Gaming rig for ~£700

[int]

Hey there everyone, this would be my first post, but I am aware of what goes on around here from a length of time reading these forums

To get to the point, I'm looking at throwing together a new pc for myself, as my current one is aging and frequently crashing / not booting up due to a plethora of reasons. Upgrading this one further doesn't seem sensible and I'd like a shiny new toy rather than a slightly polished old one

I've already got the monitor and speakers. Not fussed about a sound card, on board will do fine for the moment. I do have a mouse and keyboard (MX700 pack) but both are on their way out, so replacements would be nice.

Aiming for around £700

Cheers guys!

 

[DAnDan]

Are you needing a new case? Anything else you can take from old computer, or is it a complete new box you're after?

 

[jak731]

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Pioneer DVR-215BK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£18.79) £15.99
(£18.79)
Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £92.99
(£109.26) £92.99
(£109.26)
Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU £46.99
(£55.21) £46.99
(£55.21)
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £93.99
(£110.44) £93.99
(£110.44)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-8000C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ) £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Sub Total : £514.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £91.85
Total : £616.72

add mouse, keyboard and case to finish the spec

 

[int]

Ah, I forgot to mention I've got a couple of DVD writers I can throw in so I'm okay on that front. A new case would be nice as I (stupidly) bought a thermaltake Soprano, it's horribly plasticy on the front and quite big. The only thing I do like about it is the quick fittings for the drives.

 

[Sonea Fifer]

I'll say it as no one else has - Claimed

Welcome to the forums

 

[int]

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Pioneer DVR-215BK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£18.79) £15.99
(£18.79)
Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £92.99
(£109.26) £92.99
(£109.26)
Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU £46.99
(£55.21) £46.99
(£55.21)
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £93.99
(£110.44) £93.99
(£110.44)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-8000C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ) £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Sub Total : £514.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £91.85
Total : £616.72

add mouse, keyboard and case to finish the spec

What case would you put that all in?

I'll say it as no one else has - Claimed

Welcome to the forums

Cheers, I'll stick around

 

[jak731]

i personally would use the lian li v2000, but thats a bit over your budget. a lian li PC7 may be a good choice for your budget if you can go over 700 to get a keyboard and mouse

 

[int]

Cheers for this I think I'll go for pretty much what you've got there, with the exception of the graphics card, an extra £3 will get me the BFG overclocked version of the 8800GT

 

[PhoenixUK]

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Pioneer DVR-215BK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£18.79) £15.99
(£18.79)
Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £92.99
(£109.26) £92.99
(£109.26)
Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU £46.99
(£55.21) £46.99
(£55.21)
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £93.99
(£110.44) £93.99
(£110.44)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-8000C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ) £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Sub Total : £514.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £91.85
Total : £616.72

add mouse, keyboard and case to finish the spec

Change HDD to Spinpoint 1TB or 750gb if you're short on budget. 250gb for gaming ? are you crazy ? you know what games weight now ? the minimum is like 8gb for each title ( incomming Age of Conan will take minimum 30gb hdd ).

Also I would change memory for some good 6400 C4.

AND get modular PSU, definitely. I can recommend here TT Toughpower which I've found better than the corsair.

 

[int]

Cheers for the extra input, I've just noticed another £20 has been put on the price of the BFG card now I will keep mixing and matching

e: would 4GB of the "OCZ PC2-6400C4 800MHz Reaper HPC Enhanced Bandwidth Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPR800C44GK)" be a good option instead of the G.skill stuff jak suggested?