£600 - £700 Gaming System

strang3r · 27 Feb 2011 at 19:05

I have around £600 to £700 to spend on a gaming system from Overclockers. Could anybody recommend me one of their systems that would run things like Crysis on fullish settings and last me a few years.

I know that building my own system would work out cheaper but I dont have the time or interest in it.

Im currently using a system with an E6750 and a 8800GT and would be looking for a big performance improvement.

I have a copy of Vista 64 so no opperating system is needed.

mufcmark · 27 Feb 2011 at 19:07

You should definitely change vista.

It is awful

strang3r · 27 Feb 2011 at 19:11

So I keep hearing but I really don't have a problem with it.

stulid · 27 Feb 2011 at 19:11

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Far Cry 2 £194.99
(£162.49) £194.99
(£162.49)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £165.59
(£137.99) £165.59
(£137.99)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply £68.99
(£57.49) £68.99
(£57.49)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £61.26
(£51.05) £61.26
(£51.05)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £20.99
(£17.49) £20.99
(£17.49)
OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
(£9.99) £11.99
(£9.99)
Sub Total : £570.63
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 : £116.38
Total : £698.26

If only you would consider building it.

danzhang16 · 27 Feb 2011 at 19:20

stulid said:
If only you would consider building it.

DO IT!

Predicament · 27 Feb 2011 at 19:34

danzhang16 said:
DO IT!

Seconded'

anuraj · 27 Feb 2011 at 20:28

danzhang16 said:
DO IT!

Tripled.

strang3r · 27 Feb 2011 at 20:35

Right!!!! I get the point and have taken the advice. Oh how quickly I fold.

I'm currently in the process of taking my old one to bits to get to know it better.#

Lets say I just upgrage what I have just now, what would give me the greatest preformance increase for a few hundred sheets? I've currently got a Striker Extreme motherboard, will this be fine for the newest processers?

strang3r · 27 Feb 2011 at 20:35

Oh, and thanks for the advice guys.

skylineboy · 27 Feb 2011 at 23:18

That is a monster build by Stulid there. If you can buy asap as the GTX 480 at that price is a steal!

strang3r · 1 Mar 2011 at 06:57

I have decided to just upgrade what I already have which should save me quite a bit and get me into this whole PC building thing.

I stuck a new power suply in it yesterday and next is cpu or gfx card. What would give me the bigest performance increase for around £150? My motherboard is a Striker Extreme btw.

strang3r · 1 Mar 2011 at 07:02

Current card is an 8800gt and the processor is an e6750.

jakejacob0 · 1 Mar 2011 at 08:07

use stulids build

strang3r · 1 Mar 2011 at 11:20

I shall follow the build but is it really worth me buying a new motherboard? Any idea if the striker would take the i5?

King Damager · 1 Mar 2011 at 11:37

Yeah you'd need a new mobo and RAM if you upgrade to the i5.... Welcome to the intel camp

kd