Spec me an £800 set up

Erich Kriegler

Erich Kriegler

Erich Kriegler

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I'll be needing everything (OS, mouse, keyboard and monitor) and it'll be used for playing games like BF3 and Skyrim. I've got a rough idea of what I want. I was looking at the 560ti as the graphics card.

I'll be able to spend a little bit more if it is worth it so the £800 isn't too rigid.
 
£800

Sounds like you could take a system like I'm building a few threads up and just round it out with extra peripherals.

Lets see. All the below you could surely get from the Overclockers shop which I just found out existed (google took me straight to the forums, sorry OCuk shop)

PSU: 650w OCZ 80+ Bronze ZS series. - £60
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-056-OC

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-880GM-USB3 AMD 880G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard - £52
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-369-GI&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=1782

Processor: AMD Phenom II x4 965 Black Edition - £100
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-253-AM

Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 6870 - £120
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-205-XF&tool=3

HDD: 500GB Seagate Barracude 7200.12 SATA III - £50
can't find one of these on OCuk, but they're around.

Optical Drive: Sony 24x AD 7280S-0B Internal DVD-RAM - £20
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-046-OT

Memory: 4GB Corsair 2x2GB 1333 DDR3 - £23
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-330-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=

Extra Cooling: 2x 120mm cooling fans. Check ebay, should get 2 for around £12

Case Aerocool VS-3 Advanced Midi Tower Case Black - £35
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-012-AE

Thats about £475

Keyboard: CM Storm Quickfire Mechanical gaming keyboard - £63

Mouse: Razer Abyssus gaming mouse - £33

Monitor: Samsung S24B300BS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - £140

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium x64 bit - £80

That all comes to £316.

TOTAL AMOUNT - £790 give or take.

And that should play games like Skyrim on High, maybe Ultra but you'd be nearing 30FPS.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x XFX HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2208HDD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache WD10EALX - OEM £74.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £41.99
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £39.95
1 x Cooler Master Elite Power 500W Power Supply £32.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £31.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x Logitech K120 Keyboard (920-002524) £7.98
Total : £869.10 (includes shipping : £19.10).




A chunk over budget but you could drop the Tranquillo if you don't want to overclock the CPU, which will bring it closer.
 
I'd avoid AMD like the plague

YOUR BASKET
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2208HDD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £95.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DL002) £74.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £41.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £40.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £806.17 (includes shipping : £19.10).



or

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 560Ti "448 Edition" 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2208HDD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £74.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £41.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £40.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £884.18 (includes shipping : £19.10).




You could consider using the developers copy of windows 8 for a while. We could then reuse that £80 towards a better CPU or GPU for example
 
Thanks for the advice. Here's my basket at the moment. Is this any good? I also like the second set up posted by honosuseri.

Is it worth spending extra on this graphics card?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-154-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411

Or would this be a better alternative to the graphics card picture below?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-074-GI

Looks like I've forgotten the hard drive.

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kcon1 said:
Thanks I'm also looking at this graphics card. Will a refurbished card be ok?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-162-OK

Think I might get this case instead too.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-037-ZA
Click to expand...

Very nice case for the price, fan controller etc...

That is a good card. Only a year warranty,

- 1yr Warranty with OcUK
- This is a refurbished fully functional product, it may have minor visual defects and is just a bare card, no cables, drivers etc.
Click to expand...
Shouldn't be an issue, but worth noting.

If you can stretch to a 7850 its a very good option.
 
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