£2000 gaming system.

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Hi, I posted a while back about building a low power pc to save myself a bit of money. As luck would have it I got a new job that pays really well, and I have decided to build myself a half decent gaming system for around £2000. Below I have included a list for my build, I have not had a system built for several years so if you think I can get better for my money please let me know thx.

Asus GeForce GTX 680 DirectCU II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card. £429.95

Asus X79 Sabertooth Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £262.99.

Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £215.

OCZ RevoDrive3 120GB PCI-E SSD - (RVD3-FHPX4-120G)

Avexir Core Series 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (AVD3U24001004G-4CI) - Blue Light £149.99


Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred (V3 with USB3.0) Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £119.99

Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) x2 £239.98

Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-750TXV2UK) £94.99

LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (OEM) £74.99
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N670GTX PE 2GD5/OC) £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 750W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (ST75F-P) £104.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £86.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £66.66
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £64.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £62.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA1366) £29.18
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
Total : £1,076.26 (includes shipping : £13.75).




For gaming a 3570K is as fast as a 3820 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/701?vs=523

8GB of RAM is plenty.

The Antec 1200 is ancient, the P280 is a bargain.

 
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Just to put it in perspective you can get this lot for that budget

YOUR BASKET
1 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £319.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N670GTX PE 2GD5/OC) £319.99
1 x Logitech Z906 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System - 500W RMS (980-000469) £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £143.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance K90 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £99.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £94.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
2 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £66.66 (£133.32)
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £56.39
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £34.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
Total : £2,030.62 (includes shipping : £27.55).

 
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Suppose it would be helpful to ask,

• Do you have an OS? which one?
• What resolution do you game at?
• Is it just a base unit you are after?
 
honosuseri said:
Just to put it in perspective you can get this lot for that budget

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N670GTX PE 2GD5/OC) £319.99
1 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £319.99
1 x Logitech Z906 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System - 500W RMS (980-000469) £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £143.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance K90 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £99.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £94.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
2 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £66.66 (£133.32)
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £56.39
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £34.98
Total : £2,004.62 (includes shipping : £27.55).

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Missing something key to the daily operation of the PC;)
 
Thx stulid, and remote zero,the case does look very nice. I take it spending the extra money on Components won 't improve performance much?. Is there a big improvement in the 120h monitors?.
 
Thx stulid, i'am using win 7 pro at the moment.

I game at what ever my 8800 graphics card will let me. My current 22inch monitor does 1920x1080 but I see there are monitors with a higher res now. Kind of like the look of this one but not sure if it is 120hz or not.

Samsung S27A850D 27" Widescreen Ultra Thin LED Professional PLS Monitor - Matte Black

Was just the base unit and a few peripherals to begin with but a new sound system and monitor may be a good idea.
 
Well I'm going to hope someone will come up with something fantastic for you for a more reasonable price than £2k, I'm tired.
 
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