Build Advice Buying new gaming rig today :-) Advice anyone?

Good morning people

Finally have enough money to buy my new gaming rig and FINALLY get to play Battlefield 3!!!!

I am going to buy all my gear from SCAN

Just wondered if anyone could reccommend the best rig I can buy, my budget is about £1000 just want the best value and up to date rig tbh

Appreciate any advice you guys have
UPDATED SYSTEM

http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/75...497fac148816b9

Cheers

Ross

 

Do you need/want and OS or monitor? Do you want a new mouse or keyboard? Prefer ATX or mATX?Need some more info here really.

Without that info here is an idea for you. I went for the 660ti over a 7950 purely because you said you wanted to play BF3 and as far as I understand the Nvidia cards are a bit faster on that front.

http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/ae5caac1a854403e8a3dfbd263d96ad8

if you don't have any decent speakers then I would also recommend these. You will stay under £1000 too.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/creative-inspire-t10-20-speakers-black-10w-rms

 

Cheers ALPHA,

Sorry for the lack of info

I do not need a mouse or keyboard but I do need an OS and a Monitor

The 660ti looks good to me mate and that whole rig

Cheers

Ross

 

There are a couple of things out of stock on the scan website like te PSU and cooler, is there an alternative you would reccommend?

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/f709203c8d794d8c8ef922e0a55f9fad

What does everyone think of this build?


I dont need a case as I already have a decent sized one

Cheers

Ross

 

Cooler:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/geli...-1156-1155-and-amd-754-939-940-am2-am2plus-am

PSU:

Modular

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/550w...0-plus-bronze-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fan

or

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/580w...f-80-plus-gold-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fan-at

or

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/680w...80-plus-silver-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fa (I would probably go with this, but then I like modular PSUs)

Non-modular

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/550w...lver-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx-v23-

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/620w...-80-plus-bronze-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx-v23-psu

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/730w...-80-plus-bronze-sli-xfire-120mm-quiet-fan-psu

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/650w...-bronze-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx-v


You will see that most of the good cheap ones are pre-order, that's for a good reason.

 

Ok thanks, so here is my updated build

http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/dfe92c55590c446294cc546d69a12b2b

do you think everything is all good? or should I swap a few other things? Everything is in stock also

Thanks for your help

Ross

 

Looking at that build I would say this.

Can't overclock the CPU

Don't get tall memory, more hassle than it's worth and offers no advantages other than aesthetics (If you like that kind of thing)

HDD - Seagate - hmmm could be OK but I have found WD to be more reliable.

PSU - very nice but overkill - save £40-50 and use it somewhere where it will be noticed. Remember the 6 series Nvidia cards are very power efficient.

Monitor - It is probably a piece of crap, OK for word docs and internet browsing but not much else. DO NOT SKIMP HERE - you are buying that 660ti for a reason, to make things look good. Don't ruin that with this monitor. Try this with the money saved from the PSU change and any budget yo have left.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/23-d...hd-hdmi-vga-1920x1080-250cd-m-10001-7ms-black

or

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/23-d...splayport-1920x1080-10001-300cd-m2-4-port-usb

I have this and it's the upgrade that made the most significant difference and best upgrade I think I have made ever

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/24-d...isplayport-1920x1200-300cd-m2-10001-8ms-4xusb

but I think it may be a little out your price range.

 

Oh and motherboard - I never like not having heatsinks on my VRMs so maybe look at this

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi-...-sata-raid-pcie-30-(x16)-d-sub-dvi-d-hdmi-atx

or this ( again I would proably go with this)

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asro...1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-d-sub-dvi-d-hdmi-atx

Oh and remember to register for free shipping with Scan when you get 25 posts on the boards - that will save you another £10 towards that monitor (I can't stress this fact enough - get a decent monitor - you will keep it for 2-3 builds at least)

 

heya guys is the GD65 MB any good?Just wondering...

 

I take it you mean this one;

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi-...-sata-raid-pcie-30-(x16)-d-sub-dvi-d-hdmi-atx

It's not a bad MB but for the price I would go for;

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asro...i-6gb-s-pcie-30-(x16)-d-sub-dp-dvi-d-hdmi-atx

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus...raid-pcie-30-(x16)-displayport-dvi-d-hdmi-atx

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus...-6gb-s-d-sub-(vga)-displayport-dvi-i-hdmi-atx

or If you don't need an ATX sized board then:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asro...3-sata-iii-6gb-s-sata-raid-pcie-30-d-sub-dp-d

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus...gb-s-pcie-30-(x16)-displayport-hdmi-micro-atx (This is what I have)

Alternatively you could save some cash as there are many great MB's out there for less just with a few less features, so the question is do you need the features these MB's offer?

 

I think your right and I have gone for the monitor which you have reccommended, only problem is there doesn't seem to be any PSU's in stock so I am going to have to stick with the one I have.

Is it a problem that I cannot overclock the system? What would you change if I will get better value for money and longevity by making it overclockable?

http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/751825328750476eb8497fac148816b9

Ross

 

Well OK if your budget can stretch to the price of that system give me a second and i will configure something.

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/99fcc32b37a84e13a38a6a6a91388d10

Here is a very powerful mATX rig. I have included a case as I don't know what case you have but again this is important 1 for eaase of build, 2 for noise and 3 for cooling.

You don't really need a full ATX rig unless you are going SLI or XFire.

2 more posts here and you get free shipping when you register it.

Also if this is too expensive you can change the monitor to a U2312m main difference is 23 is 16x9 while 24 is 16x10

Also what PSU do you have - if it is a cheap generic brand one then get rid of it ASAP as it's likely to blow when any real load is put on it.

 

Yes Alpha you got the right case

So u reckon i should go for the Asus board aye?Do you think the V board would suffice?

Also im planning on getting an SSD as well.Do you know much about the corsair ones?
Im still pondering between the Force GT and Neutron GTX

 

Thanks a lot

The PSU is a

680W Be Quiet Straight Power E8-CM BN163, Modular, 91%Eff', 80 PLUS Silver, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, Quiet Fan, ATX, PSU

One you reccommended

I think I am ready to go for it then, will Ibe able to overclock this system when it becomes a bit dated in a couple of years

Ross

 

The board would more than suffice, I built my dad's PC using that board, good features and well laidout.

SSDs - now I'm no expert but really I would go for either the Samsung 830 series or the Crucial M4 (personally I would go with the 830 for reliability reasons, although the M4 is also reliable)

 

@Rosco - only if you get the CPU with the K after the model number.

 

what about this PSU?

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/650w...-bronze-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx-v

also should I change the RAM?

Cheers

Ross

 

sorry didn't realise you already changed the RAM for me

thanks a lot for all your help, they don't have the PSU which I could overclock in stock, I could always buy a new PSU in a couple of years

Cheers

Ross