Another Gaming Rig €650

GavRedKing

1. What is your budget? €650

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming, BF3, Skyrim, Football Manager, A few Simulator's, maybe Microsoft Flight

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? Yes

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? No

5. Do you need a monitor? No, will use my 44" 1080p Full HD LG T.V. for the time being, will source a good monitor at a later date when the funds are in place.

5a. If yes, what size do you need. N/A

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? N/A

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? Can pick these up seperate.

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? If its fairly simple then yes.

8. How can you pay? Bank Transfer

9. When are you purchasing? 6-8 weeks, most likely by end of September, start of October.

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? Shouldnt need help, Cork City


My only real use for the rig will be for gaming so hoping to get the best bang for my modest buck, thanks.

Eboggles

GavRedKing wrote: »

1. What is your budget? €650

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming, BF3, Skyrim, Football Manager, A few Simulator's, maybe Microsoft Flight

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? Yes

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? No

5. Do you need a monitor? No, will use my 44" 1080p Full HD LG T.V. for the time being, will source a good monitor at a later date when the funds are in place.

5a. If yes, what size do you need. N/A

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? N/A

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? Can pick these up seperate.

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? If its fairly simple then yes.

8. How can you pay? Bank Transfer

9. When are you purchasing? 6-8 weeks, most likely by end of September, start of October.

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? Shouldnt need help, Cork City


My only real use for the rig will be for gaming so hoping to get the best bang for my modest buck, thanks.

You'd be looking at something like this:

Item|Price
ASRock Z77 Pro3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€93.44
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€37.24
Club 3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen, 1GB GDDR5|€199.49
BitFenix Merc Alpha|€31.86
Intel Core i3-2120 Box, LGA1155|€113.29
Seagate Barracuda 7200 500GB SATA 6GB's|€61.44
LiteOn iHAS124-19 schwarz SATA|€19.33
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 450W|€42.18
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€617.26

That's without Windows 7.

nVidia are releasing some new graphics cards around August, so that should shake up the market a bit. It could drive prices down.

I have an i3 in there coupled with a Z77 motherboard so you can upgrade to an unlocked i5 (i5 3570k or i5 2500k) when funds permit.

GavRedKing

Eboggles wrote: »

You'd be looking at something like this:

Item|Price
ASRock Z77 Pro3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€93.44
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€37.24
Club 3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen, 1GB GDDR5|€199.49
BitFenix Merc Alpha|€31.86
Intel Core i3-2120 Box, LGA1155|€113.29
Seagate Barracuda 7200 500GB SATA 6GB's|€61.44
LiteOn iHAS124-19 schwarz SATA|€19.33
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 450W|€42.18
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€617.26

That's without Windows 7.

nVidia are releasing some new graphics cards around August, so that should shake up the market a bit. It could drive prices down.

I have an i3 in there coupled with a Z77 motherboard so you can upgrade to an unlocked i5 (i5 3570k or i5 2500k) when funds permit.

It's something I'll definetly look at anyway, registered an account with HWVS so hope to be oredering soon enough, thanks.

ShadowHearth

6-8 weeks is way too long gap. Prices shift way too fast and usually there are new products every 2 months. Like mentioned above 660ti is coming out soon at that might stir some sh*t in gpu market.

GavRedKing

ShadowHearth wrote: »

6-8 weeks is way too long gap. Prices shift way too fast and usually there are new products every 2 months. Like mentioned above 660ti is coming out soon at that might stir some sh*t in gpu market.

I'll use Eboggles suggesting as a guide before I buy and post up what I'm looking at here for you all to have a quick look at before I purchase to see how I'm fairing.

Just wanted to see what I'd be looking at currently.

Procrastastudy

Trinty APUs will hopefully firce a price drop on the i3 range.

I'm, personally, not a fan of buying an i3 to replace it with an i5 later - can you push the budget a bit? It technically saves you €113

GavRedKing

GCDLawstudent wrote: »

Trinty APUs will hopefully firce a price drop on the i3 range.

I'm, personally, not a fan of buying an i3 to replace it with an i5 later - can you push the budget a bit? It technically saves you €113

Considering I wont be buying until probably late Sept/Early Oct I could bump the budget to €750, maybe €800, that would definetly be the highest I could go at the moment anyway, have a few things coming up.

GavRedKing

Right lads, I'm back, instead of starting a new thread I'm just going to bump this.

Changing my needs, see below.

1. What is your budget? €850

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming, BF3, Skyrim, Football Manager, A few Simulator's, RTS etc etc

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? I'll pick one up myself

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? No

5. Do you need a monitor? No, will use my 44" 1080p Full HD LG T.V. for the time being, will source a good monitor at a later date when the funds are in place.

5a. If yes, what size do you need. N/A

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? N/A

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? Wireless LAN

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? If its fairly simple then yes.

8. How can you pay? Bank Transfer/Credit Card

9. When are you purchasing? 2-3 weeks, I'm off for a week at the start of October so going to order at the end of September

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? Shouldnt need help, Cork City.

GavRedKing

Decided to try this myself, what do ye think?

I'll be buying at the end of September, start of October.

P.S. Couldnt do the fancy table as I'm posting from my phone.


CPU Intel Core i5 3750K Box LGA1155 €215.26
GPU Sapphire HD 7870 2GB GDDR5 PCI-Express €232.22
RAM 8GB Kit G.Skill PC3 10667U CL9 €31.49
MOBO ASrock Z77 Pro3 Socket 1155 €87.14
PSU Superflower Amazon 80 Plus 450 Watt €42.15
HD Seagate Barracuda 7200 1TB Sata 6g/b's €73.49
SSD Samsung 830 Series 64GB 2.5" SATA600 €66.75
CASE BitFenix Mercer Beta €31.97
W/Card TP-Link TL-WN781N, 150Mbps, PCIe x1 €9.42
OP Drive LG GH24NS bare schwarz €17.19
Shipping €18.99

Total : €817.07

Edit : Added W/Card and Op Drive.

U_Fig

GavRedKing wrote: »

Decided to try this myself, what do ye think?

I'll be buying at the end of September, start of October.

P.S. Couldnt do the fancy table as I'm posting from my phone.


CPU Intel Core i5 3750K Box LGA1155 €215.26
GPU Sapphire HD 7870 2GB GDDR5 PCI-Express €232.22
RAM 8GB Kit G.Skill PC3 10667U CL9 €31.49
MOBO ASrock Z77 Pro3 Socket 1155 €87.14
PSU Superflower Amazon 80 Plus 450 Watt €42.15
HD Seagate Barracuda 7200 1TB Sata 6g/b's €73.49
SSD Samsung 830 Series 64GB 2.5" SATA600 €66.75
CASE BitFenix Mercer Beta €31.97
W/Card TP-Link TL-WN781N, 150Mbps, PCIe x1 €9.42
OP Drive LG GH24NS bare schwarz €17.19
Shipping €18.99

Total : €817.07

Edit : Added W/Card and Op Drive.

seems ok tho i'm not sure if 450w is gonna be enough if you want to overclock i'd bump it up to 550w and if you ever plan to Crossfire maybe bump it up to 650w