Another gaming pc spec request :)

jamesy505 · 24 Jul 2011 at 19:15

Hiya again, I'm on for another spec request

Had a couple of threads but reckon I'm 100% definitely ready to order. I plan to build myself, but all I've ever done is added more ram to my ancient PC, so all new to this.

I'm looking at a budget of approximate £850 - this is for everything except keyboard and mouse. I have a ACER H233 monitor but reckon it'll need upgraded to something to take advantage of new pc. Also hoping for SSD drive.

Only purpose of PC is gaming, specifically SW TOR and maybe Battlefield 3.

I can stretch my budget buy only a small bit.

Hope you can help as the wife is going off her nut as I'm talking about my new PC all the time without ordering

Cheers guys in advance for your help

jamesy505 · 24 Jul 2011 at 21:11

Here is the last spec I got, any thoughtson how to lower the cost by about £150 but keep performance? Or any alternative specs?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Dirt3 PC Game £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £155.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2409HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £149.99
1 x Gigabyte P67A-D3 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £90.98
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £72.98
1 x OCZ Vertex 2 50GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTX50G) £71.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £56.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £19.99
1 x LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £993.91 (includes shipping : £22.20).

Jordan97 · 24 Jul 2011 at 21:41

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Asus P8P67-M PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £104.99
1 x OcUK V-Line 221V2SB 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £83.99
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £72.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £55.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £26.99
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 £14.99
Total : £837.98 (includes shipping : £14.75).

Could not fit an SSD in there with a top end GPU, but the only difference they make with games is that they decrease load times.

If you really want an SSD however, here is a different build with a slower GPU:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Asus P8P67-M PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £104.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 Game £94.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £89.99
1 x OcUK V-Line 221V2SB 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £83.99
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £72.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £55.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £26.99
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 £14.99
Total : £848.98 (includes shipping : £14.75).

Pickman · 25 Jul 2011 at 06:48

I'd go with something like Jordan's first build and grab a SSD somewhere down the line. SSD's are great but if you only spend 100 on a GPU then you will need to upgrade before very long.

Peter Tsang · 25 Jul 2011 at 06:56

What about a SSD for the OS only. Then a HDD for general storage?

jamesy505 · 25 Jul 2011 at 08:38

I've taken Jordan97's build and amended the GPU, is the extra cash better spent on the 2gb card rather than 1gb? I realise i've went slighty over the budget quoted originally.

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Dirt3 PC Game £209.99
(£174.99) £209.99
(£174.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Asus P8P67-M PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £104.99
(£87.49) £104.99
(£87.49)
OcUK V-Line 221V2SB 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £72.98
(£60.82) £72.98
(£60.82)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £55.99
(£46.66) £55.99
(£46.66)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £26.99
(£22.49) £26.99
(£22.49)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.49) £14.99
(£12.49)
Sub Total : £713.57
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £145.66
Total : £873.98

And if I was looking for a SSD, preferably to hold Windows7 and probably SW TOR, would this one do?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-075-OC

Cheers for any replies :-)

Jordan97 · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:35

jamesy505 said:
And if I was looking for a SSD, preferably to hold Windows7 and probably SW TOR, would this one do?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-075-OC

Cheers for any replies

Ooh no! Stay away from OCZ! At least until they find a fix for their infamous BSoD error. Basically, most SSD's using the Sandforce controller (Agility and Vertex 3) have been having lots of system crashes and BSoD's.

The SSD that I put in the second build is the favourite around here.

jamesy505 · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:37

Jordan97 said:
Ooh no! Stay away from OCZ! At least until they find a fix for their infamous BSoD error. Basically, most SSD's using the Sandforce controller (Agility and Vertex 3) have been having lots of system crashes and BSoD's.

The SSD that I put in the second build is the favourite around here.

Great, cheers for the heads up.
Think i'll wait till the new deals are up on Wed then post final spec check.

Cheers