Another wonderful 'spec me' thread

[Ant84]

My mate is looking for a new system after his Dell setup kicked the bucket last week. Doesn't need HDD, CD drive, keyboard, mouse, monitor or OS and he has a more than adequate PSU already.

Main use will be for playing the latest games and not much else, so big graphics power is a must. Intel i5 750 has been decided on so that's also a necessity. Would be open to future dual GPU configuration so future proofing that one would be ideal.

Budget is £650.

All suggestions welcome. Cheers.

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS iCooler V ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £232.99
(£198.29) £232.99
(£198.29)
Intel Core i5 750 2.66GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £152.99
(£130.20) £152.99
(£130.20)
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £124.98
(£106.37) £124.98
(£106.37)
OCZ Reaper Low-Latency 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 12800C6 (1600MHz) Dual-Channel (OCZ3RPR1600C6LV4GK) £96.98
(£82.54) £96.98
(£82.54)
Silverstone SST-PS03B Precision Midi Tower Case - Black £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)
Sub Total : £553.99
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 17.50% VAT : £98.92
Total : £664.16

this motherboard does dual cards(crossfire/sli) symmetrically

 

[Ant84]

Looks good, thanks.

Would a single 5850 be better than two 5770s?

 

[stulid]

two 5850 would be better than either!

some games dont scale very well with dual cards, plus you might get something called microstutter, a single 5850 now will play everything at high res and settings.