£700-£800 setup

[Erich Kriegler]

I'm after a set up for my brother he'll be playing games like minecraft and left 4 dead. He'll be needing everything including OS and keyboard/mouse.

This is all I have at the moment. I'm unsure on the rest.

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £53.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99
1 x TP-Link 200Mbps AV200 Mini Powerline Adapter (TL-PA211) £21.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £383.29 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 

[Doomedspeed]

Hi,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x MSI HD 6870 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £113.99
1 x Samsung S22A200B 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £53.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £50.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.12
1 x TP-Link 200Mbps AV200 Mini Powerline Adapter (TL-PA211) £21.98
1 x Steelseries Ikari Optical Mouse (62000) £15.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x Logitech K200 Media Keyboard (920-002733) £10.98
Total : £822.95 (includes shipping : FREE).




Does he need a monitor too? If not swap the Monitor out for an SSD.

 

[Erich Kriegler]

Thanks that looks good. He will be needing a monitor. Also will he need the CPU cooler (he won't be overclocking) or would the stock one be ok?

 

[~Mike~]

Have you looked at the Weekend Only deals?

 

[mp260767]

i'd drop the 6870 to a 6850 in dooms spec, onboard graphics will help boost it enough to play the games mentioned.

 

[Erich Kriegler]

Which one out of these two would you go for?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 "Dual Fan Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
Total : £185.38 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 

[Erich Kriegler]

By the way would it be ok to swap motherboards for this one?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE 16GB USB 2.0 PEN £74.98
Total : £84.88 (includes shipping : £8.25).

 

[jeff6475]

i would keep the Z77 board that is specced above