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CM-Sniper · 3 Sep 2011 at 10:46

I built a PC at the start of this year and posted a lot asking for advice which was all really helpful so thanks to everyone who helped out

That PC has since been sold and Im looking to build a new high end rig ready for my Games Design course at Uni. Got a budget of £800-£1000 and this is what I quickly put together this morning:

-Corsair PC Starter Bundle 1000c - 600TM Case / TX 650W V2 PSU / H60 CPU Cooler (Cooler Half Price) £208.16
-Gainward GeForce GTX 560Ti "Phantom" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
-Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £161.99
-Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
-Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £49.99
-Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.99
-Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £25.99

Total: £849.60

Jony27 · 3 Sep 2011 at 10:52

only things i would change from the above are

mobo - to a gen3 board - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-054-AK&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

CPU to the retail version for extra 2 years warranty.

Blu-ray player to the retail version so it comes with some software for playback.

GPU to either the £170 GTX560ti or a HD6950 2GB.

then maybe add an SSD?

olivier renault · 3 Sep 2011 at 11:21

Looks good. IIRC the Gene-Z is m-atx. Which is fine, but you have the space for a full atx board.

I don't like Samsung optical drives. Had too many problems with them. For the GPU, I'm sure you've weighted the pros and cons, I would get a 6950 2GB, but that's me.

R088ieS86 · 3 Sep 2011 at 12:22

What side of games design are you doing? programming or modelling?
the latter may benefit from more RAM and an i7.

CM-Sniper · 3 Sep 2011 at 12:49

Im gonna be doing the art and design side of things. Level design, Character modelling, animations etc.

Thanks for the suggestions so far. Didnt realise that board was m-ATX.

R088ieS86 · 3 Sep 2011 at 13:06

Definitely get more RAM in there then! Animations, depending on the software, will eat into it!

CM-Sniper · 3 Sep 2011 at 13:11

Ok, thanks for the advice mate

Omega · 3 Sep 2011 at 15:02

Nothing wrong with the Gene Z. I've been using one for a couple of months now and it's been a very solid board

I chose it because I wanted to experience the RoG bios and it was worth it

CM-Sniper · 6 Sep 2011 at 22:42

Gonna go i7 and also get an ATX mobo. Spoke to a tutor at uni today and he recommended get the best I could ready for the modelling side of things.