Looking to buy new system HELP

CmdNeo · 27 Jul 2011 at 17:35

Hey guys, i know you are probably all sick and tired of hearing this but after fading away from PC gaming for some time now i have been beckoned by the future releases of Battlefield 3 and Planetside 2 (life cant get better now?) and have not got the same knowledge of the market that i used to have.

Now i know you can make massive savings with little performance loss from just knowing your stuff so i hope you guys may be able to point me in the right direction for a new system to run everything maxxed out.

now money is not REALLY an object but i dont want to buy 2 top spec nvidia cards to sli for no reason when they are like £500-600 each and i would like a complete new system (case psu sound system monitor the works).

Thanks in advance

RJC · 27 Jul 2011 at 17:57

Hi come up with the spec below, did you have a budget in mind:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK GeForce GTX 580 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
(£291.66) £349.99
(£291.66)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
Acer S243HL 24" Widescreen LED Ultra Thin Monitor - Black £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
(£120.82) £144.98
(£120.82)
Acoustic Energy Aego M 2.1 Speaker System - Black £123.98
(£103.32) £123.98
(£103.32)
OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £95.99
(£79.99) £95.99
(£79.99)
Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower Case with Window - Black £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £1,190.21
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £27.55
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £243.55
Total : £1,461.31

stulid · 27 Jul 2011 at 17:58

Well, everything, without speccing any crummy parts such as naff keyboards//mouse and speakers.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
(£199.99) £239.99
(£199.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
IIyama Prolite X2472HD 24" Premium VA Panel Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) £134.99
(£112.49) £134.99
(£112.49)
Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
(£108.32) £129.98
(£108.32)
Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower - Red Dragon Windowed Edition £86.78
(£72.32) £86.78
(£72.32)
Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £72.98
(£60.82) £72.98
(£60.82)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Creative A320 2.1 Speakers (51MF0405AA003) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £26.39
(£21.99) £26.39
(£21.99)
Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (910-000616) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £1,048.69
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £22.20
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £214.18
Total : £1,285.07

CmdNeo · 27 Jul 2011 at 18:01

Thanks a lot guys much appreciated. Just to clarify budget is not REALLY an issue, can afford to stretch for anything if its worth it that is anyway

Whats the deal with Tri-channel memory modules is it a big increase over dual? Didnt even know they could do that till i saw on OCUK

also is 3d worth it? do games use it is it good? never seen anything in 3d to be honest.

stulid · 27 Jul 2011 at 18:03

You use tri channel ram on Intel socket 1366 systems, but those cpus are slower.

I dont think 3D glasses (if thats what you mean) is worth it, seen a few people say its a 10 minute gimmick that soon wears off and gives you a headache.

CmdNeo · 27 Jul 2011 at 18:29

stulid said:
You use tri channel ram on Intel socket 1366 systems, but those cpus are slower.

I dont think 3D glasses (if thats what you mean) is worth it, seen a few people say its a 10 minute gimmick that soon wears off and gives you a headache.

Very glad i decided to ask the experts first

So is it all 3d tv's and monitors etc require glasses? thats pretty poor imo.

Its amazing how much has changed in perhaps 2-3 years that i have been playing my PS3...