is this right for me?

tomadk1ns · 30 Mar 2013 at 12:51

hey, im wanting to make the jump to PC gaming from consoles and i have been looking at buying this...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-176-OE&groupid=43&catid=2475&subcat=2489

with the KAF2 Geforce GTX 660 card and Antec 902 case.

i have a £750 limit, but want to play games at higher frame rates than i would on a console. is this good for what i am wanting or would any of you advise something different or to tweak the options?

thanks in advance.

Hyburnate · 30 Mar 2013 at 13:51

I'm pretty clueless on all the new graphics cards, however the 902 is a very old case, but its a personal feature, I would recommend looking at something like the Corsair 300R.

Hicks · 30 Mar 2013 at 14:11

Hyburnate said:
I'm pretty clueless on all the new graphics cards, however the 902 is a very old case, but its a personal feature, I would recommend looking at something like the Corsair 300R.

It's also out of stock at the moment

Ollie1132 · 31 Mar 2013 at 05:56

I would go for the Gigabyte Geforce 660TI as a minimum graphically speaking its the best Nvidia bang for buck card. Otherwise a 7850 would do fine. The case is a personaly prefrence however.

Idleman · 31 Mar 2013 at 08:31

Do you require everything, OS, k&m, speakers and the full tower?
Or do you have any components from an existing PC you can reuse?
Would you also consider building it yourself?

Smoogels · 31 Mar 2013 at 09:11

It looks like a decent build

I'd personally grab a 7850 GPU with it though

tomadk1ns · 31 Mar 2013 at 13:32

Idleman said:
Do you require everything, OS, k&m, speakers and the full tower?
Or do you have any components from an existing PC you can reuse?
Would you also consider building it yourself?

No, just the tower.

I quite like the idea of building it myself but cable management seem like a tricky one. Would you suggest it?

tomadk1ns · 31 Mar 2013 at 13:34

2 people saying about the 7850... Is amd better for gaming than nvidia and would anyone else pick the 7850 over the GeForce gtx 660?

Hoping to buy today

Idleman · 31 Mar 2013 at 13:44

tomadk1ns said:
2 people saying about the 7850... Is amd better for gaming than nvidia and would anyone else pick the 7850 over the GeForce gtx 660?

Hoping to buy today

I would highly recommend building it yourself. There are video guides to watch, which are very help. Link at bottom of post.
Cable management is a lot easier, with cases providing this behind the mobo.
Amd cards seem to offer slightly better value/performance for your money.
Do you have a budget in mind?

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...776&first=0&qpvt=newegg+build+tutorial+videos

Hyburnate · 31 Mar 2013 at 14:08

If you're willing to build it yourself there's another question you need to answer, would you like to overclock?

tomadk1ns · 31 Mar 2013 at 15:20

If I was to build myself...what would be my best deal with a budget of £750?

What else is required for overclocking. More fans?

Bacon? · 31 Mar 2013 at 15:41

You'd be better off posting this in General Hardware for a self build spec. Will get more replies

Idleman · 31 Mar 2013 at 15:55

tomadk1ns said:
No, just the tower.

I quite like the idea of building it myself but cable management seem like a tricky one. Would you suggest it?

So you have an OS you can use?

Idleman · 31 Mar 2013 at 16:22

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showd (GX-100-GI) £129.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £64.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £60
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £55.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £747.82 (includes shipping : £12.50).

tomadk1ns · 31 Mar 2013 at 16:31

Idleman said:
So you have an OS you can use?

yeah man

tomadk1ns · 31 Mar 2013 at 16:40

that looks good mate, is there a better card i could get using the £80 for windows 7 that i don't need.

tomadk1ns · 31 Mar 2013 at 16:49

it goes over my budget slightly but what about taking away windows 7 and replacing the card with

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-098-GI

Idleman · 31 Mar 2013 at 16:50

tomadk1ns said:
that looks good mate, is there a better card i could get using the £80 for windows 7 that i don't need.

This.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7870 XT rev2.0 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £203.99
Total : £214.79 (includes shipping : £9.00).

Idleman · 31 Mar 2013 at 16:52

tomadk1ns said:
it goes over my budget slightly but what about taking away windows 7 and replacing the card with

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-098-GI

If you don`t mind going over budget but the Sapphire will clock to 7950 speed.

tomadk1ns · 31 Mar 2013 at 17:15

what does that clock speed mean? will the sapphire one work just as good as the 7950?

and also is the psu watt enough and will the case be big enough for the gfx card?

sorry for the 20 questions...very new to all this.