Spec me a gaming rig for £800-850 please!

neo202020

neo202020

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Hi folks,

Upgrading from the PC in my sig.

I have a 24" 1920X1080 monitor which I'm happy to keep. I also have an Akasa Zen case which I'm happy to use for the new rig provided it'll fit etc. So, I don't need a monitor or any other peripherals and may/may not need a new case.

I mostly play FPS, RPGs, RTS etc.

I'm looking for top performance in current games like BF3 and as much future-proofing as possible. I tend to upgrade my desktop once every 5-6 years so I'd like this one to last me that long. My upgrade criteria is usually when I'm unable to play the latest games at all - I just reached this point with BF3.

Thanks a lot in advance!
 
Provind you can re-use your old case and possible DVD-RW? (if its SATA)



YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III OC V2 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Sleeping Dogs PC Game £263.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Crucial V4 256GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive £99.95
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £43.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £28
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £27.59
Total : £900.06 (includes shipping : £10.50).



Over budget but that should last you a fair old while before needed to be upgraded.

EDIT. Might need a different PSU. Does anyone know what connectors the GPU requires?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with FREE Sleeping Dogs, Nexuiz, Dirt Showdown & CODMW2 PC Games £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £28
Total : £894.90 (includes shipping : FREE).




reuse your case
i know you play bf3 and that nvidia cards run bf3 better than ati cards, but valuewise, the 7950 is pretty much unbeatable at the moment
 
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You can adjust the above to,


YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with FREE Sleeping Dogs, Nexuiz, Dirt Showdown & CODMW2 PC Games £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Crucial V4 256GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer M 520W "80+ Bronze" Modular Power Supply £69.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £43.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB2133C11DC) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £27.59
Total : £903.46 (includes shipping : £10.00).




• faster RAM
• faster clocked 7950 with three free games.
• PSU is made by seasonic.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III OC V2 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Sleeping Dogs PC Game £263.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ / ST1000DM005) £67.99
1 x Adata S510 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - Retail with Acronis True Image £64.99
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £28
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £27.59
Total : £872.60 (includes shipping : £0).



Twin Frozr 7950 has 3 year warranty.
Hard drive is 1 TB and has a 3 year warranty.
Went with 128GB SSD to save money, but its worse value per GB.
Not sure if its worth spending extra money to get a PSU is made by seasonic.
 
I think I might be able to save money on the PSU because mine is good enough from what I can tell:

Antec TruePower Trio 550W... I am fairly sure it has all the connectors I'm going to need, right?
 
That power supply should be OK for now, I would look to upgrade to a new one in the future. You might want to upgrade your case as well at some point but it should be fine.
I would just go with my spec and change the SSD for the Crucial V4 256GB or save the spare money.
On a side note, I personally don't understand this idea of 'future proofing'. I think you will get better performance for your money at all points in time if you only buy what you need and upgrade more regularly. If you don't need the extra power of the 7950 over say a 7850 you would be better to save the money and upgrade sooner in 2-3 years time. I guess that requires the extra effort of changing the GPU more often, but that isn't exactly hard.
 
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