How is this for a gaming rig?

[Flytch]

I asked for some advice in an earlier post, and have now adapted and modified it a little bit. Will all the components be compatible and will it be able to run games at a relatively high level compared to the 360?

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £99.99
(£119.99) £99.99
(£119.99)

Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £74.99
(£89.99) £74.99
(£89.99)

Antec TruePower New Modular 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
(£59.99) £49.99
(£59.99)

Gigabyte H61M-S2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £41.66
(£49.99) £41.66
(£49.99)

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £27.49
(£32.99) £27.49
(£32.99)

BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £27.49
(£32.99) £27.49
(£32.99)

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £24.99
(£29.99) £24.99
(£29.99)

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£17.99) £14.99
(£17.99


Also, why are there three different variants of the Radeon HD 6850? Namely the standard one, the XFX one and the one above?

 

[stulid]

Hi there,

There is this GTX460 1GB card,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-160-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1830

Swap the HDD to this,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-252-SE&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940

Ram,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-104-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

And finally how about a motherboard with SATA3.0 and USB3.0?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-172-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1907

Also, why are there three different variants of the Radeon HD 6850? Namely the standard one, the XFX one and the one above?

Just different variations of the same thing, different coolers, some have different clock speeds, but nothing to amazing.



Heres a re-done basket for you.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **PRE-ORDER ONLY PRICE** £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
(£79.16) £94.99
(£79.16)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £366.59
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £20.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £77.34
Total : £464.03

 

[honosuseri]

Stulid has really put together a better core system for you.

The 460 is still a good card but considering you can get the 6870 for only slightly more with dirt3 & deus ex (both awesome games) included that would make it's way into my basket.

Stulid was aware of this i'm sure. You have to draw a line in the sand somewhere, it's so easy to "justify" another £10 or so more here and there and end up waaaay out of budget