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Gaming rig for approx €850?
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21-12-2009 9:21pm#1
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Hey all, building a new rig and wanted to ask here about the main components.
In an ideal world I'd like to stick to my budget but I'm willing to pay a little extra if the bang for buck is worth it.
First time builder so all advice and suggestions are appreciated.
Processor, Graphics, Power supply, Memory, Mainboard, Case, HDD, sound card advice is all needed big time!
Already have a 22" HDTV to play on so no need for a monitor, got a decent mouse and keyboard too so they can be left out.
So if ye could give me some suggested builds I'd greatly appreciate it!
Thanks in advance,
Shanous
Gah why can't ebuyer have a proper cart sharing utility
In any case, 850 is a fair amount, especially as you do not need a Monitor. So you need an OS too or have you got one? (I will assume as you are posting on the interwebs, you have one :P)
Case:
CM Storm Scout
I have one and love it. Only case I would want more is the 800D, but it's £200 :P
PSU:
Corsair HX 650
I have this too :P Modular = Winlar. Modular + Epic Single Rail = Moar Winlar. Modular + Epic Single Rail + Corsair = A Winrar is me!!!!!
CPU:
i5 750
I have this too :pac::pac::pac: Best Price/Performance ratio and overclocks like a beast. You will get 3.5 easy.
CPU Cooler (because the stock fan is beyond useless):
Arctic Cooling Freezer Xtreme Revision 2
I don't have this, because I have a silly Thor's hammer that results in me having to strap fans to the outside of the Case because the fan wont fit because it's too big :P This one DOES fit and It's a good Cooler though for the price and will do just fine.
Mobo:
GA-P55A-UD3
I have the old revision of this board, and I have to say I love mine. Got my 750 to 4Ghz no problems whatsoever. This one supports USB 3, Sata 6gb/s and triple powered USB ports.
Ram:
Kingston ValuRamz!
Before you go "omfg VALU RAMZ! DO NOT WANT!", this **** is the bees knees. I have mine running at 1600mhz at 10-11-11 timings. 4Gb is more than you will ever need unless you know you will need more.
HDD:
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
OMG I WANT IT'S BABIES! (It's a good HDD. Pick up 2 or 3 if you can
)
DVD:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/170014
OMG! I haz this too! Bland OEM DVD for Installing Windowz and then never used again
Total cost (with Delivery): £622.40 (~€700)
Use the remaining €150 to buy a ATI 5770 from somewhere (eBuyer are out of stock) 0 -
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thanks Leman, much appreciated. I forgot to mention an OS, my bad. Using my other crappy ancient pc for this. what OS would you recommend? Stick with XP sp3 or move up to 7? (hate Vista so thats out!)
If you can, get Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. Stay away from "Ultimate" and the 32 bit versions :P
Otherwise, XP will be fine for now
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RoyalMarineComm wrote: »if ur anywhere near donegal i can get you win7 pro x64 fairly cheap
/me loves being a student.
That's the spirit :P0 -
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is that per item or all inclusive do you know?
All Inclusive. I've ordered Hundreds of Euro from Ebuyer.
-Quickly checks-
To order a Case (which is pretty damn heavy) cost me £11 :pac:
To order a Corsair 650W HX Modular PSU, kingston DDR3 2GB ,Sony DVD±RW D, 16x DVD-R - 100 Pack Spindle was £15.0 -
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Almost exclusively for gaming but some video editing too.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/165238
That case any good? only has 3 fans though...
And will 650W be enough?
Thanks for your help so far Leman
Muahaha. You have good taste friend. That's the PC Case I have :pac: It has space for 2 120mm fans on the side, so buy 2 more and stick them there for great justice
650W is more than enough. The 57xx cards use so little power they don't actually NEED to have the PCIe power connector, they have it there just in case An if you buy a corsair PSU, it's actually more like a 670W PSU 0 -
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Okay so this is what i've settled on
CM Storm Scout case £75
Sony AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM Internal SATA Black Bare Drive - OEM £16
Sapphire HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card £125
Intel Core i7 920 D0 2.66GHz Socket 1366 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor £220
ASUS P6T iX58 Socket 1366 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard £168
Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Memory CL9 £120
Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache £67
Corsair 750W HX Modular PSU £107
Xilence Red Wing 120mm Quiet Fan - 3&4pin connection £5 x2
Total including shipping- £925, approx €1024
Final verdict? do I need anything else do ya think?
Also should i use google checkout or is the ebuyer checkout okay?
Looks good mate
eBuyer Checkout is fine (at least for me anyway). Did you remember to set your postcode correctly?0 -
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