£1k gaming spec please!

[becrazed]

Hi guys, im looking to build a new gaming pc (just the tower itself) for £1000 if anyone has any advice for a spec would be much appriciated. Also is it worth waiting a few months or not?

Cheers

 

[shadowake]

XFX ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
(£221.27) £259.99
(£221.27)
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM £203.99
(£173.61) £203.99
(£173.61)
Asus P6T Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard Asus P6T Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £169.99
(£144.67) £169.99
(£144.67)
** PROMO ** OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (OCZ3G1600LV6GK) ** PROMO ** OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (OCZ3G1600LV6GK) £107.99
(£91.91) £107.99
(£91.91)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £64.99
(£55.31) £64.99
(£55.31)
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £63.99
(£54.46) £63.99
(£54.46)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) £52.99
(£45.10) £52.99
(£45.10)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)
Sony Optiarc AD-5240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM Sony Optiarc AD-5240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.31) £17.99
(£15.31)
Sub Total : £838.23
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 17.50% VAT : £148.88
Total : £999.61

Although stretch to a 5870 if you can theres no 5850 in stock at a reasonable price so a 70's only 50 notes more...

 

[ssharp59]

from my own reading though the i7 for a gaming machine just seems a bit unncessesary and is probably just throwing cash cash the drain compared to getting an i5.

please dont take my word for it as im noob to all this , but from my own recent research it seems that for a pure gaming rig the i7 just isnt needed.

 

[becrazed]

looks like a good spec thnx a lot shadow

 

[Kanpai]

what shadow recommended tbh, looks like a very solid build!

 

[Biz.Kid09]

Get everything shadow said bar the i7,x58 mobo and triple channel ram and get a i5,1156 mobo and ddr3 dual channel ram.........No difference in performance in games
Well there is Nvidia Fermi cards coming out and i7 980x cpu

 

[Redgie]

Also is it worth waiting a few months or not?

Yes, in a few months things will be cheaper, but also new things will be out that are just as expensive, it's the way of the world, unfortunately!

 

[joey2cool]

you could wait forever for prices to drop lower and lower but the gap between the maximum and what you'll have will get wider and wider each time too! the only reason to wait is to see if Fermi will blow away ATI, and tbh the jurys still out. i do agree the i7 is absolute overkill for what you want to do, an i5 would be a much better option for gaming as you can spend a little more on the graphics too. you could even swap the cpu and the notes you save upgrade to a 5870 and get a blu ray player instead (if you would use it for playing them) and still come under £1k.

XFX ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
(£280.84) £329.99
(£280.84)
Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - OEM £143.03
(£121.73) £143.03
(£121.73)
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £138.99
(£118.29) £138.99
(£118.29)
Patriot Sector 5 G Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1600ELK) £82.99
(£70.63) £82.99
(£70.63)
Samsung SH-B083L/BSBP 8x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £77.98
(£66.37) £77.98
(£66.37)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £64.99
(£55.31) £64.99
(£55.31)
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £63.99
(£54.46) £63.99
(£54.46)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Sub Total : £838.25
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 17.50% VAT : £148.88
Total : £999.63

If you didnt want to spend on the blu ray, then swapping it out for a regular dvd-rw, u could fit an i7-860 with HT instead and it would only come in at £30 over budget

 

[becrazed]

thnx a lot for the replies and insights, its something to ponder over for sure!

 

[becrazed]

thnx a lot again for the spec guys, i just got a job abroad so i cant really go for the pc atm :'( thanks for the imput anyway chaps!