Gaming PC for about £700

FRAGMAYO

FRAGMAYO

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hey guys im looking to build a pure gaming machine, this will be my first build and i have looked around the website and have found the following parts. i would like to know how good these parts will be for a gaming machine, and if i can get a better machine without spending much more. i also wanted to make sure everything was fully compatible before i purchase

i am willing to add a few £100 onto the budget if i can get a much better machine. this is what i have so far:

Intel Core i5-2550K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £179.99
Asus Z77 Maximus V Gene Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £149.99
Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler £72.98
Corsair Vengeance 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3-PC3-12800C9 1600MHz £23.99 X3
KFA2 GeForce GT640 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express (may SLI at a later date) £89.99
OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive£47.99
Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case £39.98
Antec High Current Gamer 750W Quad Rail '80 Plus Bronze £74.99
LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive £56.99

I have OS sorted, and im not to worried about the monitor as i will use my TV temporarily.

Thanks
DAN
 
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swap the 2550k for a 3570k, it'll be better performer when overclocked.

You really should look at getting a better GPU. Go for a 7850 or 7950 depending on what you want to spend.
 
The GFX sucks, simply put.

You have spent so much on the heatsink, and motherboard that you have had to sacrifice the most important part.

Then theres the RAM you have picked, the Sandybridge and Ivybridge use dual channel memory controllers, so you want to be fitting it in pairs, not threes.


Heres a better spec,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £89.99
1 x OCZ ZT 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £69.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £44.99
1 x Xigmatek Pantheon Mid Tower Case - Black £35.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £31.99
1 x Xigmatek Achilles II SD1284 CPU-Cooler - 120mm (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366 AMD AM2/AM3/FM1) £23.98
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £780.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).




• The motherboard is Crossfire/SLi ready (dual GFX cards)
• The SSD is bigger and better.
• The RAM is now right.
• Added a HDD for additional storage.
 
thanks thats much better.

i think i will go with that, might upgrade some of the parts to make it look a bit better, but your advice on the RAM, GRAPHICS, CPU and motherboard are great.

i was looking into getting the ASUS motherboard because i liked the look of the RC remote feature it had on there.

but im not sure how good/bad or how usefull the RC remote feature would be.
 
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