Gaming setup £700

Morrey360 · 16 Aug 2011 at 00:24

Gaming setup £800

I am in desperate need of a new system and i need your advice.

I will be using the system to play all the latest games and future releases such as BF3, Skyrim and ME3. I would like to overclock if my budget allows it, aswell as having the option of going crossfire or Sli when its needed.

No need for an OS, Monitor, DVD Drive or any peripherals.

Thanks,

*edit* Budget originally £700, now £800

stulid · 16 Aug 2011 at 00:28

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £254.99
(£212.49) £254.99
(£212.49)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £74.99
(£62.49) £74.99
(£62.49)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £67.98
(£56.65) £67.98
(£56.65)
BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £579.09
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £118.32
Total : £709.91

This is a single fast card setup only.

Reaper 392 · 16 Aug 2011 at 00:31

this gives a much worse graphics card than stulids, but it does allow you to go crossfire/SLI in the future. its also has PCIe V3 lanes ready for an ivybridge upgrade:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £134.99
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £74.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £53.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £44.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
Total : £712.90 (includes shipping: FREE).

PSU will cope with pretty much any cards in SLI/crossfire (anything except GTX480's and GTX580's)

*edit*
case changed. didnt realise how long it was going to take to get it

stulid · 16 Aug 2011 at 00:32

This will do SLI and Crossfire etc,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £107.99
(£89.99) £107.99
(£89.99)
OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £565.76
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £115.65
Total : £693.91

Using a slightly overkill Gold rated PSU that will draw less power from the wall socket.

A full fat GTX560ti - http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_560_Twin_Frozr_II/

The motherboard - http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2011/05/26/msi-p67a-gd53-b3-review/1

And you dont have to wait a month for the case

Reaper 392 · 16 Aug 2011 at 00:36

stulid said:
And you dont have to wait a month for the case

woah, since when was that case due in a months time. iwas sure it was due pretty soon.

build fixed

Morrey360 · 16 Aug 2011 at 01:32

Thanks for the replies guys, i am willing to up the budget to around £800 will that make much of a difference compared to the spec's you have given me?

stulid · 16 Aug 2011 at 01:38

Morrey360 said:
Thanks for the replies guys, i am willing to up the budget to around £800 will that make much of a difference compared to the spec's you have given me?

Swap the board out in post#4 for this - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-188-MS

And thats it for that spec, total is about £750-60

Morrey360 · 16 Aug 2011 at 16:35

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 PC Game £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £163.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £74.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £23.99
Total : £740.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

So what do you guys think then, any recommendations/improvements?

Jony27 · 16 Aug 2011 at 16:45

get the retail retail CPU for £6 more, comes boxed with a cooler and extra 2 years warranty.
i would also change the CPU cooler to the tranquillo as the A50 tends to be quite noisy.