Advice : Building gaming PC €1000 budget

NeVeR

I know i have another post about a 3D machine.. But while talking in work today my mate asked me to build him a gaming PC and he has 1k to spend.

He wants to be able to play the latest games maxed out (if possible). He also needs a 22" + monitor

I was thinking a Core i5 processor. But not sure that motherboard... Also I'd like to put in atleast 1TB HDD.

Not sure on the RAM. Some ppl say 4 gig is find. But i was thinking more.

As i said he will be using it for gaming and watching DVD's and online football matches.

Here's whats needed

22" or bigger monitor (HDMI ? )
Processer
RAM
Motherboard
PSU
Graphics Card
Case
DVD rom

I cant go over the €1k budget.

Your advice is welcomed.

Solitaire

Shame... I could make a basic Eyefinity rig for €1100

Well... I could do one for a grand, but as that leaves only €600 after monitors and shipping (and bear in mind the GPU has to be €200+ worth!) I'd be stuck cutting corners

NeVeR

How's this

Solitaire

Overclocked i5 would be better. Too much PSU. Case is old. RAM is a triple-channel kit, you need dual-channel

My build up in a sec ;)

Solitaire

Ah poo Not so successful :o I was a genius and went mad on the case and mobo and flung in a fully-fledged HD6870 and decent SSD... and forgot to add a CPU cooler or WTFOMGHAX monitor (to be fair I did sling in a mid-range 120Hz 22" model) :o

Even then I'm up to €1005 shipped... d'oh!



If you want you can dump the SSD and get a better monitor and a fancy CPU cooler instead

NeVeR

cheers... Does the SSD really work that well ? I've never used one but was reading up on it. compared to a normal HDD how much quicker is the game load time ?

Solitaire

Seconds instead of minutes. To be fair the SSD in that example is really a boot drive rather than for games but its still much nicer if you don't run a machine 24/7 - all things OS-related are snappier and every time you boot the machine up you're probably looking in Win7 loading fully within about ten seconds from POST rather than a minute or two; my current XP install takes the best part of three minutes to load, and Vista is worse! :eek::eek::eek:

NeVeR

Ok this is what i have so far, let me know what you think.

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Box, Sockel AM3 €138.03
ASUS M4A89GTD Pro/USB3, Sockel AM3, ATX €116.17 - Need advice on this !
6GB-Triple-Kit Corsair TR3X6G1333C9 DDR3, CL9 - €85.82
Cooler Master Elite RC-332 schwarz, ohne Netzteil €34.79
Super-Flower SF500A14A Gamer Edition 500W €48.65
Club 3D Radeon 5770 1024MB, ATI Radeon 5770, PCI-Express - €151.74
OCZ SSD Vertex 2 120GB 8,9cm (3,5") €182.58
Hitachi DESKSTAR 7K1000.C 1TB, 32MB, SATA II, 8,9cm (3,5") €46.78
LG GH22NS50 bare schwarz €14.94
ASUS MS236H, 1920x1080, VGA, HDMI €200.57
OEM Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit ink €74.90

Also mouse and keyboard.

Lets say i've an extra €100 to spend where would you invest it

Cheers.

Monotype

Solitaire wrote: »

... my current XP install takes the best part of three minutes to load, and Vista is worse! :eek::eek::eek:

How did you manage that? Sounds like there's waaay too much junk loading up at the start.

NeVeR wrote: »

Ok this is what i have so far, let me know what you think.

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Box, Sockel AM3 €138.03
ASUS M4A89GTD Pro/USB3, Sockel AM3, ATX €116.17 - Need advice on this !
6GB-Triple-Kit Corsair TR3X6G1333C9 DDR3, CL9 - €85.82
Cooler Master Elite RC-332 schwarz, ohne Netzteil €34.79
Super-Flower SF500A14A Gamer Edition 500W €48.65
Club 3D Radeon 5770 1024MB, ATI Radeon 5770, PCI-Express - €151.74
OCZ SSD Vertex 2 120GB 8,9cm (3,5") €182.58
Hitachi DESKSTAR 7K1000.C 1TB, 32MB, SATA II, 8,9cm (3,5") €46.78
LG GH22NS50 bare schwarz €14.94
ASUS MS236H, 1920x1080, VGA, HDMI €200.57
OEM Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit ink €74.90

Also mouse and keyboard.

