£1500 build. Everything needed.

[tamzzy]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Benq XL2411T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £239.99
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £99.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £73.99
1 x Qpad MK-50 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout - Black Switches £64.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 412S CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £28.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £23.99
1 x Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller - PC / Xbox 360 (52A-00005) £19.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,512.48 (includes shipping : £22.20).



better screen
better periperals
better psu

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Benq XL2411T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £239.99
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £99.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £73.99
1 x Qpad MK-50 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout - Black Switches £64.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 412S CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £28.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £23.99
1 x Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller - PC / Xbox 360 (52A-00005) £19.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,512.48 (includes shipping : £22.20).



better screen
better periperals
better psu

Nice spec.

 

[aceytrixx]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Benq XL2411T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £239.99
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £99.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £73.99
1 x Qpad MK-50 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout - Black Switches £64.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 412S CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £28.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £23.99
1 x Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller - PC / Xbox 360 (52A-00005) £19.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,512.48 (includes shipping : £22.20).



better screen
better periperals
better psu

I considered that screen however I read that its colours arent great and I would rather have 60hz and better colours than 120hz and poorer colours. Unless im wrong? Im guessing my motherboard and cooler were overkill?

 

[tamzzy]

I considered that screen however I read that its colours arent great and I would rather have 60hz and better colours than 120hz and poorer colours. Unless im wrong?

with tweaking the colours isnt that bad
http://pcmonitors.info/reviews/benq-xl2411t

Im guessing my motherboard and cooler were overkill?

way overkill, unless u're looking to overclock and bench for epeen.
imo its more sensible and better value to get solid parts and aim for a good, 4.4-4.6ghz, if not spectacular overclock.
the money you save can be put elsewhere like peripherals, no point cheaping out on periperals imo

 

[aceytrixx]

with tweaking the colours isnt that bad
http://pcmonitors.info/reviews/benq-xl2411t


way overkill, unless u're looking to overclock and bench for epeen.
imo its more sensible and better value to get solid parts and aim for a good, 4.4-4.6ghz, if not spectacular overclock.
the money you save can be put elsewhere like peripherals, no point cheaping out on periperals imo

I care not one jot about benching for epeen. I'm just looking for 60fps at 1080p with as high quality settings as I can. With that monitor being 120hz I'm really going to be aiming for 120fps as often as I can which I assume would need a 2nd 7950 down the line? Also if I wanted to stay at 1080/60fps would 2 7950's be overkill?

 

[tamzzy]

having a 144hz monitor gives you the option to run at higher fps if you decide to run dual gpus later down the line.

 

[squarehead94]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £455.99
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x ASRock X79 Fatal1ty Professional Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £224.99
1 x Samsung S24B300BS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £119.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi XL Full Tower Gaming Windowed Case - Black £104.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020042-UK) £94.99
1 x Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 2.5" 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GB3A-B) £85.99
1 x Avexir MPower Series 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Quad Channel Kit (AVD3U16000904G-4CM) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £24.98
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £8.99
Total : £1,541.10 (includes shipping : £16.85).

 

[aceytrixx]

Seems to be some talk around at the moment that the AMD cpus arent as bad as they seemed and tend to trade blows with the i5? not sure how accurate that is only seen a couple videos so far. Also with Skyrim being a heavily CPU dependant game would it therefore be safe to assume Fallout 4 will be the same way? If so thats something to consider as those games are a big reason im moving to PC. Anyway had a quick look around and saw that trimming back the SSD to 128gb and going over budget by 100 (really pushing it) I could add a 2nd 7950 right now. Also the AMD motherboards seem to have dual PCI 16 slots whereas the Intel ones ive looked at seem to have a 16 and an 8. Does this make any difference? Anyway its probably not the way to go but here was what I was thinking of

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99 (£479.98)
1 x Benq XL2411T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £227.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £119.99
1 x ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £90.98
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Qpad MK-50 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout - Black Switches £64.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £59.99
1 x NZXT LeXa S Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £55.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 412S CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £28.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £25.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,620.48 (includes shipping : £22.20).



Or only 1 7950/7970 and a Benq XL2420T would also come in on budget as another option

 

[Wucked]

Stick with the i5-3570K imo, its widely regarded as the best bang-for-buck gaming CPU on the market right now.

 

[aceytrixx]

My other AMD related theory is if consoles are going 8 core then games will be coded for that and would take advantage of them more? That probably makes no sense for obvious reason to people who actually know what they are talking about. Which I really dont.