Help with £1000 gaming spec

errat1c · 29 Jun 2011 at 18:32

Hey, i would appreciate help with choosing parts for a pc only used for gaming and web browsing. Im looking to buy in 2 weeks.
I am starting from scratch so need everything apart from a windows 7 64bit OS and keyboard/mouse. I need a wireless network card and would like to use a SSD. I know it seems lazy tht I haven't tried making a spec, but I'd rather ask as there are more experienced people here than me, Thanks in advance.

95thrifles · 29 Jun 2011 at 19:02

[WU-TANG]GZA · 29 Jun 2011 at 19:16

Can't really argue with the above spec tbh....

gj 95

95thrifles · 29 Jun 2011 at 19:19

Actually I missed CPU cooler, D'Oh

DJ_Martin · 29 Jun 2011 at 19:20

Good thing you left enough room in the budget for a 212+ or A50 or something

timmillwood · 29 Jun 2011 at 19:22

How about this?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £173.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x IIyama Prolite E2273HDS 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £131.99
1 x XFX 850W Black Edition Modular Power Supply £122.99
2 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £119.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £90.98
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 Pro Extreme Performance CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £27.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x TP-Link 54Mbps Wireless-G PCI Card (TL-WN350G) £7.98
Total : £1,059.54 (includes shipping : £14.75).

[WU-TANG]GZA · 29 Jun 2011 at 19:26

timmillwood said:
How about this?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £173.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x IIyama Prolite E2273HDS 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £131.99
1 x XFX 850W Black Edition Modular Power Supply £122.99
2 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £119.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £90.98
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 Pro Extreme Performance CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £27.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x TP-Link 54Mbps Wireless-G PCI Card (TL-WN350G) £7.98
Total : £1,059.54 (includes shipping : £14.75).

Putting a hell of a lot of emphasis on the SSD there...too much for me. SSD is just for OS a couple of programs and maybe ur favourite game. With the budget I would get a better GFX card and one that is not EOL. Just my opinion.

errat1c · 29 Jun 2011 at 21:54

Cheers for the replys, is the SSS much faster than a normal hdd? The SSd is new to me and I heard it was very fast, which is why I was interested. But by the sounds it isn't much so?

DJ_Martin · 29 Jun 2011 at 22:06

I personally see an SSD as a luxury item. You won't find anything that you can't do without an SSD but it just speeds up booting up the computer and opening programs that are saved on it. It would be recommended to get one at such a high budget but not necessary if you want to put more money into GPU power etc.

chris_holmes · 29 Jun 2011 at 22:09

YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £203.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x IIyama Prolite E2273HDS 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £131.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £91.99
1 x Antec Dark Fleet Series DF35 Gaming Enclosure - Black £86.99
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £79.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £43.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,076.38 (includes shipping : £13.75).