.80 (includes shipping : £20.10).

Jony27 · 20 May 2013 at 14:59

I would go for the HD7870XT over the normal HD7870.
When overclocked, its on par/better in some cases than a stock 7950

mootonandy · 20 May 2013 at 16:05

Jony27 said:
I would go for the HD7870XT over the normal HD7870.
When overclocked, its on par/better in some cases than a stock 7950

I it easy/safe to OC your GFX card?

Doomedspeed · 20 May 2013 at 16:16

mootonandy said:
I it easy/safe to OC your GFX card?

Yes..

It pays more dividends in gaming than OCing your CPU.

Its easy to determine if the OC if unstable by watching temps and artifacts.

honosuseri · 20 May 2013 at 16:51

mootonandy said:
I it easy/safe to OC your GFX card?

Yes very easy. It's done via software like MSI Afterburner for example. That's some cool software in itself as it has a GUI to show FPS,temps,GPU/VRAM used and you can also record gameplay. You can also set custom fan speeds to combat temps or noise (ideally balance the two).

Some GPUs are known to be good overclockers. Infact when you look at different models you'll note some are factory overclocked for you but you can often push them a little further. For example I still own a 1GB 460. Stock is 675Mhz, mine was Factory OC'd to 763Mhz, I've had her upto 900Mhz!! Ideally keep the max load temps no higher than 80 degrees and you are laughing

A good tip to keep your FPS up is to disable AA in the ingame menu. IF you don't mind tweaking settings, doing some overclocking and keeping your drivers uptodate you'll be surprised how much extra ooompf you can get from your kit

On Holiday · 20 May 2013 at 17:12

Doomedspeed said:
Yes..

It pays more dividends in gaming than OCing your CPU.

Its easy to determine if the OC if unstable by watching temps and artifacts.

I'd say it would depend greatly on the game though.

+1 to MSI Afterburner, great bit of software.

mootonandy · 21 May 2013 at 12:08

Would it be worth going for one of those 8 core piledrivers instead, since the new consoles are gonna be 8 core?

Doomedspeed · 21 May 2013 at 12:21

YarwoodUK said:
I'd say it would depend greatly on the game though.

+1 to MSI Afterburner, great bit of software.

True, though most of the time Overclocking the CPU only unlocks the bottleneck it has on the GPU (if any).

With my GTX 570, with my CPU overclocked to 4.7 i only saw a rise of 1 FPS (in Dirt3 and JC2). were as when i overclocked my 570 (ever so slightly) it gained 4-5FPS in each.

Afterburner is awesome.

mootonandy said:
Would it be worth going for one of those 8 core piledrivers instead, since the new consoles are gonna be 8 core?

Short Answer: No

Long Answer: The current 3570k performs better than the 8350 (8-core pildriver). The console 8-core CPU will be based on a Piledriver APU so won't even match up to the 8350 (no where near).

Even if they do start to port games for 8 core consoles i doubt this will translate to PC gaming quickly.