HELP WITH BUILDING NEW SYSTEM (for £1000)

and1fan · 15 Jan 2010 at 18:04

HI all,
to start of this will be my first computer build! :cool:

i would say that i got reasonable knowledge (can take pc apart and put it back together

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my budget for new one would be about £1000
PC will be used for gaming mostly

will need everything a part from monitor, keyboard, mouse

rollinsoundz · 15 Jan 2010 at 18:10

i say if its for gaming go i5 if your doing other stuff encoding etc... then i7 is the way to go.

coupe69 · 15 Jan 2010 at 18:25

Yewen · 15 Jan 2010 at 18:27

Just dropped you an email and1fan.

Your talking about a decent high end Core i7 rig for that sort of money, or a i5 with SSD power running it.

Possibilities for £1000 are more than they have ever been before.

coupe69 · 15 Jan 2010 at 18:32

Yewen said:
Your talking about a decent high end Core i7 rig for that sort of money, or a i5 with SSD power running it.

I think it's a little Pointless having core i7 if it's just going to be used for gaming :confused:

Granted you could add an SSD to the i5 build, but you'd have to skimp on other parts.

Imo my spec is a well rounded, balanced system, using quality parts, and would be perfect for gaming

and1fan · 16 Jan 2010 at 01:35

Thanks, that looks just great. Will probably buy it or something similar. (with best advice

i hopefully will get my dream machine)

Yewen · 16 Jan 2010 at 09:09

coupe69 said:
I think it's a little Pointless having core i7 if it's just going to be used for gaming Granted you could add an SSD to the i5 build, but you'd have to skimp on other parts.

Imo my spec is a well rounded, balanced system, using quality parts, and would be perfect for gaming

Now you see personally I would opt to lower the graphics card down for a 5850 and use the extra cash saved to fund an SSD.

Makes games load faster, you will be hard pushed to tell the difference between a 5850 and a 5870 at all but the highest resolutions and it makes Windows feel a whole lot smoother.

InQ · 16 Jan 2010 at 09:31

What resolution will the OP be playing at?

AMG · 16 Jan 2010 at 13:30

well looking at i5 with SSD and I think some things will have to be skimped on for one even the SSD would be quite small in size, I ll have a look see if I can find a combo through

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