Lets say i've an extra €100 to spend where would you invest it

Cheers.

I assume it's hardwareversand, given "netzteil" and "schwarz". The amazon series of the super flowers are the ones you should be looking at.
http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=30069
If you want a bit more PSU room for the future, you could XFX's 650W Core Edition, although completely unnecessary with that build.

You've got a triple kit of RAM there with an AMD system. Buy RAM in pairs. E.g., 2x2GB, 2x4GB or even 2x2GB + 2x1GB if you really wanted 6GB. 4GB is enough for most situations, so you could save some money there.

Since gaming is the priority, definitely go for at least either the GTX 460 1GB or the 6850 with your spare money. You might be able to squeeze in a 6870 with an extra €100.

Edit: €151 for a 5770? Definitely swap that for a 460/6850.

Curry Addict

your building a 1k system and spending only 138e on the main event :eek:
better to go i7 950 than ssd imho.

iba

Hi,

Would appreciate some help/advice/suggestions on building teh below pc. Is there anything I should change or anything that I have forgotten?

Sum: 675,56 €
Configurated article

entfernen

675,56 €
675,56 €
HV203MSCDE Compucase 6C11BS schwarz 400W HEC-400TP-2WX ready for dispatch (only 1 article)
71,59 €
1HV1310F3DE Samsung SpinPoint F3 1000GB, SATA II (HD103SJ) ready for dispatch
48,97 €
1HV1025SKDE Sapphire HD5670 1G GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI / DVI-I / DP ready for dispatch
82,45 €
1HV207LB1DE LG BH10LS30 Blu-Ray Brenner bulk ready for dispatch
84,54 €
1HV1124MWDE MSI 790FX-GD70, Sockel AM3, ATX, PCIe ready for dispatch
138,06 €
1HV25223TDE DIGITUS DN-1001F Netzzwerkkarte 100BaseTX 10/100Mbps, PCI ready for dispatch
3,59 €
1HV23MSI2DE MSI TV@nywhere Satellite II ready for dispatch
49,29 €
1HV20P396DE AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Box, Sockel AM3 ready for dispatch
143,61 €
1HV20C3C4DE 4GB-Kit Corsair Twin3X4096-1333C9A DDR3, CL9 ready for dispatch
53,46 €



Thank you.

slave1

looks like you'll be using for some type of PVR work, therefore bigger hard drive, cheap as chips these days, get two!

iba

slave1 wrote: »

looks like you'll be using for some type of PVR work, therefore bigger hard drive, cheap as chips these days, get two!

Thanks Slave

Jonny7

NeVeR wrote: »

Ok this is what i have so far, let me know what you think.

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Box, Sockel AM3 €138.03
ASUS M4A89GTD Pro/USB3, Sockel AM3, ATX €116.17 - Need advice on this !
6GB-Triple-Kit Corsair TR3X6G1333C9 DDR3, CL9 - €85.82
Cooler Master Elite RC-332 schwarz, ohne Netzteil €34.79
Super-Flower SF500A14A Gamer Edition 500W €48.65
Club 3D Radeon 5770 1024MB, ATI Radeon 5770, PCI-Express - €151.74
OCZ SSD Vertex 2 120GB 8,9cm (3,5") €182.58
Hitachi DESKSTAR 7K1000.C 1TB, 32MB, SATA II, 8,9cm (3,5") €46.78
LG GH22NS50 bare schwarz €14.94
ASUS MS236H, 1920x1080, VGA, HDMI €200.57
OEM Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit ink €74.90

Also mouse and keyboard.

Lets say i've an extra €100 to spend where would you invest it

Cheers.

I would strongly recommend going with Solitaires PC

Monotype

iba wrote: »

DIGITUS DN-1001F Netzzwerkkarte 100BaseTX 10/100Mbps, PCI

Do you need that?
Also maybe get a cheaper case and a separate PSU.