New Cheap gaming PC help :)

silpher

silpher

silpher

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Hi Guys

First post for me and would love some advice on a cheap gaming pc, i have picked some parts out just need some advice on improvments or bad parts chosen. I will mainly use this for Diablo 3 and want to run it decently also i wouldnt mind being able to upgrade in the future, or play other decent spec games well.

And my old pc which is full of dust is there anything that i could salvage from it?

Also i aint built a pc in years apart from part upgrading will i strugle to build one now?

Heres the parts i have chosen so far:-

Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Was thinking the I3-2120 would save me some money is the difference worth it?

ASUS® P8Z77-M: MICRO-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX - Motherboard

8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)

1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6850 - 2 DVI,HDMI, DP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable
wasnt sure in this area any help would be great

500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE

24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
is this usefull? i have a few drives that might be usable

450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU

Is there anything missing? lol

Thanks in advance and sorry for all the questions lol
:)
 
Looks OK but the one bit I'm really afraid of is the power supply. What brand is it? If it's not a brand I would recommend looking at OCZ and Corsair units. Ideally 500W+

Try to get the new ivy bridge processor (i5 3570K) too, it's about the same price and gives 10% better 'speed' per clock than Sandybridge:)
 
Hello and welcome to the forum :)

What is your budget, also will you need windows and a new case?
 
Thanks for the responses
im at around £600 dont mind going a bit higher if the end product is noticable
I wont need windows and just looking at a cheap standard case, as for power supply ill have a ganders around for a better one :D
Will the Ivy bridge be noticable for games?
Is my motherboard ok because im clueless with them lol
 
silpher said:
Thanks for the responses
im at around £600 dont mind going a bit higher if the end product is noticable
I wont need windows and just looking at a cheap standard case, as for power supply ill have a ganders around for a better one :D
Will the Ivy bridge be noticable for games?
Is my motherboard ok because im clueless with them lol
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It is worth going ivybridge as it is closely priced to sandy and offers ~10% overall performance increases.

A standard ATX case, i assume. If so, id look at getting a full ATX motherboard and not a mATX, will option lots of doors.
 
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