Small Gaming Rig

Peter Tsang · 23 Jul 2012 at 04:35

I want to put together a gaming rig for some popular titles like BF3, Civ 5 and Elder Scroll V. it will mainly be used for gaming.

But I want to have one with smaller size so much so like the Alienware X51.

I am willing to spend bit more than 750 pounds.

Could some one please write me a spec? Thanks.

Doomedspeed · 23 Jul 2012 at 08:28

is this completely from scratch or are they any bit you can use?

HDD, OS, Keyboard, Mouse Speakers?

Peter Tsang · 23 Jul 2012 at 08:30

most of the components that I have are out-dated. so I want it from scratch. thanks.

tamzzy · 23 Jul 2012 at 08:57

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £179.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £101.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £52.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £41.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £33.59
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £19.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
Total : £760.57 (includes shipping : £20.10).

right on budget (u get free delivery)
if you can spend 800 quid, its possible to upgrade the motherboard to futureproof it more

tamzzy · 23 Jul 2012 at 09:00

like this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £179.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £101.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
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 Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £65.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £33.59
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £19.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
Total : £816.58 (includes shipping : £20.10).

bigger hard drive, better motherboard (when you want to upgrade your cpu) bigger psu

Peter Tsang · 23 Jul 2012 at 09:01

i want an i7 cpu and nvidia gpu, can you re-spec?

tamzzy · 23 Jul 2012 at 09:05

you're not gonna get an i7 on that budget mate.
750 less the os, keyboard, mouse monitor = 500
i7 is already more than half your budget for the computer itself

MonsterMoshi · 23 Jul 2012 at 09:19

It is to replace the system in you sig?
If so then you can easily reuse most of those components?

Peter Tsang · 24 Jul 2012 at 08:04

i prefer an i7 CPU, nVidia GPU and a mini-ITX board.

olivier renault · 24 Jul 2012 at 08:28

Peter Tsang said:
most of the components that I have are out-dated. so I want it from scratch. thanks.

You're kidding right. Your build in the your sig?

I'd replace the guts (CPU - motherboard - memory), maybe a new GPU (670) and that's about it. If you want a i7, it might just about work.

Peter Tsang said:
i prefer an i7 CPU, nVidia GPU and a mini-ITX board.

With your budget? And why mini-itx? Prodigy build?

Peter Tsang · 24 Jul 2012 at 08:30

olivier renault said:
You're kidding right. Your build in the your sig?

I'd replace the guts (CPU - motherboard - memory), maybe a new GPU (670) and that's about it. If you want a i7, it might just about work.

With your budget? And why mini-itx? Prodigy build?

Actually my friend's youngest son needs a new computer for gaming and kid's school homework. So I want to build a new one.

olivier renault · 24 Jul 2012 at 08:42

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x ASRock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £123.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £33.59
Total : £800.63 (includes shipping : £11.75).

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-M Pro Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £116.99
1 x Lian Li PC-A04B Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £76.98
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £59.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £33.59
Total : £798.12 (includes shipping : £10.50).

olivier renault · 24 Jul 2012 at 08:46

Peter Tsang said:
Actually my friend's youngest son needs a new computer for gaming and kid's school homework. So I want to build a new one.

All right.

Going small is a pain really. It's more expensive, and fitting a full rig in that budget, just too many compromises.

Something like tamzzy's. Maybe possible you can upgrade to a 2500K, with a 560ti, and **** peripherals. Else stick with the i3, and upgrade to a i5 later. Or spend an extra £70 for a 3570K. Which is coincidently the price of the OS.

There isn't a NVidia card comparable to the 7850 at the moment. You will have to go back to a 560ti 448 / 570, with less Vram.

MonsterMoshi · 24 Jul 2012 at 08:50

Yeah the dude seems to want monitor, keyboard, mouse and windows too else it would be easy

Doomedspeed · 24 Jul 2012 at 08:51

If your going for the prodigy, or any cube case, the possibilities for overclocking are truely limited. I should know. If i want to overclock i can't have my PC on my desk, it has to be on the floor in the shade. Any sunlight near it, makes the temp rise a bit, as its a small case too.

another option would be a second-hand 2500k.

Peter Tsang · 24 Jul 2012 at 08:51

If I can put together one, I will purchase this one:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/desktop-computer-reviews/falcon-northwest-tiki-review/

tamzzy · 24 Jul 2012 at 08:54

yeah right lol

"Falcon Northwest has managed to pack a lot of hardware into this small space. Our review unit arrived with a Core i7 3770K processor, an EVGA GTX 680 superclocked graphics card and a Crucial M4 solid state drive (paired with a 2TB Western Digital mechanical drives). The price tag for this configuration is a cool $2,812."

$2812 is 1900 pounds btw

tamzzy · 24 Jul 2012 at 08:54

MonsterMoshi said:
Yeah the dude seems to want monitor, keyboard, mouse and windows too else it would be easy

op would want the kitchen sink too, judging from his replies

MonsterMoshi · 24 Jul 2012 at 09:15

tamzzy said:
op would want the kitchen sink too, judging from his replies

Ok
Kitchen sink, now build him a mini-ITX i7 PC with nvidia GPU for £150!

Peter Tsang · 24 Jul 2012 at 09:18

tamzzy said:
yeah right lol

"Falcon Northwest has managed to pack a lot of hardware into this small space. Our review unit arrived with a Core i7 3770K processor, an EVGA GTX 680 superclocked graphics card and a Crucial M4 solid state drive (paired with a 2TB Western Digital mechanical drives). The price tag for this configuration is a cool $2,812."

$2812 is 1900 pounds btw

Do you carry and sell this Tiki box?