Spec me - gaming computer

stokecity_m · 16 Apr 2009 at 18:12

Sorry for yet another one for you guys to look at.

I'm looking for a good gaming PC, that will be able to play the latest games for at least 3 years.

i was looking at the i7 CPU, are they worth the extra over the intel quad core ones?

Same with ram, is DDR3 much better then DDR2?

just after the base unit.
no need for a monitor, as i like my current lg 22" enough for now.
sound card would be a bonus, but it's not needed.

would also need an operating system.

Budget.

£1000 and £1300

RJC · 16 Apr 2009 at 18:32

My Effort

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail£250.99
(£218.25)£250.99
(£218.25)

Asus P6T Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £209.29
(£181.99)£209.29
(£181.99)

Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £198.00
(£172.17)£198.00
(£172.17)

Corsair HX 620W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-620HXUK)£108.99
(£94.77)£108.99
(£94.77)

Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1600C9)£93.99
(£81.73)£93.99
(£81.73)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939)£91.99
(£79.99)£91.99
(£79.99)

Lian Li PC-7 YCF B PLUS II Aluminium Case Side Window & Fan - Black (No PSU)£87.99
(£76.51)£87.99
(£76.51)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ)£65.54
(£56.99)£65.54
(£56.99) Sub Total :£962.40Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout)Shipping :£12.50VAT is being charged at 15%VAT :£146.24 Total :£1,121.14

Richdog · 16 Apr 2009 at 18:38

stokecity_m said:
I'm looking for a good gaming PC, that will be able to play the latest games for at least 3 years.

Not going to happen, DX11 is out 'soon' and in even only 2 years the graphics market will likely be very different. Aim for lasting 1-2 years max, and then you will likely need to change GPU.

siumatfung · 16 Apr 2009 at 18:58

icey_haj · 16 Apr 2009 at 19:04

EDIT: Forgot to add Vista Home Premium 64-bit.

stokecity_m · 16 Apr 2009 at 19:32

cheers guys.

regarding the games.

i'd like to play the current games in "high" mode, as long as i can play the new games in 3 years on low setting that will be fine.

stokecity_m · 16 Apr 2009 at 19:35

also a quick note, would it help in maybe a year adding a second graphics card?

siumatfung · 16 Apr 2009 at 19:37

yes

i was trying to fit a 4870x2 into the spec but i couldnt really but with all these specs it should be fine @1650x1050 res

stokecity_m · 16 Apr 2009 at 19:39

so as long as the graphics cards are the same, it's good to have two?

siumatfung · 16 Apr 2009 at 19:40

well yes 2 is better than one in most circumstances so guess you can build this one then when the games get more demanding add a 2nd init

Kennysevenfold · 16 Apr 2009 at 21:06

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £250.99
(£218.25) £250.99
(£218.25)

Asus P6T Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £209.29
(£181.99) £209.29
(£181.99)

HIS ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £199.99
(£173.90) £199.99
(£173.90)

Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 750W ATX2.2 Modular SLi Compliant Power Supply £120.99
(£105.21) £120.99
(£105.21)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £91.99
(£79.99) £91.99
(£79.99)

OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (OCZ3G1600LV6GK) £82.98
(£72.16) £82.98
(£72.16)

Lian-Li PC-60B PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black (No PSU) £80.49
(£69.99) £80.49
(£69.99)

Pioneer BDC-S02BK 5x BluRay-ROM/12x DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £69.99
(£60.86) £69.99
(£60.86)

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium 7.1 Sound Card (70SB088000000) £67.99
(£59.12) £67.99
(£59.12)

Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS) £62.09
(£53.99) £62.09
(£53.99)

Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366) £57.49
(£49.99) £57.49
(£49.99) Sub Total : £1,125.45 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £170.88 Total : £1,297.08

D D Danneh · 16 Apr 2009 at 21:19

Plenty of good specs here. I like kenny's, but swap the 4890 for an asus one. I don't know how much the voltage tweak might help, but for a tiny bit more, might as well, eh?