Spec Me A Gaming Rig?

travisf5

travisf5

travisf5

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Hey guys, this is my first time posting on these forums. I've bought pre-Built systems from OC's before but I really want to build my own computer, I've never done it and it's something I've always wanted to do.

My budget is £700 and I also need to buy a copy of windows 7 so if you could factor that into the price I would be grateful.

The rig would mainly be for gaming.

Thanks. :)
 
*edit*
had a major look over the build i posted originally to see where i could save money. the 560Ti uses a lot less power than i thought it did, so i could get a smaller PSU without any problems


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £178.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £155.99
1 x MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** *WITH FREE MSI GRENADE* £114.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £29.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £23.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £706.28 (includes shipping : £12.50).

got the SLI compatable motherboard and its only a hare over budget
 
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travisf5 said:
Thanks for the spec, would I be be able to OC the CPU with that setup?
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you certainly would. you should see at least a 4.6Ghz OC.

the RAM being a lower speed shouldnt be an issue because sandybridge overclocking is purely multiplier based and doesnt affect the ram (however, i'm very happy to be proved wrong here)

there is very little difference between 1333Mhz RAM and 1600Mhz ram these days, except on the Llano processors onboard graphics. my ram is suppost to be 1600Mhz, but its been at 1333Mhz for ages because i CBA to change it :p
 
if you like it, i dont see why not.
hey reaper, i see you have specced a SLI motherboard with a 530w PSU, i think it's pointless to have a SLI/CF mobo when you have to buy a new PSU when you decide to get a second GPU.
so, either dump the mobo for the C45 version or up the PSU
 
Jony27 said:
if you like it, i dont see why not.
hey reaper, i see you have specced a SLI motherboard with a 530w PSU, i think it's pointless to have a SLI/CF mobo when you have to buy a new PSU when you decide to get a second GPU.
so, either dump the mobo for the C45 version or up the PSU
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Yea...it would make more sense to drop the motherboard board to lower since the PSU ain't gonna be able to cope with GTX560TI SLI in the future, and use the money saved and get the MSI 6950 TwinFrozRIII 2GB instead:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-128-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752
 
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