£700 Gaming Computer

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I've been told today that I cannot get a MBP which is a big shame but I suppose I will be saving a lot of money and will be getting better bang for buck buying another laptop / building my own.

I've been looking around but I have no idea what I'm looking at really.

I prefer AMD over Intel so I would be looking for an AMD CPU.

I doesn't bother me whether there is a SSD or not but would be a bonus if there was one added.

I've got OS and Monitor so I would be needing keyboard and mouse as well.

I will be using the computer for gaming and general use i.e browsing, photoshop etc

Thanks
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £189.98
(£158.32) £189.98
(£158.32)
MSI GeForce GTX 470 Twin Frozr II 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £104.99
(£87.49) £104.99
(£87.49)
XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply £68.99
(£57.49) £68.99
(£57.49)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
(£34.16) £40.99
(£34.16)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Pioneer 24x Internal S19LBK DVD Rewriter including Labelflash SATA Retail £21.98
(£18.32) £21.98
(£18.32)
Gigabyte M6900 Precision Gaming Mouse (GM-M6900) £14.99
(£12.49) £14.99
(£12.49)
Blaze K3064 Multimedia Keyboard - Black £7.99
(£6.66) £7.99
(£6.66)
Sub Total : £583.24
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 : £118.90
Total : £713.39
 
Amd build


Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £211.99
(£176.66) £211.99
(£176.66)
Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 AMD 890FX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
(£108.32) £129.98
(£108.32)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply £68.99
(£57.49) £68.99
(£57.49)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
(£34.16) £40.99
(£34.16)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Pioneer 24x Internal S19LBK DVD Rewriter including Labelflash SATA Retail £21.98
(£18.32) £21.98
(£18.32)
Gigabyte M6900 Precision Gaming Mouse (GM-M6900) £14.99
(£12.49) £14.99
(£12.49)
Blaze K3064 Multimedia Keyboard - Black £7.99
(£6.66) £7.99
(£6.66)
Sub Total : £577.41
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 : £117.73
Total : £706.39
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £137.99
(£114.99) £137.99
(£114.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £107.99
(£89.99) £107.99
(£89.99)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) £38.39
(£31.99) £38.39
(£31.99)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKS) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
OCUK EZCool NA-705 Case - Black (500w PSU) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £326.11
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 : £67.47
Total : £404.83
 
jamesfreddie said:
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £137.99
(£114.99) £137.99
(£114.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £107.99
(£89.99) £107.99
(£89.99)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) £38.39
(£31.99) £38.39
(£31.99)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKS) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
OCUK EZCool NA-705 Case - Black (500w PSU) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £326.11
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 : £67.47
Total : £404.83
Click to expand...

and this is good how?

are you trolling?
 
I think he just need to learn about reliability. Take this as advice from a 12 year old james
ps.
I'm talking about the psu
Some of the parts aren't good either like the case it's very cheap. Try to get at least a bit close to the budget as well
 
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Here's my go

Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 AMD 890FX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
(£108.32)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
£107.99
(£89.99)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £105.98
(£88.32)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £58.99
(£49.16)
Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £70.99
(£59.16)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
(£34.16)
G.Skill RipJaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £37.99
(£31.66)
Keysonic KSK-8001UEL Black Full-Size USB Keyboard £26.99
(£22.49)
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (30SB057000000) £19.99
(£16.66)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66)


Total (Without Mouse or extras)

Sub Total : £511.58
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 : £104.57
Total :£627.40

Some are Deals of the week

I'm torn between 2 mice;

Coolermaster Sentinel Advance £45.98 Inc VAT

Or

Razer DeathAdder Respawn (With Free Mouse Mat) £46.07 Inc VAT

I've also included other things such as fans etc but I've left them out for now

Any help on changing anything would be appreciated :)
 
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the 5850 is miles ahead of the 5770 and is there any reason you want the advanced case over the lite?

I personally would go for a SandyBridge set up if i was spending £700 but then i can never resist new bits of kit to play with :)
 
Sayso said:
the 5850 is miles ahead of the 5770 and is there any reason you want the advanced case over the lite?

I personally would go for a SandyBridge set up if i was spending £700 but then i can never resist new bits of kit to play with :)
Click to expand...

Might check the price difference out and may swap it :D

Just seemed the better case

I would like to go with SB but the recent flaw has put me off

Edit:

Difference between the 5770 (In my basket) and a 6850

5770:

- Core Clock: 850MHz
- Memory: 1024MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 4800MHz (Effective)
- Memory Bandwidth: 76.8GB/s
- Processing Cores: 800

6850:

- Core Clock: 790MHz
- Memory: 1024MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 4000MHz (Effective)
- Memory Bandwidth: ?
- Processing Cores: 960
 
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