spec me a rig with monitor for £1000

[astar0]

Hi All,

I have a £1000 budget to buy a new gaming rig with a full HD gaming monitor.

I only need the base unit and monitor. I have a decent keyboard, mouse and a spare win7 x64 key OS which i can use.

Thanks,
astar0

 

[Hyburnate]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £119.99
1 x Asus VE228H 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Lepa B-Series 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £94.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £86.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £56.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £47.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £888.40 (includes shipping : £13.75).



You can upgrade parts if you want to spend the full 1k

 

[astar0]

thanks! anyone else recommend anything else? is Z68 chipset the best one to go for?

 

[Hyburnate]

Its probably the best on the market at the moment as it has pretty much everything.

 

[trisonetwo]

pretty much if you plan on overclocking - unless your not fussed about quality and features. I picked up the UD3 board for £100 which is a tad cheaper but not so future-proof.

 

[Tibbz2]

Maybe get the 6950 instead if you plan on gaming to the max...

 

[bobbarley]

Remove the SSD if you want to stay in budget.

 

[Reaper 392]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £233.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £94.99
1 x OcUK V-Line 221V2SB 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £94.99
1 x Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower Case with Window - Black £82.99
1 x OcUK H²Flo Extreme Liquid CPU Cooler with Two Gelid Silent 120mm Quiet Fan (Socket LGA1366/1155/1156/775/AM2/AM3) £58.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £47.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £43.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £959.60 (includes shipping : £14.75).

should be much better than the two builds above

 

[Jony27]

my attempt

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 & Deus Ex PC Games £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
1 x Asus VH242H 24" Widescreen LCD Multimedia Monitor - Black £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £74.99
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £74.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £57.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £56.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,000.98 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 

[astar0]

Thanks for all your posts!