Spec me a gaming machine

Steedie

Steedie

Steedie

Man of Honour
Joined
29 Jun 2004
Posts
21,639
Location
Oxfordshire
Well well,

I never thought I'd be making one of these. 2 years ago, I knew far too much about PC hardware and spent far too long reading about it. Then I got myself an iMac and my PC was sold, and since then I've been out the loop hardware wise. I know nothing about what is the latest and greatest

I mean I've sort of got an idea just by reading quickly on here but no where near to the point I'd know the sort of components I should be looking at when talking about a budget

So I'm back in the gaming PC market. Far too many good games coming out that I'm missing out on, and I have the itch to have a good PC again that I can tinker with.

Budget is about £1k, not above though as I'd be stretching myself at that. Don't worry about a monitor, keyboard or mouse. Just the main unit itself :)

Have no preference to any brands or anything anymore as I have no idea which brands are best any more

Cheers guys
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £144.98
(£123.39) £144.98
(£123.39)
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD5 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
(£123.39) £144.98
(£123.39)
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game £135.11
(£114.99) £270.22
(£229.98)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £96.34
(£81.99) £96.34
(£81.99)
XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £61.09
(£51.99) £61.09
(£51.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £33.98
(£28.92) £33.98
(£28.92)
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - Retail £12.91
(£10.99) £12.91
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £817.44
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £145.02
Total : £973.71

sli GTX460 1gb cards.

but I suppose you need a copy of windows? so my spec is over budget?
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £164.99
(£140.42) £164.99
(£140.42)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £144.98
(£123.39) £144.98
(£123.39)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £96.34
(£81.99) £96.34
(£81.99)
MSI P55-GD65 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £94.99
(£80.84) £94.99
(£80.84)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £77.98
(£66.37) £77.98
(£66.37)
XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £61.09
(£51.99) £61.09
(£51.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £33.98
(£28.92) £33.98
(£28.92)
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - Retail £12.91
(£10.99) £12.91
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £751.70
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £133.52
Total : £896.47
 
last try.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE CODMW2 PC-Game £189.99
(£161.69) £189.99
(£161.69)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £129.24
(£109.99) £129.24
(£109.99)
ASRock 890GX Extreme3 AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £96.34
(£81.99) £96.34
(£81.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £77.98
(£66.37) £77.98
(£66.37)
XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £61.09
(£51.99) £61.09
(£51.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £33.98
(£28.92) £33.98
(£28.92)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366) £22.98
(£19.56) £22.98
(£19.56)
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - Retail £12.91
(£10.99) £12.91
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £729.78
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £129.55
Total : £869.83

can add a second 6870 in crossfire.
 
Cheers mate they look awesome :)

Question is, can a machine like this finally play Crysis at a decent framerate. I'm hoping after a 2 year break I can finally sit down and play that game like it was supposed to be played :p
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom