spec me a gaming pc please

EXMailman · 9 Nov 2010 at 15:18

This is what i have thought of , but obviously i am out of touch with building pc's , so i would like some advise on parts and ideas and opinions.

MSI GeForce GTX 580 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Asus Crosshair IV Extreme AMD 890FX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz
Corsair Dominator GT 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive x2
Enermax Revolution 85+ "80 Plus Silver Certified" 1250w Modular Power Supply
Asus Xonar HDAV1.3 Deluxe Sound Card
Pioneer BDR-205 12x BluRay RW / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit - OEM
Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Case - Black
Asus VG236H 23" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LCD Monitor + Nvidia 3D
Vision Kit
Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard
Saitek Cyborg R.A.T. 9 5600 DPI Wireless mouse.

Any other suggestion greatly appreciated , budgets £3000

stulid · 9 Nov 2010 at 15:24

having a 890 crossfire motherboard and Nvidia gpu is pointless, you cant run a dual gpu setup.

six core cpu is pointless for gaming too.

you wont need win7 ultimate, home will do everything you need of it.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Palit GeForce GTX 580 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.99
(£340.42) £399.99
(£340.42)
Asus VG236HE 23" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £279.99
(£238.29) £279.99
(£238.29)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 970 Black Edition "140W Edition" 3.50GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
Coolermaster HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £139.99
(£119.14) £139.99
(£119.14)
Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision Kit £115.14
(£97.99) £115.14
(£97.99)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £77.98
(£66.37) £77.98
(£66.37)
MSI 870A-G54 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £77.98
(£66.37) £77.98
(£66.37)
XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (920-000375) £58.99
(£50.20) £58.99
(£50.20)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £33.98
(£28.92) £33.98
(£28.92)
Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (910-000616) £24.99
(£21.27) £24.99
(£21.27)
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - Retail £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £1,370.21
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £27.55
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £244.61
Total : £1,642.37

stulid · 9 Nov 2010 at 15:28

But I also think you should just get a normal monitor without the 3dvision thing all the reviews I have seen of 3dvision complain about headaches and sore eyes.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Palit GeForce GTX 580 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.99
(£340.42) £399.99
(£340.42)
Samsung P2450H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £179.99
(£153.18) £179.99
(£153.18)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 970 Black Edition "140W Edition" 3.50GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
Coolermaster HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £139.99
(£119.14) £139.99
(£119.14)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £77.98
(£66.37) £77.98
(£66.37)
MSI 870A-G54 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £77.98
(£66.37) £77.98
(£66.37)
XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (920-000375) £58.99
(£50.20) £58.99
(£50.20)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £33.98
(£28.92) £33.98
(£28.92)
Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (910-000616) £24.99
(£21.27) £24.99
(£21.27)
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - Retail £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £1,187.11
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £22.20
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £211.63
Total : £1,420.94

stulid · 9 Nov 2010 at 15:31

If you did want a SLI setup, then Intel is the way to go, with i5 being very fast at gaming.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Palit GeForce GTX 580 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.99
(£340.42) £399.99
(£340.42)
Samsung P2450H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £179.99
(£153.18) £179.99
(£153.18)
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD5 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
(£123.39) £144.98
(£123.39)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £140.99
(£119.99) £140.99
(£119.99)
Coolermaster HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £139.99
(£119.14) £139.99
(£119.14)
Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-850HXUK) £136.98
(£116.58) £136.98
(£116.58)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £77.98
(£66.37) £77.98
(£66.37)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (920-000375) £58.99
(£50.20) £58.99
(£50.20)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £33.98
(£28.92) £33.98
(£28.92)
Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (910-000616) £24.99
(£21.27) £24.99
(£21.27)
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter Lightscribe Drive - Retail £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £1,293.48
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £22.20
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £230.24
Total : £1,545.92

Murdin999 · 9 Nov 2010 at 15:32

stulid said:
having a 890 crossfire motherboard and Nvidia gpu is pointless, you cant run a dual gpu setup.

Really the OP said "Asus Crosshair IV Extreme AMD 890FX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard" Which i thought had the Lucid Hydra chip which allowed SLI?

stulid · 9 Nov 2010 at 15:34

well hydra sucks too.

poor multi card scaling.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2010/01/08/msi-big-bang-fusion-lucid-hydra-arrives/9

http://www.guru3d.com/article/msi-big-bang-fuzion-lucid-hydra-review-test/31

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/lucidlogix-hydralogix-p55a-fuzion,2769-14.html

Murdin999 · 9 Nov 2010 at 15:35

stulid said:
well hydra sucks too.

poor multi card scaling.

