Gaming build for £1500

JC17 · 11 Sep 2012 at 12:35

I am building a gaming rig from scratch, I have a budget of £1500.

I already have a mouse, keyboard, speakers and an operating system, however I need everything else.

I'm interested in overclocking, and am looking for the best possible parts for the money.

I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to which parts are best, so if some lovely people out there would be nice enough to give me a complete list of good parts I'd be very thankful

kaukaumooo · 11 Sep 2012 at 12:45

You might want to have a look at my post from yesterday http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18440764

I'm in a similar position and I've got a build that's £1600 including an expensive monitor and keyboard.

I've sure everyone else will have different ideas but at the very least, nobody seems to completely hate mine so far

stuie · 11 Sep 2012 at 12:48

Just thrown a few bits and pieces together as a starting point the main parts are the cpu graphics and ssd

The rest are open to adjustment based on offers and personal choice

YOUR BASKET
2 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99 (£599.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £149.99
1 x Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £108.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £56.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £31.19
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,482.71 (includes shipping : £14.75).

mickyflinn · 11 Sep 2012 at 12:50

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99 (£699.98)
1 x Asus P8Z77-V PRO w/ThunderBolt Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £89.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £59.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £31.19
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,610.58 (includes shipping : £13.75).

GIBURROWS · 11 Sep 2012 at 23:51

Is it really worthwhile having two cards running SLI over some of the new 4GB cards, I mean will it make that much of a difference?

stuie · 12 Sep 2012 at 09:25

yes the 4gb cards are just extra vram if your not got the horses to use it its pointless 2 cards in sli gives you twice the horses and twice the memory

Gogl · 13 Sep 2012 at 02:05

stuie said:
yes the 4gb cards are just extra vram if your not got the horses to use it its pointless 2 cards in sli gives you twice the horses and twice the memory

Does the VRAM get pooled to act as the sum total of the two cards? I was under the impression the VRAM was mirrored on each card giving no actual increase it what was available.

Have things changed or was it never that way in the first place and I'm just ill-informed? Which is quite possible.

Idleman · 13 Sep 2012 at 02:16

stuie said:
yes the 4gb cards are just extra vram if your not got the horses to use it its pointless 2 cards in sli gives you twice the horses and twice the memory

Two 2gb cards only gives a total of 2gb vram, it does`nt double up.

infernox · 13 Sep 2012 at 09:56

mickyflinn said:
YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99 (£699.98)
1 x Asus P8Z77-V PRO w/ThunderBolt Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £89.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £59.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £31.19
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,610.58 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Scrap the second graphics card and get a decent monitor... You didnt include one either.

Like this.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-036-DE&tool=3

illuz · 13 Sep 2012 at 10:55

The rig in my sig cost about the same to build mate