New gaming rig, help please.

drhax · 23 Dec 2011 at 13:54

I want to spend around £750 and Im buying it custom built.
ATM Im thinking of:

EDIT:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-213-OE&groupid=43&catid=2040&subcat=1892

With OS and 560ti.

I want to play games around 1680x1050, highest setting but not bothered about AA or other power demanding extras, at 50/60+ FPS. Also I dont want to upgrade for atleast year, if possible.

Thanks.

drhax · 23 Dec 2011 at 13:59

double post.

mickyflinn · 23 Dec 2011 at 14:02

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £184.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £169.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £69.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £776.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

I believe there is a coolermaster deal where you get £20 off

GTO656 · 23 Dec 2011 at 14:02

CPU wise you may want to consider either i3/i5 as they are best for handling games.

95thrifles · 23 Dec 2011 at 14:02

Case is quite poor

You'd be better getting an Intel i5 than Bulldozer

This comes in a bit over budget, but is significantly better, if you use the code AG15 at checkout, you get 15% off the Antec case & PSU saving you roughly £18

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £173.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £72.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £69.98
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £46.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black/Silver/Biege) - Retail £19.99
Total : £809.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Tazzfalcon · 23 Dec 2011 at 14:02

Im sure you'll get plenty of people jumping in with the key pieces of advice being: Go Intel i5 2500k and nvidia gtx 560ti

I imagine... Feel free to prove me wrong guys!

Tazzfalcon · 23 Dec 2011 at 14:03

Ha. Amazing, see. I started writing before those specs appeared!

drhax · 23 Dec 2011 at 14:12

Thanks. But Im buying it custom built not building it my self. Also the i5 2500k is sandybridge so how does having a normal gfx card and a inbuilt one work? Thanks.

95thrifles · 23 Dec 2011 at 14:17

In that case have a look at This system, and select windows and 560Ti, youre getting a much better system and it comes overclocked, £780 all in

drhax · 23 Dec 2011 at 14:21

95thrifles said:
In that case have a look at This system, and select windows and 560Ti, youre getting a much better system and it comes overclocked, £780 all in

That does seem a good deal. But how does sandybridge work with a another gfx card?

It cost about the same on another website and its a 560 not a 560 ti and not overclocked. So seems a very good deal.

Stoner81 · 23 Dec 2011 at 14:30

If you mean "how does SB work with a stand alone gfx card" then it works fine just like everything else does. On board video is not wonderful by any means especially when it comes to gaming.

The stand alone one will over ride the onboard one since your monitor will be plugged in to the separate one

Stoner81.

drhax · 23 Dec 2011 at 14:32

Stoner81 said:
If you mean "how does SB work with a stand alone gfx card" then it works fine just like everything else does. On board video is not wonderful by any means especially when it comes to gaming.

The stand alone one will over ride the onboard one since your monitor will be plugged in to the separate one

Stoner81.

But then arent you playing for a onboard gfx card your not using or are the i52500 so good for value it doesnt matter?

95thrifles · 23 Dec 2011 at 16:34

drhax said:
But then arent you playing for a onboard gfx card your not using or are the i52500 so good for value it doesnt matter?

Yes theyre that good it doesnt matter

fowler002 · 23 Dec 2011 at 17:43

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £173.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £69.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF 912 Case - Black £52.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket Intel® Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £26.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £833.47 (includes shipping : £10.50).

use the voucher code cmdouble to get £20 off so £813.47

~£30 more than the one that trifles linked to but has double the ram and hard disk, you can phone up ocuk and ask them to build it for you using your specs.

are you sure you don't have any spare sata hard disk/s you can use? current prices eat up the budget so you have to compromise elsewhere