Pre-Built Gaming rig, £800 - £850 max

[SINDRONE]

Hey dudes,

I am currently using an 8 year old Pentium 4 3.2Ghz, which can't even play Warcraft III on minimum settings without lagging.
I've saved up £800 to spend on a new PC; I have pretty much no knowledge about building PC's so would prefer a pre-built system. I've looked at the "Titan Witch Doctor", which would stretch my budget considerably but seems to be good value (although i've heard some bad reviews about the Bulldozer's). I have all my peripherals except for a HD monitor and I need a minimum of a 1tb hdd.

The PC will mainly be used for gaming, what i'm playing at the minute stretches this pc to the max, TF2, L4D2 etc. I'd ideally want to be playing the latest games comfortably and watching HD films.

Thanks for reading

*Forgot to say, I've already got a sound card and a copy of windows*

 

[Idleman]

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7870 IceQ 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H787Q2G2M) w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £191.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x BenQ GL2450 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £115.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £80.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £77.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £53.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £844.81 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 

[Bacon?]

Hmmm why a 7870 Idleman?

 

[Idleman]

Hmmm why a 7870 Idleman?

What`s wrong with the 7870?

 

[Lemin]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-247-OE&groupid=43&catid=2385&subcat=1444

 

[Remote_zero]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-247-OE&groupid=43&catid=2385&subcat=1444

If you set on buying pre built that one looks good, I'd leave out the SSD and get it with a 7950. You can get a SSD later.

 

[Idleman]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-247-OE&groupid=43&catid=2385&subcat=1444

That would leave the OP with £225 for a decent Gpu and a monitor.

 

[Idleman]

If you set on buying pre built that one looks good, I'd leave out the SSD and get it with a 7950. You can get a SSD later.

What ssd?

 

[Remote_zero]

Sorry, I was playing with the options, thought the drive a was already added and I took it off. Obviously not the case

 

[Idleman]

Smaller ssd and hdd. Better Gpu.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795F3G2M) with FREE Sleeping Dogs, Nexuiz, & CODMW2 PC Games £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x BenQ GL2450 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £115.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £80.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £59.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £50.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £47.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £847.81 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 

[Remote_zero]

We need to convince him to build it himself first.

 

[Bacon?]

What`s wrong with the 7870?

You could get a 660 for cheaper or a 7950 for slightly more. Don't quote me on this but aren't both better options?

 

[Idleman]

You could get a 660 for cheaper or a 7950 for slightly more. Don't quote me on this but aren't both better options?

Depends on which games you play and what res. you play on. It seems some games are better suited to Nvidia cards and others AMD.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/548?vs=660

 

[SINDRONE]

Thanks guys, the Titan 8700i Pulse looks good (not that the custom builds don't). The only thing that really puts me off building my own pc is installing the actual cpu, thermal paste etc. How easy is it?

 

[Idleman]

Thanks guys, the Titan 8700i Pulse looks good (not that the custom builds don't). The only thing that really puts me off building my own pc is installing the actual cpu, thermal paste etc. How easy is it?

Watch a couple of videos and see for yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=d_56kyib-Ls

 

[SINDRONE]

A thought just occurred to me, with Christmas coming up I could probably get a HD monitor then, leaving me with an extra £140 for the system

 

[Idleman]

A thought just occurred to me, with Christmas coming up I could probably get a HD monitor then, leaving me with an extra £140 for the system

Don`t you mean £115?

 

[SINDRONE]

£115.99*

 

[Idleman]

£115.99*

So, do you want a spec without a monitor?
If yes, we can probably get a better case or do you have one in mind.

 

[SINDRONE]

Yes please, I really know absolutely nothing about pc's, so can you tell me if the custom build is actually better than the Titan 8700i Pulse that was linked? I do really like the look of the NZXT Phantom 410 - Gun Metal, but is it actually worth it?

Thanks for your help