High End Gaming spec Suggestions?

LFT · 2 Sep 2011 at 20:35

Hi guys, Looking in to getting a high end computer mostly for gaming/movies etc that will last for a good few years before i have to upgrade it, my budget is under £2000. Any suggestions will be much appreciated Thanks!

stulid · 2 Sep 2011 at 20:36

And, do you need a monitor? operating system? keyboard? mouse? speakers? mouse mat?

RJC · 2 Sep 2011 at 20:42

Come up with the below, do you require a operating system?

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £371.99
(£309.99) £371.99
(£309.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
(£129.15) £154.98
(£129.15)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
LG CH10LS20 10x BluRay-ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) £49.50
(£41.25) £49.50
(£41.25)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Sub Total : £1,017.83
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £206.32
Total : £1,237.90

LFT · 2 Sep 2011 at 20:50

Yes and just the CPU. Looks good but Would i not be better upping it to an i7 2600k and mabye the power supply?

olivier renault · 2 Sep 2011 at 21:05

If you want, although the 2500K is plenty fast. You have the budget for anything you want really. Get a better PSU if you can afford (fave being Seasonic X series or enermax).