Please help with new PC build

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Hi all,

I'm in need with your help. I'm wanting to build a new system. Manily for games such as Mafia 2, Starcraft 2, Crysis 2, COD, Just Cause 2, Total War. But I'm not up to date with the latest chipsets and technologies. I'm in need of help when it comes to the Motherboard, CPU, Memory and PSU. I have about £1650 to play with.

Ideally I'd like a Gigabyte board. The reason for this is that I've had them in the past and they have all been rock solid. I've had to RMA Asus and MSI boards. Nothing against them but I might as well stick with Gigabyte. I'd also like USB 3.0 support as the PC is to hopefully last 3-4 years.

Graphics is a concern as well but I think I'll stick with ATI. Unless you advise not to, or a new model is on the way?


This is what I'm thinking:

XFX ATI 5870 1024MB
Intel Core i7 870 2.93Ghz (Nehalem) is this a good option?
Corasir 6GB Memory? Which Model?
Lian Li PC-B10 Tower Case - Black
Which Gigigbyte board? Chipset? I don't think I really need crossfire etc. Unless you recommend it.
Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply - is this ok?
Dell UltraSharp U2410 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor

Please can you help
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £274.99
(£234.03) £274.99
(£234.03)
Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £229.11
(£194.99) £229.11
(£194.99)
BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £159.79
(£135.99) £159.79
(£135.99)
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £154.99
(£131.91) £154.99
(£131.91)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1600C9) £126.89
(£107.99) £126.89
(£107.99)
Corsair HX 650W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650HXUK) £104.99
(£89.35) £104.99
(£89.35)
Silverstone SST-PS03B Precision Midi Tower Case - Black £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £32.89
(£27.99) £32.89
(£27.99)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Sub Total : £970.75
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £17.85
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £173.01
Total : £1,161.61

if you need a copy of windows then add £100.

if you dont think you will ever do crossfire(although the motherboard supports it) you could get away with a 550w psu.
 
i'd go with most of stulid's spec, on top of that, as you say you have £1,650 to play with go with an SSD drive as the boot disk if your using win7.

also maybe go with a third party cooler for the processor like the Corsair H50-1 /CoolIT Eco A.L.C.

have a look at cases like the Corsair Obsidian 800D/antec 1200/Coolermaster HAF X.
 
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I'd go for a 700W-750W psu just to make sure if you want to Crossfire in the future (which would be a good upgrade route using the left overs from your budget)
A boot SSD would also be a very good inclusion
 
Thank you so much for the replies.

Just a quick question.

I forgot to mention the hard drives.

I Ideally i'd like a

C:/ Drive with 500GB - OS, Games, Programs
and a Raid 1 E:/ Drive for photos and video files.

Is this possible with this board and which drives would you recommend.

Thats saved me a lot of money! :) Is there any bad views on the Dell monitor or case?
 
Thats saved me a lot of money! :) Is there any bad views on the Dell monitor or case?
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the monitor chosen in stulids build will suit you fine (BenQ G2420HDBL 24") its AMAZING value for money and will serve you well, the case you have chosen is a lot of money for something that will just hold your components together, an alternative would ether be a corsair 700D, a coolermaster HAF X or if you want to go cheaper maybe a antec 900 or a coolermaster storm scout if you still want the dell monitor then go right ahead but the monitor stulid showed would be better for the money and give you space to put money towards other components good choice of GPU by the way! :)
 
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