Basically, my friend has asked me to put together a gaming rig for him. I like to think I have a decent idea of where to start, but I was just wondering if you guys have any recommendations/improvements on this system?
As I said, the system is pretty much for gaming, with occasional design work (pretty much all 2d/flash sort of thing) and budget is around £1000. He's happy to overclock a bit, but not extreme overclocking.
As the system wont be built for a few weeks yet, I'll most likely hold out to see how the new ATI cards are, just using the 470 as a price guide more than anything
Cheers!
System is as follows atm
MSI GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £229.11
(£194.99) £229.11
(£194.99)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £151.99
(£129.35) £151.99
(£129.35)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £111.99
(£95.31) £111.99
(£95.31)
Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
(£93.61) £109.99
(£93.61)
XFX 750W Black Edition Modular Power Supply £89.99
(£76.59) £89.99
(£76.59)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £70.49
(£59.99) £70.49
(£59.99)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £68.98
(£58.71) £68.98
(£58.71)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £48.16
(£40.99) £48.16
(£40.99)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.99
(£30.63) £35.99
(£30.63)
Samsung SH-S223L/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail £12.98
(£11.05) £12.98
(£11.05)
Sharkoon Silent Eagle 800 140mm Fan - 3/4 Pin £12.98
(£11.05) £12.98
(£11.05)
Sharkoon Silent Eagle 1000 120mm Fan - 3/4 Pin £10.21
(£8.69) £10.21
(£8.69)
Total : £969.03
As I said, the system is pretty much for gaming, with occasional design work (pretty much all 2d/flash sort of thing) and budget is around £1000. He's happy to overclock a bit, but not extreme overclocking.
As the system wont be built for a few weeks yet, I'll most likely hold out to see how the new ATI cards are, just using the 470 as a price guide more than anything
Cheers!
System is as follows atm
MSI GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £229.11
(£194.99) £229.11
(£194.99)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £151.99
(£129.35) £151.99
(£129.35)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £111.99
(£95.31) £111.99
(£95.31)
Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
(£93.61) £109.99
(£93.61)
XFX 750W Black Edition Modular Power Supply £89.99
(£76.59) £89.99
(£76.59)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £70.49
(£59.99) £70.49
(£59.99)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £68.98
(£58.71) £68.98
(£58.71)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £48.16
(£40.99) £48.16
(£40.99)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.99
(£30.63) £35.99
(£30.63)
Samsung SH-S223L/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail £12.98
(£11.05) £12.98
(£11.05)
Sharkoon Silent Eagle 800 140mm Fan - 3/4 Pin £12.98
(£11.05) £12.98
(£11.05)
Sharkoon Silent Eagle 1000 120mm Fan - 3/4 Pin £10.21
(£8.69) £10.21
(£8.69)
Total : £969.03
