Spec me a gaming rig for £800

Murray · 12 Apr 2011 at 13:58

Would like it to be the best possible for gaming things i have are

Monitor
Case
Keyboard
Mouse
OS
CD Drive

Would like it to possible have the option for crossfire in the future.

Fire away

Redmint · 12 Apr 2011 at 14:18

MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
(£166.66) £199.99
(£166.66)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £139.98
(£116.65) £139.98
(£116.65)
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Antec TruePower New Modular 750W Power Supply - With FREE 3D Mark 2011 Advance £87.98
(£73.32) £87.98
(£73.32)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £74.39
(£61.99) £74.39
(£61.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)

Sub Total : £686.07
Shipping cost based on delivery to paypal address, with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £137.21
Total : £823.28

Those SSDs are due in on the 18th, everything else is in stock now.

Murray · 12 Apr 2011 at 15:43

any other opinions?

Reaper 392 · 12 Apr 2011 at 15:43

to save some cash, go for the above build, but with 4GB RAM. you really dont need any more for gaming, especially with the 2GB dedicated graphics RAM

something like this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-057-GS

stulid · 12 Apr 2011 at 15:47

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Palit GeForce GTX 580 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
(£316.66) £379.99
(£316.66)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3 Intel P67 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £104.98
(£87.48) £104.98
(£87.48)
OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply £50.99
(£42.49) £50.99
(£42.49)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £36.98
(£30.82) £36.98
(£30.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £653.25
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £132.65
Total : £795.90

NO sli/crossfire with that board really.

Neonine · 12 Apr 2011 at 15:57

stulid said:
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Palit GeForce GTX 580 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
(£316.66) £379.99
(£316.66)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3 Intel P67 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £104.98
(£87.48) £104.98
(£87.48)
OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply £50.99
(£42.49) £50.99
(£42.49)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £36.98
(£30.82) £36.98
(£30.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £653.25
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £132.65
Total : £795.90

NO sli/crossfire with that board really.

+1 for Stulid's build but with one slight change - I would consider the
MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard @ £109.99 if your thinking of SLI in the future as this board will run @ x8 / x8 but it is out of stock at the moment :-/

Redmint · 12 Apr 2011 at 15:59

^ No SLI with that PSU either.

Nvidiot · 12 Apr 2011 at 16:04

stulid said:
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Palit GeForce GTX 580 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
(£316.66) £379.99
(£316.66)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3 Intel P67 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £104.98
(£87.48) £104.98
(£87.48)
OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply £50.99
(£42.49) £50.99
(£42.49)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £36.98
(£30.82) £36.98
(£30.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £653.25
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £132.65
Total : £795.90

NO sli/crossfire with that board really.

Thats amazing!!!! and the GTX580 is a beast

Reaper 392 · 12 Apr 2011 at 16:06

Neonine said:
+1 for Stulid's build but with one slight change - I would consider the
MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard @ £109.99 if your thinking of SLI in the future as this board will run @ x8 / x8 but it is out of stock at the moment :-/

where did you find it will do x8/x8 SLI/crossfire?

i have found plenty of places that say it has two x16 slots, and plenty of places that it does crossfire/SLI, but nowhere that says what speed it will do crossfire/SLI at

Murray · 12 Apr 2011 at 16:10

How would these specs run most recent games?

Reaper 392 · 12 Apr 2011 at 16:14

Murray said:
How would these specs run most recent games?

this is roughly how they would run most recent games:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/292?vs=305
the HD 6950 can be 'flashed' to become a 6970, which is why i compared the 6970, not the 6950

dont forget, the spec with the GTX580 doesnt have an SSD, so you wont get those super fast loading times with it, but the game framerate will be better

Nvidiot · 12 Apr 2011 at 16:14

Murray said:
How would these specs run most recent games?

A GTX580 is the fastest single Gpu card on the market, so if it struggles then lesser cards would struggle even more.

GURu3D review - http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-580-review/10

sk82jack · 12 Apr 2011 at 16:38

Reaper 392 said:
where did you find it will do x8/x8 SLI/crossfire?

i have found plenty of places that say it has two x16 slots, and plenty of places that it does crossfire/SLI, but nowhere that says what speed it will do crossfire/SLI at

Here is a good comparison list that gives all that sort of info

Murray · 12 Apr 2011 at 16:43

I cant find the RAM that Stulid suggested?

Seems a higher price.

Nvidiot · 12 Apr 2011 at 16:49

Murray said:
I cant find the RAM that Stulid suggested?

Seems a higher price.

It was there,

its disapperared of the product page within 30mins!!!!!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-221-OC

As an alternative, just sort the DDR3 ram list by price and get the cheapest.

sk82jack · 12 Apr 2011 at 16:53

OCZ Special OPS 4GB

Murray · 12 Apr 2011 at 16:55

Thanks

Redmint · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:17

Keep in mind if you wanted to go dual cards in the future you'd need a higher power PSU such as the one I suggested.

Nvidiot · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:21

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497

its much cheaper than that Antec.

Found a good informative review - http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/XFX-PRO-750-W-Power-Supply-Review/1182

Murray · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:44

Anymore specs before i order

or does everyone think i should use the one Stulid suggests?

If i need to go crossfire i can just upgrade the PSU