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richdiesel

richdiesel

richdiesel

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Hi,

I want to build myself a new PC - mainly for gaming. I am looking for a rig at a price of £800 and another at around £1000 as the budget may change.

Problem is I am completely out of my depth with this stuff now and I haven't a clue what is good and what is not. I am going going price alone which I'm sure isn't the best way to go about it.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Rich
 
for the computer itself:
800 quid= mid-high end spec
1000 quid = high end spec

do you need keyboard/mouse/monitor/operating system too?
 
ever so slightly overbudget


YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7950 X-Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750HXUK) £99.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £52.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £33.59
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/AM2/AM3/FM1) £24.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
Total : £1,019.46 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
richdiesel said:
TBH It is a little frustrating to lose clarity at certain angles. How much would a decent one set me back nowadays though?
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I have two of these:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-052-DE&groupid=17&catid=510&subcat=

They are the very cheapest of 24 inch IPS screens and are brilliant.
I game on them a lot, with fast moving games like BF3 and have had no issues. It is 1200p too rather than the more common 1080p screens.

Only when I put it alongside my old screen did I realise who rubbish the Samsung was! Don't buy a £150 24 inch screen as it will be equally as poo as yours, even though it will be an LED backlit one that is thin.
 
if you never intend to add a 2nd gpu:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N670GTX-PM2D2GD5/OC) £287.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £65.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £59.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £33.59
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/AM2/AM3/FM1) £24.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
Total : £986.46 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Theres nothing wrong with the Silent Pro and its modular too.

Also I paid £100 for my monitor and to be honest its fine.
 
Bacon? said:
Theres nothing wrong with the Silent Pro and its modular too.
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The Silverstone Strider is also modular and performs better (the Silent Pro doesn't handle crossloading as well and it's using Teapo caps which I don't rate). Not saying the CM will blow up or anything, but for a brand new build I think it's worth the upgrade.

Bacon? said:
Also I paid £100 for my monitor and to be honest its fine.
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We'll just have to agree to disagree on that.
 
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