First Time Building A Gaming PC

danewesley · 4 Dec 2011 at 21:35

brought it down as much as i could, you will have to re use your hdd for now, it means you can get a good gpu, great cpu etc, then upgrade path is ssd, large hdd etc.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £159.95
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6870 IceQ X PLUS Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £39.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £20.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 High Performance CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/939/AM2/AM2+) £17.99
Total : £506.87 (includes shipping : FREE).

ac24alex · 4 Dec 2011 at 21:36

Ok so I came to the conclusion that the HDD is IDE as it has some massive fat cable going into it

fowler002 · 4 Dec 2011 at 21:39

ac24alex said:
Ok so I came to the conclusion that the HDD is IDE as it has some massive fat cable going into it

like the top pic that zynk posted?

what is the make/model?
what about the dvd drive?

Zynck · 4 Dec 2011 at 21:41

D'oh...

Dane's spec would be pretty much perfect for your budget, too.

Do you have anyone who could lend/give you a SATA HDD that they're not using? For a friend's build we had to re-use one of his 2.5" SATA drives from a laptop he wasn't using, maybe you could do that too?

If not, then you'll have to drop down to a 2120 and 6850/6870 like Adam suggested and fit in a ~500Gb drive.

Darkpilgrim · 4 Dec 2011 at 21:44

To play wow and minecraft his q6600 should be fine proberly better just getting a better gfx and maybe some secondhand ddr2 off of fleabay

ac24alex · 4 Dec 2011 at 21:44

Well i just talked to a few friends and they said i should just get a new tower unit, double the ram, get a new motherboard and chip and a new graphics card

Randomface74 · 4 Dec 2011 at 21:47

pretty much

Pohly · 4 Dec 2011 at 21:47

Zynck said:
D'oh...

If not, then you'll have to drop down to a 2120 and 6850/6870 like Adam suggested and fit in a ~500Gb drive.

yeh if he drops down to an i3 (price diff about £60) and bump in a 500gb hdd (price £68) he can keep the same mobo, gpu etc and just put in an i5 when he has more cash

Zynck · 4 Dec 2011 at 21:56

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-252-SE

"This week only offer"

Not sure when exactly it'll end but I think it's definately a taker at a ~£20 off offer.

Like Pohly said, take Dane's spec and lower 2500k to a 2120, put that drive in and I think you'll be in budget and get a pretty decent rig.

The Slayer_UK · 4 Dec 2011 at 21:58

before building it yourself if you have not built a pc before i would recommend looking online for tutorials and finding out which cables are which the do's and donts and if in doubt always ask for help im sure you will find a lot of help on these forums also i would recomend if you have one or a friend has an old pc just take it apart just to get a feel for how you go about building a pc.

im sure you will enjoy building your very own pc

Pohly · 4 Dec 2011 at 22:00

The Slayer_UK said:
before building it yourself if you have not built a pc before i would recommend looking online for tutorials and finding out which cables are which the do's and donts and if in doubt always ask for help im sure you will find a lot of help on these forums also i would recomend if you have one or a friend has an old pc just take it apart just to get a feel for how you go about building a pc.

im sure you will enjoy building your very own pc

good advice

ac24alex · 4 Dec 2011 at 22:02

I'm pretty sure I'll be okay building the pc, its just getting the components for it etc.

skylineboy · 4 Dec 2011 at 22:28

I found 'the new boston' pc build guides on YouTube very helpful when I first began looking.

Threepwood · 4 Dec 2011 at 22:32

"This week only offer"

Not sure when exactly it'll end

Every wednesday morning.

Zynck · 4 Dec 2011 at 22:33

That and the newegg one, too.

Hopefully you've decided on the components now, Alex, you've been given some great specs

ac24alex · 5 Dec 2011 at 21:17

Ok guys, ive decided on the components, its a little over my budget but nevermind!
Asus GeForce GTX 560 DirectCU 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £149.99

AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4100 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail - £94.99

Asus M5A97 PRO AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard - £93.98

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) - £68.99

Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) - £52.99

Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black - £28.98

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) - £26.99

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM - £17.99

Overall Total - £445.75 ex VAT!

ac24alex · 5 Dec 2011 at 21:20

What you guys think about it?!

AndrewNR · 5 Dec 2011 at 21:43

ac24alex said:
What you guys think about it?!

I'll be the first to point out not to bother with an AMD chip and get an intel one: i3, i5 and what not.

ac24alex · 5 Dec 2011 at 21:45

Hmm
How come?

AndrewNR · 5 Dec 2011 at 21:50

ac24alex said:
Hmm
How come?

Because they are nowhere near as good as their Intel counterpart.

Have a look at the Bulldozer thread on here (in processors section).
The chip you suggested was £95.00 - you'd be better off getting an i3 or what not, keeping it for a while then perhaps selling it for ivy-bridge when it comes out.