help me build a pc :D £600

jack.m

jack.m

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Hello there, I am considering buying a new gaming pc in the near future and I would like some advice on what to get. I have a budget of six hundred and I would like it to be able to run battlefield 3 with some decent settings I don't mind if its Intel or amd. I need everything appart from an OS, monitor and peripherals :) thanks in advance.
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £85.98
(£71.65) £85.98
(£71.65)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Corsair 120mm Fan - Black £1.99
(£1.66) £1.99
(£1.66)
Sub Total : £495.73
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £20.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £103.17
Total : £619.00

£594.88 with free delivery which you get

• The Z68 chipset board has all the usual Z68 features such as SSD caching, Lucid Virtu and Quicksync, It also seems to be a strong overclocker for such a bargain price - http://www.kitguru.net/components/m...-z68ap-d3-z68-review-bargain-buy-of-the-year/
 
Well, can't contend with stulid here :P

The 2500K is probably the best gaming processor you will get, and by the look of the latest BF3 Beta GPU benches, the 560ti can play on all ULTRA (the best) settings @ 1080p well above 30fps...
 
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM

Gigabyte Z68A-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

G.Skill RipJaw 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit

Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game**

OcUK Dominator Gaming Tower Case - Black

OcUK Crusade 650W Dual-Rail High Efficiency '80 Plus' Power Supply

Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366)

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ)

Akasa AK-455 Thermal Compound

Akasa SATA-II 15cm Data Cable (AK-CB060)
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Shipping cost based on delivery with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £99.98 Total : £599.87
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That's a decent spec system for what you require and you'll have 13p left over ^.^
 
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The un-known PSU is a risky choice and I wouldn't touch with a barge pole, a cheap PSU never gives the power its label says it does.

The Retail CPU is £2 more and has a full 3 year warranty, stock intel heatsink and packaging.
 
Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game**

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game

Gigabyte Z68A-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Antec TruePower New Modular 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply

G.Skill RipJaw 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ)

OcUK Dominator Gaming Tower Case - Black

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound (8g)
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FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £98.48 Total : £590.89
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Taking Stu's suggestions into consideration, this might be a better setup. Question however is Stu, why would you have him buy a Retail CPU and then get the 212+, since as you pointed out the retail CPU does come with a stock heatsink, surely if your going to buy an aftermarket cooler you would go for the OEM chip + aftermarket cooler to save money.
 
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The Z68 board you selected doesn't have Lucid Virtu or Quicksync, 2 of the 3 things that makes a Z68 board what it is.
 
I chose the 1333MHz ram because there is very little difference (maybe 1fps if even that) in the performance of 1333mhz ram and 1600mhz ram for SB CPU's plus he gets an additional 4GB of ram AND the ram in question has better timings. And while I am not debating that the Lucid technology certainly is handy, the OP asked for a gaming machine so when specing up the system for him, that's what I took into consideration
 
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Andromeda1983 said:
I chose the 1333MHz ram because there is very little difference in the performance of 1333mhz ram and 1600mhz ram for SB CPU's plus he gets an additional 4GB of ram AND the ram in question has better timings.
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All the sandybridge RAM guides say 1600MHz RAM with modest timings is the sweet spot and it does make a difference going from 1333MHZ to 1600Mhz.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/memory/2011/01/11/the-best-memory-for-sandy-bridge/12
Conclusion of what to Buy
If you're the type of person that runs dozens of applications all at once, then a higher memory frequency does help, particularly when you're running demanding software. However, our testing shows that memory rated at over 1,866MHz doesn't give much extra performance. Worse still, in some applications only 1,333MHz memory gives a performance penalty, meaning that 1,600MHz memory is fine.
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http://www.anandtech.com/show/4503/sandy-bridge-memory-scaling-choosing-the-best-ddr3/8
The sweet spot appears to be at DDR3-1600, where you will see a minor performance increase over DDR3-1333 with only a slight increase in cost.
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http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/memory/display/sandy-bridge-ddr3_8.html#sect0
Therefore, we believe that inexpensive DDR3-1600 SDRAM with not very aggressive timings would be the most reasonable choice for contemporary LGA1155 systems: in our opinion, memory like that offers the best price-to-performance ratio today.
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1333Mhz RAM is what a H61/H67 chipset board would use as thats the maximum supported RAM speed.


AND the ram in question has better timings.
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Hmmm 9-9-9-24 vs 9-9-9-27, thats nothing.
 
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Hey guys the rigs are looking pretty awesome thanks. I am also in the market for a monitor maybe a 20inch or something like that? The cheaper the better :D can any of you recommend any?
 
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