high end gaming rig

[amorphous]

going to be building my own gaming rig in the near future max price of £2000 but not including moniter and Peripherals. need some ideas, thanks guys

 

[-Nick-]

no need for that money to be spent imo

 

[steve258]

With £2000 you can just get pretty much anything you want, but as said there is no need to spend that much on a pc, £1000 will give you a very decent rig.

 

[p4radox]

Frankly, that's a ridiculous budget. I'd never spend anywhere near that much, but it's your money

 

[-Nick-]

Lian-Li PC V1000 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower - Black - £109.99 (£129.24)

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) - £87.99 (£103.39)

Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM - £16.99 (£19.96)

EVGA GeForce 8800 Ultra SuperClocked SILENT 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (768-P2-E887-AR) - £439.99 (£516.99)

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB6400C5DC) - £159.99 (£187.99)

Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme Edition QX6800 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.93GHz (1066FSB) - OEM - £669.99 (£787.24)

Gigabyte GA_P35_DQ6 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - £127.99 (£150.39)

Western Digital Caviar RE 500GB 5000ABYS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM - £72.99 (£85.76)
Sub Total : £1,685.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £297.30
Total : £1,996.17

good enough for you? lol

 

[Megahurtz400]

I dont know the exact spec but id be quad core, 2x8800gtx, 4gb ram, water cooling, a beast of a machine

 

[Alex UK]

You really don't need to spend any more than this...

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
(£72.84) £61.99

Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black)
(£81.06) £68.99

Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1 Soundcard - Retail £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink
(£38.76) £32.99

Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£15.26) £12.99

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£65.79) £111.98

EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (768-P2-E831-AR)
(£381.86) £324.99

OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK)
(£160.96) £136.99

Gigabyte GA_P35_DQ6 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£150.39) £127.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
(£150.39) £127.99

Sub Total : £1,056.89
Shipping : £12.95
VAT : £187.22
Total : £1,257.06

 

[Columbo]

I wish.

 

[jaykay]

Half of those things arent needed. The mobo way too expensive, and the raptor isnt needed as a western digital aaks are near the speed.

 

[Sean_UK]

Well if £2000 is what you want to spend (I assume you would like close to £2000 since that the amount you mention) then here's what I came up with >



However, bear in mind there are far more sensible PC gaming beasts that can be built for under £1000, they won’t be the 'best of the best current gen' but will play anything currently around maxed out, choice is yours. Oh and the Tuniq does clear heatsinks on that board.

Edit: ^That Asus motherboard not SLi so ignore the 2nd Ultra btw. If you wanted x2 ultras in SLi, well this should do the job fine > http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-209-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=205

 

[amorphous]

cheers guys, should have said £2000 at the maximum. i get a bit carried away! thanks for the ideas. i most likely will go for one of you more sensible suggestions

 

[truebluecfc]

Just get a E6320, 2GB RAM & the cheapest GTX that will handle any games out now. With the money you've saved you can buy a "true" Quad Core when thei released and one of the new Nvidia DX10 Cards that will be money well spent, and i dunno why people are recommending Quad Cores for gaming their just a waste of money.

 

[jaykay]

Here is what i would get.


And choose what drive you want.

 

[steve258]

Wouldn't spend more than this TBH:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
£127.99
(£150.39)

Samsung SH-S203BEBN 20x20 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£19.99
(£23.49)

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
£87.99
(£103.39)

Lian-Li PC V1000 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower - Black
£109.99
(£129.24)

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music 7.1 Soundcard - OEM
£41.99
(£49.34)

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
£26.99
(£31.71)

Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
£58.99
(£69.31)

EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (768-P2-E831-AR)
£324.99
(£381.86)

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA804)
£61.99
(£72.84)

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
£81.99
(£96.34)

Sub Total : £942.90
Shipping : £12.95
VAT : £167.27
Total : £1,123.12

 

[truebluecfc]

This is what i would go with tbh, handle any game out now and when Nvidia release their new DX10 Cards your have the money for one and when Intel release their "true" Quad Cores your also have the money for one, otherwise if you buy the best stuff out today its gonna get outdated too quick and be a waste of money.

 

[p4radox]

trueblue has just nailed the perfect "sensible" rig there.

In fact you could drop the RAM to Ballistix PC5300, drop the CPU to an E2160 and the motherboard to a DS3 and you'd lose next to no performance. And it'd still overclock to 3GHz and give you excellent performance.