£1000 Gaming Pc Need help

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Ok have £1000 for a gaming pc ordering on saturday dont need monitor or mouse or anything like that just the actual pc parts please recomend me a list please
 
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £247.99
(£206.66) £247.99
(£206.66)
MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
(£174.99) £209.99
(£174.99)
MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 850W Power Supply £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £95.99
(£79.99) £95.99
(£79.99)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £72.98
(£60.82) £72.98
(£60.82)
Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156//LGA1366/AMD K8/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £36.76
(£30.63) £36.76
(£30.63)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £33.59
(£27.99) £33.59
(£27.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
(£9.99) £11.99
(£9.99)

Sub Total : £831.04
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £168.96
Total : £1,013.75

Big power supply in case you want to go crossfire later (the case/motherboard are also fine for this.) CPU cooler in case you want to overclock, SSD for nice fast boot times.

If you need more storage space a 1TB drive isn't too much more expensive:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 580 Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £395.99
(£329.99) £395.99
(£329.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
MSI P67A-GD55 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £129.98
(£108.32) £129.98
(£108.32)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £95.99
(£79.99) £95.99
(£79.99)
XFX Pro 850W Core Edition Power Supply £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case - Black £52.98
(£44.15) £52.98
(£44.15)
Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £50.99
(£42.49) £50.99
(£42.49)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
(£9.99) £11.99
(£9.99)
Sub Total : £852.41
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £172.98
Total : £1,037.89

This is a much better build .
 
While I could have gone for the GTX 580, I designed my build with future upgrades in mind. The HD 6950 can also be flashed to a 6970 and 6970 crossfire performance is quite impressive.

Also the PSU you've suggested isn't modular which means cable management is a bit of a pain (850W PSUs have a LOT of cables...)

If you want insane gaming performance and you're not fussed about the SSD however:

2x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
(£174.99) £419.98
(£349.98)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
MSI P67A-GD55 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £129.98
(£108.32) £129.98
(£108.32)
Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 850W Power Supply £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £61.26
(£51.05) £61.26
(£51.05)
Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156//LGA1366/AMD K8/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £36.76
(£30.63) £36.76
(£30.63)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £33.59
(£27.99) £33.59
(£27.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
(£9.99) £11.99
(£9.99)

Sub Total : £834.60
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £169.17
Total : £1,015.02

£420 for Crossfire HD 6950s vs £396 for a single GTX 580. Although I'm not usually a fan of dual card setups I know which I'd pick there. :)
 
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I can offer some advice as I built a system recently pretty much for gaming

Get a i5 sandybridge, the i7 isn't worth it for gaming

Go for Nvidia over ATI, either 570 or 580 - youre not really gonna notice a massive differerence with a 580 which is gonna cost u a bomb

You'll want an SSD of a minimum of 120 gig you have to remember Win 7 is quite huge and as are most games the days.

Ram depends on if you want to overclock or not, if youre not bothered (I don't see much point as the system doesn't need it) You'll be ok buying just some standard DDR3 1600mhz which is quite cheap. You won't go wrong with corsair.

Case is entirely what you like the look of.

This is pretty much what I have:

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gainward GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card Gainward GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £279.98
(£233.32) £279.98
(£233.32)
OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) £174.98
(£145.82) £174.98
(£145.82)
Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
Antec TruePower New Modular 750W Power Supply - With FREE 3D Mark 2011 Advance Antec TruePower New Modular 750W Power Supply - With FREE 3D Mark 2011 Advance £86.99
(£72.49) £86.99
(£72.49)
Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Sub Total : £829.08
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £168.32
Total : £1,009.90
 
Or if u want to **** off the SB and Nvidia crowd get this

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
(£174.99) £209.99
(£174.99)
MSI 870A Fuzion Power Edition (Socket AM3) DDR3 PCI-Express ATX Motherboard £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £106.99
(£89.16) £106.99
(£89.16)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £95.99
(£79.99) £95.99
(£79.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £63.98
(£53.32) £63.98
(£53.32)
OCZ StealthXStream 2 700W Power Supply £57.98
(£48.32) £57.98
(£48.32)
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive - OEM Black £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £36.98
(£30.82) £36.98
(£30.82)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £33.59
(£27.99) £33.59
(£27.99)
Sub Total : £752.89
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £152.68
Total : £916.07
 
mikey1090 said:
I dont think any of the nvidia/SB setups are specced that way because they are fans. It's because it's the best components/performance for the money usually.
Click to expand...

Exactly , why spend money stupidly when you can just do some research and get the best components for your money .
 
Muso said:
I can offer some advice as I built a system recently pretty much for gaming

Get a i5 sandybridge, the i7 isn't worth it for gaming

Go for Nvidia over ATI, either 570 or 580 - youre not really gonna notice a massive differerence with a 580 which is gonna cost u a bomb

You'll want an SSD of a minimum of 120 gig you have to remember Win 7 is quite huge and as are most games the days.

Ram depends on if you want to overclock or not, if youre not bothered (I don't see much point as the system doesn't need it) You'll be ok buying just some standard DDR3 1600mhz which is quite cheap. You won't go wrong with corsair.

Case is entirely what you like the look of.

This is pretty much what I have:

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gainward GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card Gainward GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £279.98
(£233.32) £279.98
(£233.32)
OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) £174.98
(£145.82) £174.98
(£145.82)
Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
Antec TruePower New Modular 750W Power Supply - With FREE 3D Mark 2011 Advance Antec TruePower New Modular 750W Power Supply - With FREE 3D Mark 2011 Advance £86.99
(£72.49) £86.99
(£72.49)
Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Sub Total : £829.08
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £168.32
Total : £1,009.90
Click to expand...

I would go for this but maybe spend a little bit more on the motherboard and get something like this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-443-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

This way you wont need to swap it out at a later date :D and you can go SLI with the 570 at a later date as the board originally suggested only supports crossfire iirc.

For gaming the i5 is probs your best bet, no point in splashing out on i7 as the gains are minimal.


I wouldn't say avoid the AMD based system but you would be better off with an i5 at present, and no I'm not a fanboy lol.
 
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