Gaming Build for around £800?

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Hi, I have been out of touch with all the current hardware on the market, and have only briefly looked at what is about... haven't found much time to read further into it... but can anyone suggest a build for around £800 (less is best) if possible...

I've been looking at the GeForce GTX 460 and the ATI HD 6800 series graphics cards - mainly playing COD Black Ops...not sure if these are the right ones i should be looking at, I am currently on a laptop with a 8800M GTX graphics card, so looking for a significant jump in performance.

I'm after an i7 Set up, so any suggestions on CPU, Graphics Card, Motherboard and RAM, I could probably pick the HDD, monitor and the rest myself... thanks.
 
Heres a complete base unit.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £219.98
(£187.22) £219.98
(£187.22)
Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £119.98
(£102.11) £119.98
(£102.11)
Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game £114.99
(£97.86) £114.99
(£97.86)
Kingston HyperX 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel (KHX1600C9D3K3/6GX) £79.99
(£68.08) £79.99
(£68.08)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
LiteOn IHAS124 - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM drive - Serial ATA - 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD) 48x (CD) / 24x (DVD±R) /12x (DVD±R DL) 32x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 12x (DVD-RAM) - Internal - Black £11.97
(£10.19) £11.97
(£10.19)
Sub Total : £544.59
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £97.14
Total : £652.23

well under budget, if you need a copy of windows7 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-127-MS - then its £734.47
 
But for gaming you should just get a i5 760 cpu, which then means cheaper dual channel ram and a less expensive motherboard can be picked, freeing up money for a beast of a graphics card.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £179.99
(£153.18) £179.99
(£153.18)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £139.99
(£119.14) £139.99
(£119.14)
Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
LiteOn IHAS124 - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM drive - Serial ATA - 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD) 48x (CD) / 24x (DVD±R) /12x (DVD±R DL) 32x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 12x (DVD-RAM) - Internal - Black £11.97
(£10.19) £11.97
(£10.19)
Sub Total : £502.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £89.85
Total : £603.24
 
Possible one, In all honest I quite like the i5 one above - don't really need i7 for gaming though:

Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £139.99
(£119.14) £139.99
(£119.14)
2 x Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game £114.99
(£97.86) £229.98
(£195.72)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £37.99
(£32.33) £37.99
(£32.33)
Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AMD K8/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £35.99
(£30.63) £35.99
(£30.63)
LiteOn IHAS124 - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM drive - Serial ATA - 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD) 48x (CD) / 24x (DVD±R) /12x (DVD±R DL) 32x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 12x (DVD-RAM) - Internal - Black £11.97
(£10.19) £11.97
(£10.19)
Sub Total : £667.98
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £118.87
Total : £798.10


Alternatively, the easy solution if you want an i7 and are willing to stretch an extra £50-£60
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-147-OE&groupid=43&catid=1444&subcat=

kd
 
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thanks for this, great specs! But i was wondering, reading up on few more posts on these forums, I heard Intel are releasing the new Sandy Bridge CPU's are they worth waiting for? rather than upgrading to an i7/i5 at this point ? If they are anywhere near £300 I won't bother tho...
 
The prices should be competitive. They're not an upgrade to the enthusiast x58/i7 combo though - that'll happen later next year. They're an upgrade to the P55 platform. As you're willing to go for with the P55 + i5, maybe wait until early next month to see how the SB CPUs fair.
 
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