£700 for gaming tower and keyboard & mouse

beasty6 · 24 Mar 2011 at 22:25

hey guys,

i have £700 to buy a gaming tower and for a gaming keyboard and mouse
now my dad has bought me a msi p55 gd80 mobo so its going to have to be a 1156 socket build

the parts i want and dont want to change is a GTX480 and the razer arctosa keyboard and the razer abysuss mouse

i dont need a optical drive or OS as i already have these

so what can you guys spec me ??

cheers beasty

beasty6 · 25 Mar 2011 at 10:42

Nvidiot · 25 Mar 2011 at 10:45

Thats a great selection of parts, just use the stock Intel heatsink until you can afford £30 for something fancy.

hybrid572 · 25 Mar 2011 at 10:54

Downgrade the GTX 480 because anything above a GTX 460 is pretty much wasted at 1920x1080.

Also, the Hyper 212 Plus can be had for £20.99 and the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro for about £20, so there's no real reason to downgrade anything.

beasty6 · 25 Mar 2011 at 11:04

i dont want to downgrade the 480 as i want 60+fps in games and want to be able to play the newer games with good fps

also will the hyper 212 be able to keep my cpu cool at about 4ghz ??

hybrid572 · 25 Mar 2011 at 11:06

Easily.

Oh, and anything over 60 fps is wasted if you have a 60Hz monitor, and everything looks pretty much the same from 40 fps up.

Just sayin'.

beasty6 · 25 Mar 2011 at 11:09

yh im planning on a new monitor in a coulpe of months

a 24" 0r a 27"

Cookeh · 25 Mar 2011 at 11:58

Sigh.

No need for the GTX480. No need to spend such a silly amount on a keyboard and mouse when better alternatives can be had much cheaper.

The Sidewinder X4 is a MUCH better keyboard, and cheaper. Same can be said of the Cyborg V5.

Mouse wise the G500 is widely commended as one of the best, if not the best gaming mouse, again MUCH cheaper.

Money saved could go toward that new monitor (24" will still be 1920x1080 btw, a 27" may well be the same depending on how much up spend on it).

Cookeh · 25 Mar 2011 at 12:08

Can be done much cheaper should want it. But here it is nonetheless:

Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Far Cry 2 £191.99
(£159.99) £191.99
(£159.99)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £175.00
(£145.83) £175.00
(£145.83)
Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower Case with Window - Black £87.82
(£73.18) £87.82
(£73.18)
XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply £74.99
(£62.49) £74.99
(£62.49)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Razer Arctosa Keyboard - Black £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156//LGA1366/AMD K8/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Sub Total : £535.63
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £109.63
Total : £657.76

beasty6 · 25 Mar 2011 at 12:37

i choose the razer keyboard due to the slim design and the mouse due to tryed both on a friends rig and also bored them for a week while he was on holiday and i loved them and got on really well with them both

will the 650w be enough juice for a 480 ?? as they are hungry for juice ??

also is there any reason for the change in case ??

beasty

beasty6 · 25 Mar 2011 at 12:51

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 480 "Special Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £224.99
(£187.49) £224.99
(£187.49)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £175.00
(£145.83) £175.00
(£145.83)
XFX Pro 850W Core Edition Power Supply £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Razer Arctosa Keyboard - Black £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
Razer Abyssus 3500dpi Optical Gaming Mouse £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Arctic Cooling Freezer Xtreme Rev.2 High Performance Quiet CPU Cooler (Socket 775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £29.60
(£24.67) £29.60
(£24.67)
Sub Total : £582.94
Shipping cost based on delivery to My home, NN8 2JP with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £116.59
Total : £699.53

any good ?? also i want to build a pc that i dont have to change anything in the next year or maybe abit longer

an this is what i got which just topped my budget

coldfused · 25 Mar 2011 at 12:59

That looks good mate. I'd go for that. The 480 will play games at +60 on high settings at 1920x1080. I would not go for a 27" monitor for gaming, otherwise you'll have to sacrifice visuals to get an acceptable frame rate.
Assuming the 27" goes to 2560

beasty6 · 25 Mar 2011 at 13:03

urm yeah the dell ultrashaps do but i was looking at this one

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-001-HS&groupid=17&catid=1120&subcat=

or maybe just get a 24" ??

coldfused · 25 Mar 2011 at 13:08

Depends, if your monitor is going to be a few feet away from you then perhaps a 27" at 1920x1080 but otherwise its going to be up in your face.

Tbh, i have a nice samsung 24" in front of me 2 feet and thats all I need. Can't share my experience with a 27". Sorry.

beasty6 · 25 Mar 2011 at 13:22

i have a 22" in front of my now and its ok i suppose a 24" should be fine but im also getting a new desk so ill have to wait for that then have a measure up

danewesley · 25 Mar 2011 at 13:31

what id get.

i didnt put peripherals as i dont think on a budget its worth including them as a price, internal components are more important, id rather have a system and use a cheap keyboard/mouse than compromise the system spec.

R088ieS86 · 25 Mar 2011 at 13:40

I have the slight older version of the Hans G, gaming at 1920x1200 on it is fairly similar to 1920x1080 on a 24" screen, looks wise. But the big screen is awesome. if you want that screen, therefore gaming at 1920x1200, then keep the 480.

beasty6 · 25 Mar 2011 at 13:41

i already have the motherboard and is a 1156 socket so the i5 760 is the cpu im going to use

i also a nvidia card (yes i suppose i am a fan boy of nvidia but i admit it)

also im not going to be overclocking the card but will be overclocking the cpu to around the 4ghz mark

i also play demanding games such as metro crysis bfbc2 stc..

beasty6 · 25 Mar 2011 at 13:42

yeah im defo keeping the 480, the price is really good and it will last

Cookeh · 25 Mar 2011 at 14:17

There was no reason I changed the case, just I prefer it's look and it has better features.

There is no difference (Except price) between the GTX480 I picked and the one you did. The overclocking can be done yourself (yes you said you wouldn't - don't see why but each to their own) or just save the money.

My build has 1TB HDD yours has 500GB - and it's a slower drive

Trust me, 650W is overkill for a GTX480 - 850W is stupidly large! A GTX480 and overclocked i7 doesn't even draw 500W on load according to various sites and people so not need