New Rig Time

No1newts

No1newts

No1newts

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Looking to build a new rig as mine is getting on.

Can anyone spec me a good rig for gaming? Want it to be as cutting edge as possible.

Looking to ideally spend around £1500 but could be persuaded to go nearer £2k if it was really worth it.

Only thing I won't need is a monitor. Will need new speakers, keyboard and mouse (preferably wireless) I might get away without purchasing a new power supply as I had to get a new one about 6 month ago.

Thanks in advance :)
 
Wow didn't expect such a big response :)

Thanks all, unfortunately just had a huge pike of work land on me to do this evening but I will look tomorrow night and bug you all with more questions :)

Thanks again!! :D
 
dacads said:
Had fun with this one :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7970 IceQ X² 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H797QM3G2M) with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £199.99
1 x Corsair Gaming Audio Series SP2500 High-Power 2.1 PC Speaker System - 232 Watts RMS £184.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £157.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £104.99
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £96.98
1 x BitFenix Ghost Silent Tower Case - Black £74.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Silver (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £66.98
1 x Avexir Core Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £37.99
1 x Microsoft Wireless Desktop 2000 (M7J-00020) £35.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,460.08 (includes shipping : £16.85).

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LukieBoy007 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £199.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £157.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Logitech G700 Wireless Gaming Mouse (910-001759) £62.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £59.99
1 x Creative Gigaworks T20 Series II 2.0 Speaker System (51MF1610AA003) £52.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £32.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x OcUK Mega Mat XXL Elite Tactical Gaming Surface £17.99
Total : £1,391.95 (includes shipping : £20.10).



* An i5 is the best choice for gaming as the i7 offers no improvement over the i5 in terms of gaming. However, you do have the money so you may feel like you want to get the i7. It just offers no improvement over an i5 in games.
* A (modular) PSU big enough to Crossfire/SLI the 7950 if you would want to in the future.
* A 256GB SSD included to store games/apps/OS.
* Nice, spacious case with great cable management (it's up to you whether you like the case's looks or not).
* Some people will say Windows 7 is better than 8 (including me), so you choose what you prefer, I've just put 8 in there for now.
* Wireless gaming mouse with lots of programmable buttons.
* Very nice keyboard for the price, I have one myself and can't fault it.
* Included a large OcUK mousemat :)
* Great aftermarket heatsink to allow you to overclock your CPU to high levels.
* Fantastic motherboard packed with features.

Hope this helps :D
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Took a while to get back but here I am :p

Thanks all for the input :) The later ones are a tad on the expensive side so thinking these two builds might be the best.

Of the two which is better? second build has all the extra little bits I was looking for and a bit cheaper too.

Thanks all!
 
Will the card you specced lady long term with new games coming or is it older?

To be fair I prefer your build but could easy add his GC if its better.
 
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