Help bring an old gamer into the future with a new machine!

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I used to be a big gamer back in the Half Life 2 Era but haven't really got back into it as whenever I would buy a game like COD (COD 4: MW was the last one I played!) it would be pretty much unplayable on my laptop.

So after a few beers last night with a friend, I decided to get back into it and buy myself a gaming rig for around £1000-1200. As a big fan of OC UK I definitely want them to build and overclock it, maybe even watercooled if the budget stretches that far!

I already have a Dell monitor which runs at 2048*1152 so it would be great if any game can easily run at this resolution.

If anyone can help me with some potential spec ideas that would be great.

Cheers! :p
 
1 x "INSANITY Gamer Pro" Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.20GHz DDR3 Limited Edition Far Cry 3 Gaming PC £974.99
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0.00
- 1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £139.99
- 1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
- 1 x No Graphics Card Upgrade £0.00
Total : £1,213.58 (includes shipping : £15.50).



Why You Should Buy This System
- Intel Core i5 Quad core overclocked to 4.20GHz
- AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB delivers excellent graphical performance
- Precision built and cabled by Overclockers UK expert technicians
- 8 Hours stressed tested and quality controlled
- All systems with an Windows 7 selected ship out with a pre-installed 180 day trial of Panda Antivirus 2012. Not compatible with Windows 8.

System Specification
- Case: BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Windowed Case
- Power Supply: Corsair TX 750W PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K 3.50GHz (Socket 1155) Quad Core CPU
- Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Alpenfohn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler
- RAM: TeamGroup Elite 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD
- Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 7950 3072MB (Crossfire Upgrade available)
- Sound: Onboard 7.1 Sound
- Optical Drive: OcUK DVD±RW Drive - OEM

with options added above

or system config

1 x Intel Z77 Ivybridge 10100i Configurator - Gaming PC £1226.86
- Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days

- OcUK Tech Labs - Zaward Golf III Fan 120mm ZG3-120TL Black/White (temporarily out of stock)

- Full Cable Management
- Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403)
- Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020063-UK)
- OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
- Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD
- Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail
- HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795F3G2M) with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games
- TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01)
- Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
- Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2)
- Stage 3: Overclock of CPU - 20% Overclock (Proceesor speed x1.20)
- Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM
- BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black
Total : £1,245.46 (includes shipping : £15.50).

 
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I like Zakks top build..

If you were to build it yourself (just giving you the option) you could have something like this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £224.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £84.98
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
2 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99 (£83.98)
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £978.38 (includes shipping : £11.25).



If you do fancy an upgrade in a year or two, just throw another 7950 in.. (you won't be able to do that with the builds above)...

And you have £200 for more beer.. :)
 
Thanks very much for the suggestions.

One question, is the Nvidia option (like the 670) on par with the Radeon 7950 card?
 
The 670 is faster but (if you were buying one individually) the 7950 is better value for money..

Nvidia Drivers are also less buggy..

Can't lose either way. :)
 
if anything if your using a dual setup, the sli drivers have far more bugs in them than any crossfire setup drivers, or so says steam forums, and many many others.

not that matter much to me as i only use a single amd card so no worries there, and only a few times a year have any real bug problems with them, normally a gaming issue not driver one for me, as i game updates fixes it, not a driver one, most driver updates now days seem to speed up games, not fix that many bugs.....
 
I have just got one of these last week and its very nice.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-337-OE&groupid=43&catid=2475&subcat=2488

- A guaranteed 4.40GHz performance for the price of 4.00GHz
- DX11 cinematic graphics providing immense HD visuals
- Precision built and cabled by Overclockers UK expert technicians
- USB3, SATA 6GB/s and eight core processing for next gen computing
- Designed and engineered specifically for Crysis 3

System Specification
- Case: Coolermaster HAF X Case
- Power Supply: Corsair TX V2 850W Modular PSU
- CPU: AMD Piledriver FX-8 8350 4.00GHz @ 4.40GHz Eight Core CPU
- Motherboard: Asus Crosshair V Formula Z AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
- RAM: Patriot Viper 3 "Venom Red" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD (Upgrade options availble)
- Graphics Card: Sapphire HD 7970 OC BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (Crossfire option available)
- Sound: Onboard 7.1 Channel Surround Sound
- Optical Drive: OcUK 24x DVD-RW (Black)
- Wireless: Asus USB-N10 Micro USB Network Adapter Wireless-N 150Mbps


I did add a few things to this aswel you can see it here :-

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18494897

I am useing this in crossfire mode and it runs very well indeed.
 
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Doomedspeed said:
You can't add another 670 on that system, the PSU won't take it..

You won't need another 670 anyway, should handle that res perfectly. :)
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Correct. The GTX 670 is pretty potent as it is. You will have more than enough performance for gaming :)

Odd resolution monitor though if I do say so myself.
 
The monitor is a Dell SP2309W.

Guess it is an odd res but from what I have read this afternoon most games will run fine. Although this could be a good excuse to get a new monitor too ;)
 
Hey, thought i'd put my thoughts in on this one. Doomspeeds build is pretty much excatly what I got from Oc.uk only last week.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £224.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £84.98
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
2 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99 (£83.98)
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £978.38 (includes shipping : £11.25).

If you do fancy an upgrade in a year or two, just throw another 7950 in.. (you won't be able to do that with the builds above)...

And you have £200 for more beer..

Only different is that I got a i7 @4Ghz instead of and i5 (there's very little different between the two except the price) and went with the 256 gb SSD (already half full with installed games). I also put everything in a Crosair 400R, not the 200R. Both very good cases still, the 400R have nice spacings thou and since I'm new to moding I like the extra space when going at the insides. I plan to add another 7950 and extra fans lik doom said once I get the money together.

I couldn't be happier with the way its running! I got Far Cry 3 yesterday and I'm playing it with settings completely maxed out, getting 55-60+ FPS smooth as silk. I'd recommend it myself!
If your not too confident with the whole building process too Overclockers will do it for you, complete system build, any overclocking you want, stress tested and cable managed all for the excellent price of £95 with a two year warranty on the build. Well worth it for a top notch proffessional build!

and you'd still have £105 for beer, plenty enough to celebrate your new toys' arrival :D
 
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