£750 Gaming Rig

Quinn

Quinn

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Hey everyone, looking to build my first rig this week and was wondering if you could give me a hand. The comp i have been using to play Guild Wars all these years is slowly(very slowly btw, been with me for about 7 years and only ever had to give her a new PSU.....and er, i think that was because i touched something i should not have) dying and with the release of GW2 round the corner i'm in need of a new one. Other games like Mass Effect/Metro2033/BF3 will be played but its primarily for GW2.

I've looked around a bit and kind of cherry picked what i think would be a good foundation build that i could upgrade in the future (SSD), but tbqh i have no idea what i'm doing. :cool:

YOUR BASKET
1 x PowerColor HD 7850 PCS+ Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £191.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £173.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £61.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £47.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £39.95
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £709.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).



I'll try and use Win8 until its released and i don't need any other peripherals. Budget is £750.
 
That's the core case that has no fans fella. I can do a quick reshuffle for you

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £185.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £61.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £47.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £35.99
1 x Zalman CNPS10X Extreme CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/775/1155/1156/1366) £26.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 120mm Fan Blue LED - Black £11.99
1 x BitFenix Logo for Shinobi Tower Case - Gold £1.98
Total : £730.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
honosuseri said:
That's the core case that has no fans fella. I can do a quick reshuffle for you

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £185.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £61.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £47.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £35.99
1 x Zalman CNPS10X Extreme CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/775/1155/1156/1366) £26.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 120mm Fan Blue LED - Black £11.99
1 x BitFenix Logo for Shinobi Tower Case - Gold £1.98
Total : £730.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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Ah....i did originally have this flashy thing but i swapped it out for something simpler. I also see the Z9 get rec'd a lot but its out of stock unfortunately. Its my first build so something easy to work with would be ideal.

CyberCrow said:
SSD would deffo ve on my list.
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I would very much like one, but i don't know how to squeeze it in with the budget i have. D:
 
CyberCrow said:
SSD would deffo ve on my list.
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I agree


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £185.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £61.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £50.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £745.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Quinn said:
All my movies/music/whathaveyou goes on my external that i plug into my PS3.
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So if everything goes onto an external drive.

Then you can just get a bigger SSD for the OS and as many games/program installs you can cram onto it.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £185.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £80.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x Fractal Design Core 3000 Midi Tower Case - Black £54.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £747.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).




That ok?
 
for the case, i'd say to go for the zalman z9+ instead, but its out of stock at the moment
the ocz zt is a pretty noisy psu
 
Quinn said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £185.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £80.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x Fractal Design Core 3000 Midi Tower Case - Black £54.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £747.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).




That ok?
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Nice :D You weren't set on the Bitfenix case after all ;)
 
Hey guys, was wondering of you could help me out.

So everything arrived yesterday safe and sound and i started the build outside the case this morning. Pretty sure everything is in the correct place; RAMs in, CPU in, thermal on, Heatsink on, GPU in and PSU connected(supplemental+main+PCI-E cables) then i short it to start it up, all fans spin. I've plugged my monitor in to the VGA on the mobo but get no signal at all, i do get a HDMI signal from my TV via GPU which takes me straight to a screen which says something along the lines of "Reboot and select proper boot device". Should i not see the Gigabyte BIOS startup screen, even for a split second at least? Also can't hear any beeps because no speaker is connected....i want my beeps. D:

I don't know if its booting ok or not? And no monitor input is a bit worrying. (trying to find my DVI converter)
 
Quinn said:
Would it be better for me to forgo the HDD and just get a bigger SSD?
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In mine i have the following,
Sammy 128gig 830 SSD desktop, this has all my main install programs on.
1TB this has all my Steam games installed.
2 x 500gig hdd these are my music/pictures etc etc.
If you play a lot of games don't go for the bigger SSD option you'll soon fill it up.
 
Quinn said:
Hey guys, was wondering of you could help me out.

So everything arrived yesterday safe and sound and i started the build outside the case this morning. Pretty sure everything is in the correct place; RAMs in, CPU in, thermal on, Heatsink on, GPU in and PSU connected(supplemental+main+PCI-E cables) then i short it to start it up, all fans spin. I've plugged my monitor in to the VGA on the mobo but get no signal at all, i do get a HDMI signal from my TV via GPU which takes me straight to a screen which says something along the lines of "Reboot and select proper boot device". Should i not see the Gigabyte BIOS startup screen, even for a split second at least? Also can't hear any beeps because no speaker is connected....i want my beeps. D:

I don't know if its booting ok or not? And no monitor input is a bit worrying. (trying to find my DVI converter)
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Can you get to your BIO's when its plugged in your Tv?
Try setting every thing back to default if you can then plug it back in to your monitor.
 
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