Gaming PC £800

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DodgyTurk

Member
Hey guys, I wanted to make sure this was good build for games such as CS:S, BF3 and WoW before I bought my new PC. My budget is £800-£900 and I have all of the peripherals sorted. I will be using it with my 28" 1080p HDTV.


Case
COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500 Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67 LE: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™

Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)

Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready

Free Item
FREE Batman Arkham City with any Nvidia® GeForce GTX560 or above!

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)

Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1155/1156 STANDARD CPU COOLER

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£19)


I heard cabled connections are better for gaming - is this true? Also, would adding this to the build make a difference: SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)



Many thanks,
DodgyTurk.
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
um get the 750gb HDD seeing as its a fiver more plus you get double the cache for extra speed

and yes, definitely get the triple copper cooler, much much better, and make sure you have the silver warranty for a fiver, well worth it
 
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DanteWilhelm

Bright Spark
ALLOW ME TO BE SUPER HELPFUL HERE


THIS IS WHAT I ORDERED, STRETCH YOUR BUDGET, GO ON ;)






Case COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE

Intel® Core™i5-2500 Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard ASUS® P8P67 LE: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™

Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready

2nd Graphics Card NONE

3rd Graphics Card NONE

Memory - 1st Hard Disk 500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk NONE

RAID NONE

SSD CACHE DRIVE NONE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE

Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT


CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)


SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Floppy Disk Drive NONE

Firewire & Video Editing NONE

TV Card NONE

Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Office Software NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Monitor NONE

2nd Monitor NONE

DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables NONE

Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision NONE

Keyboard & Mouse NONE

Mouse NONE

Speakers NONE

Webcam NONE

Headsets (VOIP) NONE

Surge Protection NONE

Printer NONE

External Hard Drive NONE

Warranty 3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

Home Installation NONE

Data Recovery NONE

Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days

Pricing Information

Price (excluding VAT) £717.50
Price £861.00
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
no need for 2GB graphics card unless on multiple monitors, the 1gb is more than enough

and you missed out the silver warranty

and you didnt get a caviar black 750gb drive

so it seems that his is probably a much more balanced build.. just saying
 
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DanteWilhelm

Bright Spark
but i don't want the 750gb caviar hard drive.

this card will be good for the future for when you do need 2gb graphics cards.

well as for the warranty i wasn't even planning on spending this much.
 
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DodgyTurk

Member
Thanks for pointing that out Wozza

I now have an extra 250GB of space for £5 :D

anyone one got any opinions on the wired/wireless connection?
 
Fear

Fear

Prolific Poster
DodgyTurk said:
Thanks for pointing that out Wozza

I now have an extra 250GB of space for £5 :D

anyone one got any opinions on the wired/wireless connection?
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I will always point towards wired for internet gaming as it is the most reliable, if you can connect straight to the modem is best but if not have a look at getting a set of homeplugs.

Oh and good choice sticking with the Caviar black drive as they will read/write faster than the older ATA drive Dante was on about plus they are more energy efficient.
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
getting the 2GB is not futureproofing considering no games even use 1GB and when they do, the actual architecture on your card will be outdated meaning you need to lower the settings and you will never use over 1GB

also like someone said, the caviar blacks are much faster

and 99.9999999999999% of people on this forum will say the silver warranty cannot be missed at that price
 
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DanteWilhelm

Bright Spark
Wozza365 said:
getting the 2GB is not futureproofing considering no games even use 1GB and when they do, the actual architecture on your card will be outdated meaning you need to lower the settings and you will never use over 1GB

also like someone said, the caviar blacks are much faster

and 99.9999999999999% of people on this forum will say the silver warranty cannot be missed at that price
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this build was originally going to be £780, ended up costing £860, I don't care what's better, I've already spent way more than I intended to.
 
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