Ahh i see didn't know that

EXMailman · 9 Nov 2010 at 16:05

Thanks for the quick response, i will take another look.

stulid · 9 Nov 2010 at 16:09

there is absolutely no need to spend £3000 on a pc, a £1.5k top end one will do more than you can imagine, especially with a quality samsung monitor and a nice big case/psu that will out last the rest of the components.

if you want to see what £2.5K gets you.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Palit GeForce GTX 580 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.99
(£340.42) £799.98
(£680.84)
Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £234.99
(£199.99) £234.99
(£199.99)
Enermax Revolution 85+ "80 Plus Silver Certified" 1250w Modular Power Supply £229.99
(£195.74) £229.99
(£195.74)
Samsung P2450H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £179.99
(£153.18) £359.98
(£306.36)
OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) £174.99
(£148.93) £174.99
(£148.93)
Corsair Obsidian 700D Full Tower Case - Black £166.98
(£142.11) £166.98
(£142.11)
Asus X58 Sabertooth TUF Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £159.99
(£136.16) £159.99
(£136.16)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1600C9) £104.99
(£89.35) £104.99
(£89.35)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £77.98
(£66.37) £77.98
(£66.37)
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (920-000375) £58.99
(£50.20) £58.99
(£50.20)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.11
(£34.99) £41.11
(£34.99)
Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (910-000616) £24.99
(£21.27) £24.99
(£21.27)
Sub Total : £2,125.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £27.55
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £376.86
Total : £2,530.33

SLI GTX580 and two 24"screens, you could even add a second monitor for surround gaming.

Sycho · 9 Nov 2010 at 16:19

If you going for a £3k pc you should get a HP ZR30w with it too at least and SLI GTX470/480 or CF 6870.

No point spending £2000 on a tower if you not got a good monitor, even a 24 inch TN panel isn't good enough in my view but then again i am very picky with monitors.

You could go for Stulid's £2500 spec by removing the SSD aswell as monitor in exchange for a HP ZR30w then just add the SSD later i mean that's of course if you want an absolute monster of a pc that laughs at any game at 2560x1600 res.

EXMailman · 9 Nov 2010 at 16:21

One quick question is nvidia or ati better when having 2 cards ?

stulid · 9 Nov 2010 at 16:23

EXMailman said:
One quick question is nvidia or ati better when having 2 cards ?

Nvidia is better.

stulid · 9 Nov 2010 at 16:24

Sycho said:
If you going for a £3k pc you should get a HP ZR30w with it too at least and SLI GTX470/480 or CF 6870.

No point spending £2000 on a tower if you not got a good monitor, even a 24 inch TN panel isn't good enough in my view but then again i am very picky with monitors.

You could go for Stulid's £2500 spec by removing the SSD aswell as monitor in exchange for a HP ZR30w then just add the SSD later i mean that's of course if you want an absolute monster of a pc that laughs at any game at 2560x1600 res.

now im no monitor expert.

But I thought that particular Samsung had one of those super duper panels that everyone raves on about?

Cookeh · 9 Nov 2010 at 16:26

stulid said:
Nvidia is better.

+1.

Scaling is much better.

Personally, I'd go with Stulids £1500 build with the GTX580 an the i5.
Easily tide you over for a few years, but if you're desperate to blow silly money then Stulids i7 950 and SLI GTX580s is certainly the way to go.

Jony27 · 9 Nov 2010 at 16:26

wouldnt it be better to get the dell ultrasharp series than the hp one?

Sycho · 9 Nov 2010 at 16:29

Look likes a TN panel to me, not read much about that one though then again the resolution you wouldn't consider for a £2k tower may aswell go 2560x1600.(i am not a fan of eye-infinity but that could be an option for the original poster if he decides to go for crossfire 6870s or whatever.)

The Dell isn't as good, has way way too high input lag(60ms vs 11ms) and you just paying for the extra menu options/connections when really you only need DVI to be honest.

stulid · 9 Nov 2010 at 16:34

I was just going by this - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18199746

but like I said, im no monitor expert.

EXMailman · 9 Nov 2010 at 16:34

Cookeh said:
+1.

Scaling is much better.

Personally, I'd go with Stulids £1500 build with the GTX580 an the i5.
Easily tide you over for a few years, but if you're desperate to blow silly money then Stulids i7 950 and SLI GTX580s is certainly the way to go.

I've got £3000 to spend on a pc as a present, spend any less and i dont get the rest

,so i like to get as close as poss, if you know what i mean

stulid · 9 Nov 2010 at 16:35

EXMailman said:
I've got £3000 to spend on a pc as a present, spend any less and i dont get the rest ,so i like to get as close as poss, if you know what i mean

not really?

spend 1.5K and keep the rest for upgrades?

Jony27 · 9 Nov 2010 at 16:36

do you get to order it yourself or are you just picking parts and someone orders it for you?
if its you whos ordering it,maybe you could use the £1.5k build and transfer the rest onto your bank account hahaha