Gaming Build

[badboy]

Hi all , i was given a gaming system off a friend about 2 maybe 3 years ago from here , specs are
Windows 7 64bit H.P.
Antec 900 case (blue led's)
Gigabyte GA 965P- DS3 motherboard
Corsair CMX2 DDR2 1024 x 4 sticks
Corsair TX650w power supply
Geforce GTX275 card
Intel Dual core 6600 cpu
Sata DVD RW drives
Sata 300gb and 400gb HDD

its lasted me long and served me well , i play WoW and BF3 plus some other games but i think its time to upgrade. Please Please help me out ive got a budget of £800, but i can strech a little bit more, ive got a 24" monitor which i run at 1920x 1200 and it seems ok plus ive got all the other things keyboard etc... can i salvage anything from the kit ive got already ? i can build it if needed but would love it all done for me. Any suggestions would be awesome .
thanks in advance and sorry for the long post

 

[stulid]

You can salvage,

Case
PSU
SATA DVD drive
SATA HDD drives


So all you need to do is chuck a modern Z68 board, i5 2500K and DDR3 RAM and a SSD would be nice to run the OS from and what ever games you can fit on it,

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £334.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £78.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £37.99
1 x Xigmatek Gaia CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AM2/AM3/FM1) £19.99
Total : £803.94 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 

[badboy]

i was thinking of adding an SSD maybe a 128gb , i mostly game on it , i know WoW takes up some room. would the power supply be ok for the newer better graphix cards out there ?

 

[stulid]

i was thinking of adding an SSD maybe a 128gb , i mostly game on it , i know WoW takes up some room. would the power supply be ok for the newer better graphix cards out there ?

For the spec above your PSU is fine

The motherboard is ok for a single GFX card so dont expect SLI/Crossfire (your PSU isnt enough for a pair of 7950 cards anyways, but one is ok)

This is that 7950 card - http://www.guru3d.com/article/his-radeon-hd-7950-review/

 

[badboy]

thanks for the reply , will they still be quiet , i cant hear the case fans or the cpu cooler fan at the moment , would i need any more than 8gb ram ? i dont really like overclocking a PC so would they come as standard ?

 

[stulid]

The RAM question has been addressed here - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18377873 - to save you the time of reading it, 8GB is brilliant (with a 64bit OS)

The aftermarket cooler will be quiet, the card in that review is described as,

For the card in a fully stressed status (in-game) 41 DBA, now that is slightly audible, very normal. It means you can hear airflow, but that's it.

In the review link I gave above.


Overclocking these unlocked "K" CPU's is as easy as changing the CPU multiplier from 33X (33X100Mhz=3.3GHz) to say 40X (40X100Mhz) = 4Ghz

Theres a beginners guide here for that same motherboard - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18375640

 

[badboy]

gaming

Sorry guys things have changed a bit now , i want to have a new system minus mouse keyboard monitor and os , so i need case , board , ram , cooler , Cpu , graphix card , psu and DVD writer , it really needs to be coo las its in a kind of warm room and i really would like it to be sas quiet as poss , budget is now between £800 - £1000 , would it be poss to have a 256gb ssd and as future proof as poss , many thanks in advance.

ps its mostly used for gaming WoW and BF3 , its running on a 24" monitor

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £189.95
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £184.98
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £69.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £39.95
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £35.99
1 x LG GH22NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £935.29 (includes shipping : £13.75).

The case has sound deadening on the inside panels, so it is very quiet.

The motherboard supports SLI+Crossfire and the PSU is actually a bit overspec'd for even a pair of 7850 cards.

 

[badboy]

would thte standard case fans that come with it be sufficient and quiet or would i need to upgrade them ?

would all the parts come with all the things i need to build it ?

thanks

 

[badboy]

Seeing as te fractal is out of stock can anyone recommend me an alternative to it the system needs to be cool and quite

Thanks

 

[scwba06]

Seeing as te fractal is out of stock can anyone recommend me an alternative to it the system needs to be cool and quite

Thanks

Corsair 550d silencio is a very very quiet case but IMO it lacks in cooling when using all sound dampening. Ask as a seperate thread in case central. I'd upgrade to ivy bridge and a z77 mobo