£550 Gaming Rig

Sparx

Sparx

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Hey, I'm building a gaming rig for a friend who is on a budget (£550 max).

Just seeing if everyone agrees with the parts or has any suggestions? He will be wanting to play Diablo 3, Guild Wars 2, etc upon release. We have everything else so the below parts is all he needs.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
1 x XFX HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £77.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
Total : £539.88 (includes shipping : FREE).




Cheers. :)
 
You got a SATA DVD drive and good PSU?


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
1 x OcUK HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £97.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £46.98
1 x Bitfenix Outlaw Gaming Case - Black £33.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.19
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £561.70 (includes shipping : £10.50).



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Without PSU+DVD drive,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
1 x XFX HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £131.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Bitfenix Outlaw Gaming Case - Black £33.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.19
Total : £532.13 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 
 
I only need the parts I have listed in my original post. But yeah I am re-using his OCZ 600w GameXStream PSU and he already has a decent SATA DVD-RW drive from his old build I did him 2/3 years ago. :)

Definitely want to keep the i5, don't want to downgrade him to an i3 as it is needed. :)
 
Sparx said:
I only need the parts I have listed in my original post. But yeah I am re-using his OCZ 600w GameXStream PSU and he already has a decent SATA DVD-RW drive from his old build I did him 2/3 years ago. :)

Definitely want to keep the i5, don't want to downgrade him to an i3 as it is needed. :)
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Here,


YOUR BASKET
1 x intel core i5-2500k 3.30ghz (sandybridge) socket lga1155 processor - retail £175.99
1 x ocuk geforce gtx 560ti 1024mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card £159.95
1 x gigabyte z68ap-d3 intel z68 (socket 1155) ddr3 motherboard rev 1 £84.98
1 x seagate barracuda 7200.12 500gb sata 6gb/s 16mb cache - oem (st500dm002) £61.99
1 x bitfenix outlaw gaming case - black £33.98
1 x crucial ballistix sport 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-12800c9 1600mhz dual channel kit (bls2cp4g3d1609ds1s00ceu) £31.19
total : £560.69 (includes shipping : £10.50).




gigabyte board is cheaper,

uk 3 year warranty based in milton keynes,

reviews,
http://www.kitguru.net/components/m...-z68ap-d3-z68-review-bargain-buy-of-the-year/
http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/gigabyte_ga_z68ap_d3_review,1.html
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc...herboards/gigabyte-ga-z68ap-d3-1026263/review
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2011/10/11/gigabyte-ga-z68ap-d3-review/1
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Ivybridge ready as well - http://www.gigabyte.us/press-center/news-page.aspx?nid=1048
 
stulid said:
Here,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £159.95
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Bitfenix Outlaw Gaming Case - Black £33.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.19
Total : £560.69 (includes shipping : £10.50).




Gigabyte board is cheaper,

UK 3 year warranty based in Milton Keynes,



Ivybridge ready as well - http://www.gigabyte.us/press-center/news-page.aspx?nid=1048
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It is slightly over but you won't do any better than that. The EVGA 460SC is an option if you were to OC it (850mhz is nigh on 6870 spec) but that's not a massive saving......

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/540?vs=547

That gives you an idea of what the difference in price gets you. BF3 has the most noticable difference in FPS.
 
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