£750 Gaming Build

[stewpotty]

Hi All, I am looking at my 2nd PC Build and have the following in mind;

£159.98 - Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz
£131.99 - Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 Motherboard
£119.99 - OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5
£65.99 - Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze'
£57.59 - Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Kit
£44.99 - Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black
£139.99 - Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s

Total : £750.52

This will be mainly for gaming and 3D graphics work. I have optical and storage drives in my current build I can reuse so was considering my first ever SSD.

 

[stulid]

Spot on if you ask me.

Are your existing drives sata?

 

[Randomface74]

GPU possibly underpowered.

 

[RJC]

Looks ok.

 

[Ak!ta]

Looks good and on budget.

 

[Jasonst888]

Again I'd agree its spot on


except...

cooler?

 

[stewpotty]

Hi, yes I have a collection of oldish SATA drives, 2 x 1.5tb WD greens which are fine for storage. I was thinking to go better on the graphics card but considering I am running a core2 with a 9600gt now thought it a bit greedy

 

[stewpotty]

Ahh cooler, totally forgot about that, only ever used stock CPU cooler before, any recommendations?

 

[RJC]

Cooler:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-GD&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

 

[stewpotty]

Hi, thanks for the comments, have decided to go ahead and add a bit more for better cabling and a couple of case fans

£159.98 - Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz
£131.99 - Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 Motherboard
£119.99 - OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5
£65.99 - Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze'
£57.59 - Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Kit
£44.99 - Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black
£139.99 - Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s
£25.99 - Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler
£8.97 - 3 x Antec Tri-Cool 3-Speed 120mm Fan - Black

Total : £770.47

 

[stulid]

The case only needs one more fan really (at the front) spending nearly £10 on top of the £45 for the case can get a better case.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-013-FD&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-013-LN&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

 

[stewpotty]

Those are much better cases, figured that was the least important part ...... till now

 

[Jasonst888]

Id go for the fractal design myself or look at the silverstone ps range or the antec 100

 

[stulid]

 

[Jasonst888]

Looks just like the antec 100 and similar to the silverstone ps03....also would a 6870 fit in there???? i know it would fit in a ps03 as i had one but the hdd bays might get in the way here....at the very least it will be snug.....

At this price range there is very little diff in these cases.....except judging by that vid the fractal comes with more fans than the silverstone

 

[stulid]

also would a 6870 fit in there????

http://www.fractal-design.com/?view=product&prod=60

Supports graphic card lengths up to 270mm when removable HDD-Bay is in place
Supports graphic card lengths up to 420mm without removable HDD-Bay

it will fit.

 

[Jasonst888]

fair enough just checking!

 

[stewpotty]

Hi, looking at the video above and this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WzbJMm16ek&feature=related

It looks like a top case for the price, fans included and I love the way the drive bays are set up and the room for cable management.

 

[stulid]

You can order that spec now

 

[Jasonst888]

You can order that spec now

You heard the man!

Quick Q though, do you have any stretch in the budget? A little more and you could grab http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-074-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341

Granted quite a bit more but you head up to around the £200 mark for a gpu and it will last you a long time! ....just a thought