gaming machine needed budget £700

alom899090 · 8 Jan 2013 at 15:42

i need help with building a gaming machine, gna start playing bt3, crysis2 etc. i want a machine with intel cpu at least i5. dont need a keyboard, or mouse. but need a case. thanks

dacads · 8 Jan 2013 at 18:15

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III OC V2 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £56.99
1 x Xigmatek Pantheon Mid Tower Case - Black £39.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £35.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £750.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Doomedspeed · 8 Jan 2013 at 21:59

Just tidied dacads' up a bit..

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7950 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (11196-00-20G) £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £61.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £49.99
1 x Antec One Gaming Case - Black £36.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £35.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £717.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

alom899090 · 10 Jan 2013 at 10:21

thanks guy, sorry for replying bk late. can you tell me which gpu (msi or sapphire) is better suited for overclocking? also i have decreased my price so budget now is in between 600-700 pounds.