£700-£1000 for new gaming guts

Warbie · 9 Jul 2012 at 09:42

Hey all. My C2D and 5850 are starting to creak a little and after playing a bunch of great looking games at Rezzed this weekend, and seeing as my bday is on friday, it's time for new guts

I have OS, sata drives, dvd drive, case, psu etc and would like an nvidia card this time round and an ssd. I have a rough idea of what to get but would appreciate some suggestions if anyone has the time.

Stinger53 · 9 Jul 2012 at 09:45

wat is the psu? and case?

mp260767 · 9 Jul 2012 at 09:46

would you consider using the 5850 initially or are you planning to sell it to fund the new purchases ?

as mentioned by stinger, what case/psu do you currently have.

what resolution do you currently game at, what monitor do you have.

Stinger53 · 9 Jul 2012 at 09:52

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £94.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Shamrock Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/AM2/AM3/AM3+) £49.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £44.99
Total : £861.85 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Warbie · 9 Jul 2012 at 09:53

The PSU is a 750w, think it's an Asus. I game at 1080p and have no plans to go higher - although my heart's half set on a 670 as i've always gone bang for buck in the past and want something that will fly this time around. The case is a Antec 300 gaming case.

Cheers.

Warbie · 9 Jul 2012 at 10:38

Stinger53 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £94.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Shamrock Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/AM2/AM3/AM3+) £49.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £44.99
Total : £861.85 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Cheers, Stinger. That looks good

mp260767 · 9 Jul 2012 at 10:46

Warbie said:
The PSU is a 750w, think it's an Asus.

Double check it when you get chance, long as its a decent make it should be fine, wouldn't want to risk your new kit on a poor psu.

Warbie · 9 Jul 2012 at 19:43

Good plan. It's a 750w Corsair.

Quick question re. the motherboard. I have no plans for sli in the future - would it be worth saving a few pennies and picking up the:

Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 for £74.99

olivier renault · 9 Jul 2012 at 20:59

Warbie said:
Good plan. It's a 750w Corsair.

Quick question re. the motherboard. I have no plans for sli in the future - would it be worth saving a few pennies and picking up the:

Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 for £74.99

I would say no. If you can afford that motherboard, then it will overclock better. I'm not a fan of super cheap motherboards. More often than not you get what you paid for.