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BubbleandSqueak

BubbleandSqueak

BubbleandSqueak

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Hello All,

Can I tap the brains of the experts here in helping me put together a reasonable gaming rig?

My budget is rougly £800.

The machine will be used only for gaming, and typically just BF3 and Arma.

I won't need an O/S.

Looking for this machine to last me for at least 5 years.

Giving up my one to my 6 year old. So I can't reuse any of the parts or cases of that one.

Though I built my own one years ago, I'd much rather get a pre-built one from Overclockers as the feedback from support seems great. And with my shovel for hands I can see myself snapping components :)

So, I've been looking at the I5 procs, and can't decide which one is suitable. And as to graphics cards, I read somewhere that it's best to look into a 2gb one? Would 8gb be ok? Or could I go to 6gb? I'd like a 1tb hard, but not sure if I should also add a 120gb SD as the O/S. Not sure how much benefit I would get out of this?

Not bothered by case size or noise ( but would like at least 6 usb ports)

So, can anyone help?
 
BubbleandSqueak said:
So, I've been looking at the I5 procs, and can't decide which one is suitable. And as to graphics cards, I read somewhere that it's best to look into a 2gb one? Would 8gb be ok? Or could I go to 6gb?
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Confused. Are you on about RAM here or GPU's?
I'd like a 1tb hard, but not sure if I should also add a 120gb SD as the O/S. Not sure how much benefit I would get out of this?
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You'd notice the difference between an SSD and a normal mechanical HDD for sure. Especially with game laoding times, OS boot up times, install times etc.
This is the SSD you want: Crucial M4 128Gb SSD

RAM is affordable at 16GB. Although 8GB will do you for gaming if you're not using stuff like Photoshop. Lightroom etc.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x OCZ ZT 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £69.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £28.00
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £802.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).



with a different case.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x OCZ ZT 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £69.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £28.00
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £792.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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Idleman you are a star! Amazing response time, I should use this as an example to my helpdesk on how to quick respond to an enquiry :)

As you probably guessed, I was talking about 2gb Graphics Card, and 8 GB RAM.

I already have a keyboard and Monitor which will reuse.

So, could I order and get overclockers to build it for this price? Or would I have to build it myself. If that's the case, excuse the pun, I'd probably go for the Corsair one as it looks more roomy.
 
I don't know if OcUK do a build service but it's worth ringing them and inquiring! So you'd have to build it yourself if they don't.

Or maybe there's someone local to you that can guide you? You can also post on here during the build and you'll get help for sure :)
 
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