spec me a gaming pc..

Walsandrew · 4 Nov 2010 at 18:02

my budget is £1200, and i need a monitor and keyboard but not an os, mouse or speakers. my own knowledge is sadly very limited. i was thinking of purchasing one of the ultima series pc's from ocuk, but i've decided to make the effort to do it myself. my main desire to be able to play all the latest games on highest settings; i will be using it for very little other than gaming and surfing.

also, if anyone can point me in the direction of a good (simple) assembly guide, that would be very helpful also!

cheers

Grimley · 4 Nov 2010 at 18:41

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How's this?

As for the system build guide, have a look here.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18046396

Grimley · 4 Nov 2010 at 18:53

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AMD spec with an SSD if you want that instead.

Jony27 · 4 Nov 2010 at 19:09

2x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 - £409.98

Samsung P2450H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - £179.99

Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - £140.99

MSI P55-GD65 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard - £99.99

OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive - £99.99

XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply - £69.99

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel - £65.99

Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - £62.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - £41.11

Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler - £35.99

Pioneer DVR-S18L 22x DVD±RW SATA Labelflash ReWriter - 18.99

Sub Total : £1,043.41
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i5,crossfire 6870,ssd and 24" monitor. what do you think? could always wait for 69xx series this month?

stulid · 4 Nov 2010 at 19:46

Jony27 said:
2x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 - £409.98

Samsung P2450H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - £179.99

Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - £140.99

MSI P55-GD65 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard - £99.99

OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive - £99.99

XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply - £69.99

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel - £65.99

Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - £62.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - £41.11

Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler - £35.99

Pioneer DVR-S18L 22x DVD±RW SATA Labelflash ReWriter - 18.99

Sub Total : £1,043.41
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 17.50%
VAT : £185.00
Total : £1,242.16

i5,crossfire 6870,ssd and 24" monitor. what do you think? could always wait for 69xx series this month?

This is perfect.

franco_22 · 4 Nov 2010 at 20:49

Jony27 said:
2x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 - £409.98

Samsung P2450H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - £179.99

Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - £140.99

MSI P55-GD65 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard - £99.99

OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive - £99.99

XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply - £69.99

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel - £65.99

Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - £62.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - £41.11

Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler - £35.99

Pioneer DVR-S18L 22x DVD±RW SATA Labelflash ReWriter - 18.99

Sub Total : £1,043.41
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 17.50%
VAT : £185.00
Total : £1,242.16

i5,crossfire 6870,ssd and 24" monitor. what do you think? could always wait for 69xx series this month?

+1 That's perfect.

Walsandrew · 5 Nov 2010 at 10:25

thanks for the responses guys. both seem like really good builds to me but at the same time that's not saying much

i do however know enough to notice they are both quite different. for instance jony, your build includes two graphics cards whilst only paying £150 for your cpu. grimley however you go for a far more expensive cpu in the krypton black ops overclocked bundle coming in at £600 while you go for a slightly cheaper graphics card and only one of them.

so i guess my question is this. what are the benefits of each build over the other? what are the benefits of having 2 graphics cards as opposed to just one, would going for a less expesnive cpu in any way hinder my performace, and also jony, what is the 69xx series which you refer to?

as i'm sure you can tell, i know extremely little so i'm sorry if my questions come across a little ignorant. the important thing is i am trying to learn! thanks for any and help once again guys

Mayfair · 5 Nov 2010 at 11:16

Walsandrew said:
would going for a less expesnive cpu in any way hinder my performace

Here you can view the thread that was on-going a while ago, In regards to 'Is i7 better than i5 for gaming' - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18195352

I personally would go for the i5 spec with 2x 6870's and the SSD from Jony27.

skylineboy · 5 Nov 2010 at 12:32

For what you are hoping to use the pc for you would find no hindrance in going for the i5 760.
You could go for just one 6870 to further save money on the build and then add in if you feel it is required.

Walsandrew · 5 Nov 2010 at 12:41

cheers for that. very informative link there! with regards the graphics cards, what are the benefits of the dual 6870's against just one say? also, can anyone tell me a little about the 69xx series?

edit: posed in reply to mayfair's post.

Walsandrew · 5 Nov 2010 at 21:04

can anyone tell me? sorry, i am sure this must seem like the most obvious question to all the knowledgeable people on here. but i am still learning and i don't know how two of the same graphics cards as opposed to just the one would benefit a gaming pc such as the one am i intending to build.

thanks.