GW2 Gaming machine

[RobMoz]

Hi, what do you think to my build I'll be using this mainly for guild wars 2 with a bit of word processing, would love to run at max settings. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

 

[stulid]

Hi and welcome to the forums.

What budget?

What do you need? (Base unit, OS, keyboard+mouse, monitor etc?)

 

[keithfa26]

Yes what is ur budget? also will it just be used to play that and to do word processing or will you be playing other games too?

 

[RobMoz]

sorry guys i thought you could see my basket linked to this account.
Im looking around 850 for the lot and ill only be playing guild wars 2,

 

[Sparx]

So do you need a monitor, keyboard/mouse, speakers, etc as well? Or just the case and all internals?

 

[LukieBoy007]

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 £173.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £101.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £78.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £39.95
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £865.97 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 

[RobMoz]

so far im looking at

CPU i5 3570k 3,4ghz £184
GPU Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
MOBO ASRock Z77 Extreme6 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £149
HDD Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB CacheWestern Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache £63
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £46
Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £41
LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) £16

Total so far £728

Not sure if ill need a cpu cooler as i dont want to overclock unless i have to for the gaming experience

Any help greatly appreciated

 

[RobMoz]

dam that was quick cheers ill look into it

 

[LukieBoy007]

Forgot about Mouse & Keyboard..
Something like this should do for now:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-205-LG&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=1278

 

[stulid]

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 £173.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £107.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £44.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £39.95
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £709.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 

[RobMoz]

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 £173.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £101.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £78.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £39.95
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £865.97 (includes shipping : £20.10).

reckon ill definitely go with this set up and collect wed if the goodies are in

 

[LukieBoy007]

Nice
I'm guessing you have a keyboard & mouse and speakers/headset.

 

[stulid]

reckon ill definitely go with this set up and collect wed if the goodies are in

The deals/weekly offers change Wednesday, well worth checking back.

 

[LukieBoy007]

The deals/weekly offers change Wednesday, well worth checking back.

The monitor and motherboard are on sale until Wednesday though, it's a tough one...

 

[Brabbinho]

Surely you want a SSD for MMO loading screens. Made a big difference to Lotro and swtor for me.

This is on offer at the min:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-153-SA&tool=3

 

[RobMoz]

Surely you want a SSD for MMO loading screens. Made a big difference to Lotro and swtor for me.

This is on offer at the min:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-153-SA&tool=3

Hhmm tempting was going to get a ssd in the future would you recommend dropping the hardrive now and going with the ssd. I'll only be putting windows and gw2 on there

 

[RobMoz]

cheers again for the advice, ill check tom morn for prices, can you recommend a good wifi card and a gaming mouse

cheers

 

[stulid]

I can help with the gaming mouse choice

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-200-LG&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=1257

 

[Brabbinho]

Hhmm tempting was going to get a ssd in the future would you recommend dropping the hardrive now and going with the ssd. I'll only be putting windows and gw2 on there

If you aren't desperate for hard drive space at the minute then you must buy a SSD

Best pc upgrade imo

 

[RobMoz]

Ok reckon I'll go for that. What ssd for windows 7 and guild wars 2 do you reckon and presuming I'll need a ssd card reader as well