Spec Me a gaming rig

Dogfood09

Dogfood09

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Guys ,

Looking to build a gaming rig for my old man , however he does have a few restrictions. Need the whole lot , building from ground up , unsure of budget at the moment , just want to get a few suggestions first , The case must be a desktop case , no towers as it has to fit in his cupboard so the dimensions of the case are as follows
H - 5.5 but max of 6.5"
W - 14"
D - 15.5"

Must have 1tb Storage
Need a good gaming card , will be connected to my LCD HD Ready tv which has a max res of 1360x768 @60hz , I am open to suggestions , the main use will be for gaming.

Thanks in Advance
Dog
 
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Club 3D ATI Radeon HD 5770 512MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £112.99
(£96.16) £112.99
(£96.16)
Intel Core i3 530 2.93GHz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £103.99
(£88.50) £103.99
(£88.50)
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 Low-Voltage Dual Channel (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) £89.98
(£76.58) £89.98
(£76.58)
Gigabyte GA-P55-US3L Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
(£70.63) £82.99
(£70.63)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.99
(£70.63) £82.99
(£70.63)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £56.99
(£48.50) £56.99
(£48.50)
OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent Power Supply £46.99
(£39.99) £46.99
(£39.99)
Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard (967929-0120) £25.99
(£22.12) £25.99
(£22.12)
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (30SB057000000) £22.99
(£19.57) £22.99
(£19.57)
Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (910-000616) £21.98
(£18.71) £21.98
(£18.71)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1156 / 1366) £18.99
(£16.16) £18.99
(£16.16)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £580.31
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £103.39
Total : £694.20
 
Very difficult given suggestion unless there is a budget. Your resolution is kind off low so a kick ass gaming card won't be needed. Give me a budget and I'll give you a good spec for that budget.
 
Can swap a few things round if you like

Couldn't find a case with your specific H x W X L so maybe someone can spec you that.

What sort of games will he be playing?
 
Thanks ,

Will be playing the latest games and upcoming games , prefer mainly Driving and FPS Shooters, like BC2 , I`m not sure of a budget yet , depends on how far my old man wants to go , i know he really needs a decent monitor tho. However i forgot to mention that he dont need O/S , Optical Drive , Sound Card ( Onboard sound would be ok ) and Keyboard and mouse.

Dog
 
The first and foremost thing to sort is a case.

Your case dimensions are rather small. Silverstone Sugo SG01B-F Evolution Aluminium Micro-ATX Case at £80 may fit the bill? Won't be the coolest rig and as such OC'ing and hot graphics cards may provide headroom limits.

The dimensions you specify would also indicate a Micro ATX motherboard, the likes of an Asus P7H55-M Intel H55 at £65 or Gigabyte P55 UD2M at £90 with 4gb of DDR3 and either a i3 or i5 processor may well fit the bill.
 
£870 posted

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I would get soemthing like this, you could drop down to a 5770 to bring the cost down if it doesnt fit your budget. Just needs a case wasnt to sure which would be best at that werid size Lmao.

 
Ok , Have a budget of around £300 , Decided to keep the original case , same as the dimensions above , So i am looking for Mobo , VGA , RAM , CPU , PSU and Cooling i know £300 aint much to go on , but be honest if i cant get a decent gaming rig for that , let me know ,
Thanks Again
 
The problem you'll find is that in a decent gaming rig you will normally be spending over £300 just on the mobo, cpu, RAM and GPU, which means that you are overbudget even before getting a PSU.

Basically your only option would be to look secondhand if you want a 'decent gaming rig' at that price.
 
For £550 you can still get a 1TB hd and the rest of the system is decent aswell. I would get soemthing like this.



this is the best i could do trying to stick to £300, not sure if every even works together XD.

 
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