My nephew has asked me to build him a Gaming PC for specifcally for Battlefield 3 coming out. I thought about the following from Scan but is probably a little on the pricey side for him. PROCESSOR = Intel Core i5 2500K Unlocked, S1155, Sandy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.3GHz GPU 850Mhz 6MB Cache 95W Retail MOTHERBOARD = Asus P8Z68-V, Intel Z68, S 1155, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR3 2200(OC), SATA 6Gb/s, RAID, ATX, HDMI MEMORY = 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance Blue DDR3 PC3-12800(1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.5V GPU = 1280MB Gainward GTX 570, 40nm, 3800MHz GDDR5, GPU 732MHz, Shader 1464MHz, 480 Cores, DL-DVI/mHDMI PSU = 650W PSU, Xclio , Modular, 80%Eff', 80 PLUS, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, Quiet Fan, ATX HD = 2TB Samsung HD204UI Spinpoint F4EG, SATA 3Gb/s, 5400rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.9ms, NCQ DVD = Pioneer DVR-S19LBK 24x DVD±R, 12x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, RAM x12, SATA, Black, Retail Labelflash CASE = XClio Touch 320 Full Black Mid Tower case with 2x120mm Blue LED Silent Fans w/o PSU It needs to be as cheap as possible as he is a student and I'll likely need to pay for a good chunk of it for his birthday. Say about £600 to £700 max Can you recommend a good gaming rig for less? That is a little future proof. Main uses of intended build: Gaming, General Student Uses Parts required: All Previous build information (list details of parts): None Monitor resolution: 1080P Full HD Storage requirements: 1GB + Will you be overclocking: yes/no (delete as required): Not Sure Any motherboard requirements (no. of USB, Xfire/SLI, fan headers): Extra information about desired system:
The above is fine but just take cheaper options. 4GB of RAM A GPU such as the 6870 or 460 second hand could be a good option Stick with stock intel cooler Cheapest P67 instead of Z68 mobo http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-p8p67-le-rev3-intel-p67-s1155-pci-e-20-ddr3-2200(oc)-sata-6gb-s-sata-raid-atx A £45 500W non moulder PSU You've chosen a 5400RPM media drive as the sole drive. Replace with 7200RPM 1TB. Your looking at roughly £450 for a system such as the above. LG 23" IPS screen £150 +cost of windows 7
Drop the board down to the MSI gd53 Buy the ram from aria as you can get 8gb of muskin for under 40 quid. I would go for a 1tb samsung f3 as a drive. With the money you save swap the psu out for something like the 530watt bequite from scan and a better case.
I'd use a 560 ti instead of the 570. Although if you fan squeeze out a 570 do it. I wouldn't recommend a 460 for 1080. I use one for 1680x1050 and it's being pushed, so yeah, at least 560 if not 560 ti. You can get ocz modxtreme psus for really cheap and they are good.
a 500W PSU wont cope with a 570. I'd go for a quality PSU, like a modular Corsair and drop down to a 560Ti
That is realistic if you don't want top of the range components, as a student you can USUALLY pick up windows 7 through uni/college for next to nothing. I know tn panels aren't favoured here but you could get a 22", windows and the mushkin for under 190. Leaving 400-500 for the rest, that is achievable.
Thanks for the comments all. Should have been a little clearer. He already has a monitor etc and can get a copy of win 7 through Uni. This is basically for the base unit I'm looking into. law99 - Why the 560 ti instead of the 570? Does it perform better?
I'd imagine it's cheeper. Surely it's cheaper. Let me check. Edit: Yeah. Save yourself £60 and still get 1080p gaming. http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-asus-gtx-560-ti-directcu-ii-4000mhz-gddr5-gpu-830mhz-384-core Hell, I didn't even to my maths wrong. I think you save more!!! Edit 2: Can you tell I'm hung over?
