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Build Advice Need Help With A Gaming PC Build

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by oliverr97, 31 Jul 2011.

  1. oliverr97

    oliverr97 What's a Dremel?

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    I am looking into buying a new Pc for around the £650 price mark, mainly for Gaming and other general use. I probably will be doing some overclocking on it and i don't need any peripherals, or a monitor or OS. I will be playing at 1920 x1080. Here is my list so far, is this build ok?



    Intel i5-2500k
    Corsair Vengeance 4gb (2x2gb)
    Samsung Spinpoint F3 1tb
    Msi Gtx 560 Ti Twin Frozr II/OC 1gb
    Coolermaster Haf 912 Plus
    MSI P67A-GD53
    Corsair Cx430
    Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus

    Thanks :D
     
  2. westham101

    westham101 MWN Gamer

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    Looks fine to me mate, Get 1600MHz ram.
    You will definately need a higher wattage Powersupply!!!!
    I would suggest a 650watt powersupply.
    Corsair HX 650watt - £97 -85% (Modular)
    Enermax Modu87+ 700watt - £145 - 91% (Modular)
     
  3. xaser04

    xaser04 Ba Ba Ba BANANA!

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    He doesn't *need* a higher wattage PSU it would just be beneficial for future upgrades. The two you have listed are also far too expensive considering the total build cost.

    For £650 I would build the following:

    Case - BitFenix Shinobi - £50
    PSU - BeQuiet L7 530w - £44 (I run this myself - PC in sig)
    MB - MSI P67A-GD53/55 - £115
    CPU - i5 2500k Retail - £160
    Memory - 4GB (2x2) PC12800 DDR3 - £30
    GPU - GTXHD6870 - £140
    HD (boot) - Crucial M4 64GB - £90
    HD (Storage) - Spinpoint F3 1TB - £45

    Total: £674

    Slightly over budget but you get the major advantage of a SSD acting a boot / primary gaming drive (enough for a couple of games).

    The i5 2500k / HD6870 combo will be enough for the majority of games at 1080p w/ high settings. A GTX560 or even the 560Ti would be alternatives although you would probably have to sacrifice the SSD in order get the latter.

    Personally, I would lose a bit of GPU grunt to gain the advantages of the SSD although that choice is entirely down to personal preference and whether you are willing to sacrifice one thing to gain something else.
     
  4. Parge

    Parge the worst Super Moderator

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    Agree with this. Also agree the BeQuiet 530w would be a great choice.
     
  5. fdbh96

    fdbh96 What's a Dremel?

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    Due to it being a gaming pc you would better off with a 560ti than a 6870 & ssd. Also the arctic freezer 7 is a better CPU cooler.
     
  6. Parge

    Parge the worst Super Moderator

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    All the same, I'd definitely be looking to stick an SSD there if possible, even if its just a 40GB one for your Win7 install.
     
  7. Kemp

    Kemp Minimodder

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    There's a name I haven't heard in a while. :hehe:
     
  8. chewbaccas_nan

    chewbaccas_nan Minimodder

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    He could not bother with a cpu cooler and buy a better gpu for the moment if he's not planning on overclocking just yet and buy the cooler at a later date when he's ready.
     
  9. xaser04

    xaser04 Ba Ba Ba BANANA!

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    At this budget a CPU cooler can wait, Core components take priority; especially as SB runs relatively cool even on the stock cooler.

    Changing to the GTX560TI is a valid point (hence why I made a caveat in my post above) although personally I wouldn't want to sacrifice a SSD to gain an extra few FPS.

    An ideal scenario for the Op would be to get a good balanced system now with a GPU that can cope with 1080p gaming (so a HD6850-HD6870 / GTX460-GTX560), and then upgrade to the next gen cards proper later on this year.

    Anyway to summarise:

    If the op wants balls out gaming performance then sacrifice the SSD and get a faster GPU. If he wants a more all round pc that will also east up the games get a slightly slower GPU and use the balance of the budget to get a decent SSD.

    Drop in a aftermarket cpu cooler in 1-2 months when the build has "bedded in".
     
  10. Sponge12349

    Sponge12349 (づ。◕‿‿◕。)づ ︵ ┻━┻

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    What about this lot for £378?
    http://www.scan.co.uk/todayonly/

    Coolermaster CM 690 II Advanced Dominator
    650W Antec TruePower
    Intel Core i5 2500K
    1TB Western Digital Caviar Green
    8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3
    Pioneer DVD+RW
     
  11. meandmymouth

    meandmymouth Multimodder

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    Add in a GPU and SSD and you'll still be a decent bit under the £650 budget
     
  12. stefan442

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    plus a 2gb 6950 for 200 notes and a ssd = win

    just noticed.... no mobo!! :duh:
     
  13. meandmymouth

    meandmymouth Multimodder

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    I failed at that too... oops
     
  14. Chebob

    Chebob What's a Dremel?

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    Im looking to build a gaming pc atm aswell, Im building it around a i5 2500k (£140) 2gb 6950 (£200, 2GB so it can be flashed to a 6970) and maybe an ssd, so its pretty similar to what others are suggesting, if you want you could drop the ssd and get a 6990, but it would still end up costing maybe £100 more overall but its worth considering.

    Edit before ive posted: Look at my excellent budgeting skills :/
     
  15. westham101

    westham101 MWN Gamer

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    Didnt see his budget sorry.

    Also he actually does need a higher wattage powersupply! A 430 watt powersupply shouldnt be the choice for a i5 2500k and a gtx 560TI overclocked twin frozer II edition.
    http://educations.newegg.com/tool/psucalc/index.html
    Enter all of his specs and you'll find it will come to about 480watts.
    He might be able to get away with 430watts, but I would definately recommend a better powersupply.
     

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