Building Gaming PC..

[luke.]

Ok, so I've been thinking of doing this for a long time, and have only just got the ability to do it. My parents are giving me £400 to contribute to building my own computer, since I've been nagging them for at least 2 years, and they had bought me an iPad, and they bought my 3 brothers iPad's, however they heard I didn't like iPad's so mine was returned. So I have about £200 I'm willing to spend on a system myself, leaving me with a budget of around £600 more or less. I'm looking for as good a gaming machine I can get at that price. I'm new to this so I'm looking for a spec from some experienced people who'd be more knowledgeable when it comes to this, I did manage to get this together...

EVGA Nvidia GTX550Ti 1GB 192-Bit 3D Ready Graphics Card

Cooler Master Elite 430 - Mid tower - ATX - no power supply ( ATX / PS/2 ) - black - USB/Audio

WESTERN DIGITAL Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 3.5" Hard Drive - 500 GB - 7200 rpm - 16 MB - SATA III

GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 - LGA1155 Socket - Z68 Chipset - ATX

Intel Sandybridge i5-2500K Unlocked Core i5 Quad-Core Processor (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache, Socket 1155)

Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 Vengeance Memory Two Module Kit

LiteOn IHAS224-19 Lite-On 24x DVD-RW LightScribe SATA

Corsair CMPSU-600CX 600W Power Supply

All that came to £620. I'd need an expert opinion or an expert spec though because I'm not sure if I could do better for the price. So what do you guys think?

 

[luke.]

Im just looking at ur power supply wondering, Also the case why cheap? U can get a much less hassle one for only abit more

Looking at the PSU wondering what? haha.

I chose a cheaper case as a way of saving some cash as well.

 

[luke.]

sorry but have you already bought that or just a spec you came up with?

do you need an os(win7)?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £101.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £89.99
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £76.98
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £46.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £692.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).



use the voucher code OCUKXMAS if buying by 11.59pm tomorrow night to get free shipping + 5% so its ~£645 so still a bit overbudget but the 560ti 2gb is MUCH better for gaming then the 550ti, you can upgrade the cpu in the future with a k series sandybridge or ivybridge and the motherboard will allow you to overclock it plu can go sli in the future.

for the 5% offer details http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18355464

if you don't want/need sli ability then can drop the motherboard to http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI and save £15

I do need an OS, but I can get it heavily discounted thanks to being a student. I think an extra £45 would do no harm, especially with the benefits that come with the extra price. Will probably upgrade to an i5 in the future.

Thanks!

 

[luke.]

Ok so I've pretty much made my mind up on the system I'm going to build. Final thing I'm wondering is whether it's a smart idea to go for a cheaper CPU such as the 3 listed below or pay the extra money for the extra quality?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-059-OP&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-032-OP&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-037-OP&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

This was the one that was specced for me

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-XF

Although it's a bit on the pricy side, but is it worth the extra money?