Spec me around my CPU & MB

Snomad · 21 Jan 2013 at 08:26

Hi guys could you spec me rest of the parts for my budget gaming rig please

I have AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core and motherboard is a
ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+.

I have budget of £400, £450 at a push

Thanks guys can't wait to see what you guys come up with

IncognitoX · 21 Jan 2013 at 09:37

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Cooler Master GX 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.95
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £46.98
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Apache II CD903 CPU-Cooler - 92mm (Socket LGA775/1155/1156 AMD AM2/AM3/FM1) £10.99
Total : £448.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Assumed the £450 budget was outside the price of the CPU + MB?
Assumed you wanted reasonable GFX
Included a boot drive SSD (60gb)
included a cheap after market cooler incase OCing?

Idleman · 21 Jan 2013 at 10:33

No ssd, but bigger hdd and better Psu and cooler.
Do you have an OS?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-255-SE) £58
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £26.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £401.53 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Snomad · 21 Jan 2013 at 10:53

the SSD is Intel, my Rig is AMD so would this not be compatible?

Snomad · 21 Jan 2013 at 11:03

I don't have OS, bloody expensive for 64bit w7

Idleman · 21 Jan 2013 at 11:10

the SSD is Intel, my Rig is AMD so would this not be compatible?

Makes no difference what ssd manufacturer you use.

I don't have OS, bloody expensive for 64bit w7

Do you have an old OS, XP or Vista, that you could upgrade.
If not, try the Win 8 Evaluation until you can afford to buy it or Win7 if you don`t.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/jj554510.aspx

If you could add another £20+ to your budget, you could get the OS with my spec.

IncognitoX · 21 Jan 2013 at 11:26

-For some reason, I would never buy a used HDD.
-Case is personal preference.
-Chose the CPU cooler because its seriously low profile, and the fans in the Zalman give a constant cool air stream.

Idleman · 21 Jan 2013 at 11:35

IncognitoX said:
-For some reason, I would never buy a used HDD.
-Case is personal preference.
-Chose the CPU cooler because its seriously low profile, and the fans in the Zalman give a constant cool air stream.

I have at least 6 hdds which I bought in the members market. And the only hdd I have had a problem with, is the one I bought new. Hdd`s like Psu`s etc, can sometimes be a lottery, as to whether you get a good one or a dodgy one.