Please help me spec a new system for gaming.

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Hello, long time reader here but never posted before. My graphics card just kicked it so looking to get a new system as my newest component is about 5 years old.

I don't want an insane build just better than my current setup - Intel 2.13Ghz Dual Core, Nvidia 8800GTS 640mb, 2GB RAM.

I have a Corsair HX620W PSU, so I should be fine re-using that I think? I need Motherboard, CPU, RAM, Graphics Card, HDD, DVD Drive and a case as mine is a no-brand thing with no fans at all. Let me know if I've forgotten anything as it's been years since I built a PC!

Monitor is 1920x1080 if it matters.

Will be used for gaming 90% the rest browsing, youtube etc.

Budget is £450, don't really want to go over £500 but will go up to it if it will make a good difference. Thanks.

Edit - Forgot to say I'd also like Windows 7 as I'm still on XP.
 
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Stoner81 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked FTW 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1363-KR) £119.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £86.39
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £74.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72.00
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £40.79
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £31.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £540.23 (includes shipping : £11.75).


A little over budget but perhaps something to consider.

Stoner81.
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The GTX 460 you linked to is a cut down 192bit version.

The 7770 I linked is the overclocked version, slight less clocked than the "BESDD" version here: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5541/amd-radeon-hd-7750-radeon-hd-7770-ghz-edition-review/14

The 7770 "BESDD" beats the standard 460gtx in most games, nevermind the 192bit version.

Also he does not need a z77 board :confused: or better memory for an i3 2120?
 
horrorwood said:
Here you go:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte HD 7770 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £86.39
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 335U Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £457.32 (includes shipping : £10.00).

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Happy with all this, thank you very much. Would I benefit at all by getting a slightly better Motherboard and some 1600Mhz RAM? I don't really know what difference this would make, but I don't mind going up to £500 if it makes a difference. Also the case isn't really clear how many fans it has in it?

Basically if you rounded the cost up to £500 what would you change? Better graphics card maybe or MB/RAM?

Thanks
 
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I would get a different mobo to futureproof it incase u decide to move up to an i5 2500k or something. Probably 1600Mhz RAM @ 8GB too
 
ammaco said:
Wouldn't the motherboard that horrorwood linked support an i5? They're socket 1155 aren't they?
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Yes, it supports all socket 1155 CPU's, all the way up to the i7 3770! I am assuming you are not overclocking?

If not then the low end board I linked is fine and will give you the same performance with an i3 2120 or an i7 3770 as any other board.

I highly doubt 1600mhz ram will give you a performance increase on an i3 2120, it gives around 1 or 2% on a high end setup. However it is only £10 more if you want to go for it.

The only limiting thing with that board is that it only has 2 ram slots and you'll only have one PCI-e slot left if you want to add a soundcard/wireless. I do not think this is a problem though, 16gb is not needed for gaming. and you can get a USB wireless adapter if needed also.
 
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