help with gaming pc under £900

[Tomdentin]

Hi

ive been looking for a new gaming pc last few weeks, it will mainly be used for gaming, skyrim, crysis 2, metro 2033 etc, so need decent graphic capabilities if possible in the price range.

been looking at the titan 8800i photon as always had amd cpu's but after a lot of reading on here and elsewhere intel are way ahead in terms of performance.

unsure whether go with amd or nvidia for graphics.

monitor and keyboard and mouse would be needed also.

dont know if its possible for all under 900, wanted see if you guys could work some magic

 

[dunn2010]

is and Operating system needed also?

 

[Tomdentin]

yes, bascially everything is needed

 

[Uncle Petey]

Ok, here's what I've got.. Sorry, bit over budget.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £161.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £107.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x Xigmatek Pantheon Mid Tower Case - Black £35.99
1 x Saitek Cyborg V5 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard £34.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £31.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA1366) £28.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £21.95
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £942.73 (includes shipping : £19.10).



Add a HDD next payday

 

[Idleman]

Ok, here's what I've got.. Sorry, bit over budget.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £161.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £107.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x Xigmatek Pantheon Mid Tower Case - Black £35.99
1 x Saitek Cyborg V5 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard £34.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £31.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA1366) £28.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £21.95
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £942.73 (includes shipping : £19.10).



Add a HDD next payday

You forgot this.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-043-OE

 

[Uncle Petey]

Haha, what was I thinking?

 

[Stinger53]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £161.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £107.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £48.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £31.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £21.95
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939/AM2/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £15.98
Total : £920.71 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 

[dunn2010]

is there any squeeze on £900 or is that the absaloute limit?

 

[dunn2010]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £161.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x BenQ G2255 21.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £89.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £48.98
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £31.19
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 Pro Extreme Performance CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £26.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £21.95
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939/AM2/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £15.98
Total : £927.48 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Has anyone tried the Benq monitors? we got a batch in of them at work (not one above) but they were horribly and cheaply made, and didnt go to resolutions they stated. overall had a bad experience with them?

anyone else use them and know that there good in general and we may have just picked a bad monitor by them

 

[Stinger53]

Has anyone tried the Benq monitors? we got a batch in of them at work (not one above) but they were horribly and cheaply made, and didnt go to resolutions they stated. overall had a bad experience with them?

anyone else use them and know that there good in general and we may have just picked a bad monitor by them

i dont have one currently using a acer one. but i have heard good reviews for them

 

[Uncle Petey]

Btw stinger, you forgot the PSU and you have two cpu coolers. Oh, and the sidewinder is out of stock

 

[Tomdentin]

I could push the budget to £1000 if needs be. I can defo go £5 over for the mug!

 

[Uncle Petey]

I could push the budget to £1000 if needs be. I can defo go £5 over for the mug!

Well hey, why dintcha say so?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £161.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £107.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x Xigmatek Pantheon Mid Tower Case - Black £35.99
1 x Saitek Cyborg V5 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard £34.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £31.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA1366) £28.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £21.95
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £1,002.72 (includes shipping : £19.10).



Add another £10 for a 1tb HDD.

 

[Stinger53]

Btw stinger, you forgot the PSU and you have two cpu coolers. Oh, and the sidewinder is out of stock

edited. deleted the wrong thing when i wanted to delete cpu cooler

 

[Stinger53]

for £1000
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £161.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £107.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £48.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £31.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £21.95
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939/AM2/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £15.98
Total : £980.70 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 

[dunn2010]

Ill spec one up tomorrow for you. i paid just over 1k for my pc recently (no mouse , keyboard or OS like but hey) so i reckon you could easily a top range i5 + £250 gfx card and a £100 mboard as good standings.

are you bothered about a SSD? or would an normal 1tb hard drive do you? im going to get a SSD later on as it only really affects loading times, wont improve gaming perfomance or graphics when you have the right componants behind you. best off speccing out on componants that are going to make a difference to what you want, then get a SDD later on when you have money spare?

just my opinion though

 

[Tomdentin]

Cheers for the replies, I don't need a SSD I suppose plus keeps it under £1000.

 

[Uncle Petey]

Erm, you sure about that?

 

[Tomdentin]

Well stingers build with the 1tb hdd wouldn't need the ssd. If its just for quick boot times

 

[Uncle Petey]

You may want to look at those builds in a bit more detail.

It's mainly boot times yes, but you'll also benefit from faster access to your programs. Gaming benefits from games that stream textures n stuff. Skyrim may be an example of this, but someone else can clarify that.

If you had an SSD you wouldn't go back. Taking advice from someone that doesn't use one is perhaps questionable
Saying that though, you could lose the ssd for now and put that saving towards a 7950 instead?