Building My First Gaming PC

a03dugga

a03dugga

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Hey Folks, im looking to build a gaming PC over the next few months, and have found many of my components, but just really need someone to overlook what ive got.
I really need help on Prices, under £700 would be awesome.
I also need advice, on things such as components, ones that are better than what ive got aswell as placement.

Heres what ive got:

thanks for your help
 
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Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £187.99
(£159.99) £187.99
(£159.99)
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £152.74
(£129.99) £152.74
(£129.99)
Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
(£76.59) £89.99
(£76.59)
G.Skill RipJaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C8 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit £82.24
(£69.99) £82.24
(£69.99)
Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
Seagate Barracuda LP 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500412AS) £29.36
(£24.99) £29.36
(£24.99)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97) £26.99
(£22.97)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
(£11.05) £12.98
(£11.05)
Sub Total : £546.62
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £97.71
Total : £656.08
 
Great List Skid32, SirCanealot nah im not doing encoding on it, just gaming, so it'd be better to get lie the phenom ii x4 instead?
 
a03dugga said:
it'd be better to get lie the phenom ii x4 instead?
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Yep, however if you're not going to be building for a few months I'd wait and see what's available then as prices are changing all the time. The best deal now might not be the best deal in November (or even 2 weeks from now).
 
Thanks Redmint, ill kep that in mind. Ive ordered a Case for my PC anyway, its the Zalman Z7 Plus, so im happy about that.
 
I would recommend going the intel i5 route if you can budget around it, better for gaming :). Do you want a quite pc? Ati cards are "usualy" quieter.
 
westylakey said:
I would recommend going the intel i5 route if you can budget around it, better for gaming :). Do you want a quite pc? Ati cards are "usualy" quieter.
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To be honest mate, my budget is pretty tight, besides ill be getting the cpu probably in a month or so, as ive got priorities with my budget also.

yeah im getting an ATI radeon hd 5770 card, not sure which type yet (hawk, sapphire, blah).

The mobo choice though, im stuck between a crosshair iii or a Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard. The gigabyte is better for budget, but i'd also have to buy a separate sound card yknow. But the crosshair comes with a supreme x-fi sound card. :)
 
There is a GTX285 going for £139 around OCUK, it'll give you 10fps+ more than the 5770 at high res, though its not DX11 and doesn't break the bank.
 
In addition would ditch OCZ Gold Memory, apparently its pants. Would stick with the Gigabyte perhaps and get a Asus Xonar D1 for £40 which would be better than X-fi.
 
coldfused said:
There is a GTX285 going for £139 around OCUK, it'll give you 10fps+ more than the 5770 at high res, though its not DX11 and doesn't break the bank.
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There about the same price, 5770 (SAPPHIRE) is cheaper too, but im not sure what to do, not too sure if its worth getting a directx11 card now, as my budget is kinda. So apart from the extra 10fps than the 5770, performance wise, is it the better card.
 
coldfused said:
In addition would ditch OCZ Gold Memory, apparently its pants. Would stick with the Gigabyte perhaps and get a Asus Xonar D1 for £40 which would be better than X-fi.
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Yes i suppose your right lol, i hadnt heard bad things about the ocz but i was recommended the G.Skill Ripjaw above. Righteo then, gigabyte it is, :)
 
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