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

Murray · 12 Apr 2011 at 15:43

any other opinions?

Murray · 12 Apr 2011 at 16:10

How would these specs run most recent games?

Murray · 12 Apr 2011 at 16:43

I cant find the RAM that Stulid suggested?

Seems a higher price.

Murray · 12 Apr 2011 at 16:55

Thanks

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

Murray · 12 Apr 2011 at 20:58

Might get a new case anyone got some suggestions?

Edit : This one seems pretty nice

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-037-ZA&tool=3

Murray · 13 Apr 2011 at 12:01

One last question is SB still powerful without OC?

Murray · 15 Apr 2011 at 11:16

Here is the final build what do you think?

Murray · 15 Apr 2011 at 14:41

Yeah was thinking get Stulid's build then later on add an SSD and probably a new Monitor or Keyboard

Murray · 15 Apr 2011 at 14:46

Would maybe be better waiting then just to get the wow factor

Murray · 21 Apr 2011 at 13:31

Ordered today and managed to get the free game with the CPU as well which i was not expecting so good times

Murray · 21 Apr 2011 at 13:35

Will do!

Murray · 21 Apr 2011 at 13:44

Palit GeForce GTX 580 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £308.32

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £141.66

Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3 Intel P67 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £95.82

OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply £42.49

Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £37.49

OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £31.66

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £25.82

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £14.99

LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.99

Murray · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:18

One quick question does the CPU come with thermal paste. Just so i know before it arrives.

Murray · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:21

Ok thanks delivery is Tuesday will post build pictures

Murray · 26 Apr 2011 at 11:19

Rig has arrived all well and good unpacked everything is fine. pictures uploaded shortly.

The actual build is tomorrow because this is my first so someone i know is going to help me

Murray · 26 Apr 2011 at 11:27

Sorry for image quality it is on my phone which has a 3.2 MP camera.

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Huge card

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All the components.

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Components and case.

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Case

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Free game that arrived with the i5.

I did open everything and check it was ok but didn't think it was worth taking pictures of other stuff.

Build is tomorrow so stay tuned.

Murray · 27 Apr 2011 at 16:15

doing my build and does the ATX_12V_2X4 socket on the mobo get connected to the PSU with the CPU1 and CPU2 cable from PSU.

Murray · 27 Apr 2011 at 16:30

Also the case doesn't seem to have a caddy for the HDD any ideas?