Spec me a build £1kish budget

obs030770 · 14 Nov 2011 at 15:21

Ok guys im giving my teenage son my old gaming PC, he has finally seen the light and decided to ditch the consoles!!.
Time for a new one for myself. Im working on a budget of approx £1000 can maybe squeeze a bit more if needed but not hundreds more. Just need the base unit as have monitor, mouse and keyboard. Want it to be reasonably future proof and ideally would like at least a GTX 570 GPU. Cheers in advance.
Oh and i prefer air cooling to water cooling.

dalehitchy1 · 14 Nov 2011 at 15:33

just quickly did this.. im in uni atm ^_^

MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £233.99
(£194.99) £233.99
(£194.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £149.98
(£124.98) £149.98
(£124.98)
Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £145.99
(£121.66) £145.99
(£121.66)
OCZ ZX Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 Dual Fan Quiet CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £57.98
(£48.32) £57.98
(£48.32)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9)

Total is £926

dalehitchy1 · 14 Nov 2011 at 15:34

hmm... how do i link the basket properly??

joemc · 14 Nov 2011 at 15:36

dalehitchy1 said:
hmm... how do i link the basket properly??

Need OcUK Shopper. Add the items to your basket on the main site, click on your basket with the items in it and in the Address Bar at the top there should be a little Notepad sort of thing, click on that.

This is in Chrome btw

dalehitchy1 · 14 Nov 2011 at 15:37

joemc said:
Need OcUK Shopper. Add the items to your basket on the main site, click on your basket with the items in it and in the Address Bar at the top there should be a little Notepad sort of thing, click on that.

This is in Chrome btw

ah ok.. well cnt install that at uni... sure someone else will do a build

beejjacobs · 14 Nov 2011 at 15:44

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £119.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020003-UK) £99.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £83.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £46.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £45.59
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,021.48 (includes shipping : £12.50).

beejjacobs · 14 Nov 2011 at 15:45

If you could stretch more, I'd possibly go for a different case:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-212-CM&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

Power supply is perhaps overspecced, but will be good for SLI if you ever wanna buy another 570

obs030770 · 14 Nov 2011 at 15:47

Oh budget will have to include operating system as cant transfer my OEM windows 7 disk to new build as it will still be on my old computer which will be used still

obs030770 · 14 Nov 2011 at 15:48

Oh and i doubt i will ever go SLI i prefer single card builds, next will be a GTX 590 at some point in the future. Im a tight git when it comes to electricity bills

beejjacobs · 14 Nov 2011 at 15:50

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £119.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £46.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £45.59
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £987.48 (includes shipping : £12.50).

beejjacobs · 14 Nov 2011 at 15:50

obs030770 said:
Oh and i doubt i will ever go SLI i prefer single card builds, next will be a GTX 590 at some point in the future. Im a tight git when it comes to electricity bills

You do know a GTX590 is two 580s in SLI on one board? Admittedly they use less power as they are underclocked but it still needs lots of power!

beejjacobs · 14 Nov 2011 at 15:53

Case is personal preference, but I'd actually go for:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £119.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £69.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £45.59
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,010.47 (includes shipping : £12.50).

As it's only just over budget. Not sure how good the Shinobi is at cooling

EDIT: Also, hard drives are expensive at the moment, if you would live with a smaller one for now and upgrade later? Sorry lots of updates

obs030770 · 14 Nov 2011 at 15:56

Would the 650w power supply be future proof in the sense that for example i upgraded to a GTX 590 and maybe added a SSD in the future?

beejjacobs · 14 Nov 2011 at 15:58

SSD will be fine, GTX590 I don't think so, you'd want to go back to this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-047-CS

Sycho · 14 Nov 2011 at 16:00

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

MSI GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card MSI GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £251.99
(£209.99) £251.99
(£209.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £78.98
(£65.82) £78.98
(£65.82)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £45.59
(£37.99) £45.59
(£37.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
(£15.82) £18.98
(£15.82)
Sub Total : £882.05
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £179.16
Total : £1,074.96

fowler002 · 14 Nov 2011 at 16:01

beejjacobs said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £119.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £46.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £45.59
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £987.48 (includes shipping : £12.50).

change mb to

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI no frills, cheap/chearfull ivy/gen3 support with bios update. save £60

cooler http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-AN&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

ram http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-060-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

case http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-057-CS&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

psu at 750w/850 if you plan on 590 in future as that 580sli on 1 card as mentioned tho by the time you come to do it there will be cheaper more power new gen card on 1 gpu not 2.

if you have an old hard disk(sata) you can use can get a ssd instead of the 1tb samsung, then when prices come down get a new hard disk for more storage.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-021-CS

beejjacobs · 14 Nov 2011 at 16:01

Sycho said:
Product Name Qty Price Line Total

MSI GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card MSI GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £251.99
(£209.99) £251.99
(£209.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £98.40
(£82.00) £98.40
(£82.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £91.99
(£76.66) £91.99
(£76.66)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £78.98
(£65.82) £78.98
(£65.82)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £45.59
(£37.99) £45.59
(£37.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
(£15.82) £18.98
(£15.82)
Sub Total : £815.74
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £165.90
Total : £995.39

PSU? Also bundle is expensive atm, £10 more to get twice the capacity

Sycho · 14 Nov 2011 at 16:03

Yeah edited it just noticed, thanks anyway.

fowler002 · 14 Nov 2011 at 16:06

Sycho said:
Yeah edited it just noticed, thanks anyway.

bundle is £190, samsung 1tb + win 7 is £200. I know which I'd rather get if getting either

obs030770 · 14 Nov 2011 at 16:07

fowler002 said:
change mb to

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI no frills, cheap/chearfull ivy/gen3 support with bios update. save £60

cooler http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-AN&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

ram http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-060-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

case http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-057-CS&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

psu at 750w/850 if you plan on 590 in future as that 580sli on 1 card as mentioned tho by the time you come to do it there will be cheaper more power new gen card on 1 gpu not 2.

if you have an old hard disk(sata) you can use can get a ssd instead of the 1tb samsung, then when prices come down get a new hard disk for more storage.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-021-CS

No hard disk available as i said my current gaming rig is going to my son. Oh and i really would like to stick to air cooling rather than water...just have nightmares of leakage everywhere!