£1000 budget for gaming PC

[mrapoc]

Hello

Been asked by a friend to make her a £1000 gaming machine. It has to last for as long as possible. I've not been up to date as of late on the best bang for buck components. Here's a quick list I put together off Aria - the case will be decided by the client but at a guess its a good choice (usb 3.0)

Haven't decided on storage yet, whether SSD would be a good choice, substituting something for one, then have a large drive for storage? Or just two F1s in Raid0.

Thanks all

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[AMDFTW]

you got abit to spend fella.60gb ssd and then a f3 for storage

then maybe a i7 bundle instead

LCD instead of the led (altho i dont no how they compare

560 ti would that not beat it

 

[mrapoc]

you got abit to spend fella.60gb ssd and then a f3 for storage

then maybe a i7 bundle instead

LCD instead of the led (altho i dont no how they compare

560 ti would that not beat it

So you reckon a 560ti?

As for the screen I just chose a decentish 22inch but yeh LED is a bit of a luxury.

i7 bundle - one of the overclocked ones? Better choice? Are they a lot better?

As for SSD - whats the best of the 60gbs? afaik kingston + one ?

 

[ruthless_villain]

So you reckon a 560ti?

As for the screen I just chose a decentish 22inch but yeh LED is a bit of a luxury.

i7 bundle - one of the overclocked ones? Better choice? Are they a lot better?

As for SSD - whats the best of the 60gbs? afaik kingston + one ?

if this is for gaming keep with a 2500K

Just go simple and overclock yourself i would get:

I5 2500K £160

MSI P67-G55 £110

4GBMushkin /copperhead £40

560TI £180

Corsair GS700W psu £70

This 24" monitor http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials...+M240+Widescreen+LCD+Monitor+?productId=44153 £107

KINGSTON ssd £70

windows 7 £70

cm 690 ii advanced £65

D14 -£65

1TB F3 £40

comes in at about £1002.59

 

[Pat123]

if this is for gaming keep with a 2500K

Just go simple and overclock yourself i would get:

I5 2500K £160

MSI P67-G55 £110

4GBMushkin /copperhead £40

560TI £180

Corsair GS700W psu £70

This 24" monitor http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials...+M240+Widescreen+LCD+Monitor+?productId=44153 £107

KINGSTON ssd £70

windows 7 £70

cm 690 ii advanced £65

D14 -£65

1TB F3 £40

comes in at about £1002.59

What he said, brilliant rig for the money.

 

[mrapoc]

Cheers

Gonna be fun playin with all this new hardware

My q6600 will be jealous!

 

[mrapoc]

Ok its all ordered

specs are:

1 x Gladiator Z68 Core i5 2500K 4.40GHz Overclocked Bundle @ 369.95GBP 1 x 23.6" Arianet M240 Widescreen LCD Monitor @ 111.43GBP 1 x 700W Corsair GS700 ATX2.3 SLI/Crossfire Compliant Power Supply @ 74.38GBP 1 x Kingston 64GB SSDNow V100 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive @ 71.99GBP 1 x 1TB Samsung HD103SJ SpinPoint F3 SATA-II 3.5" Hard Drive @ 38.98GBP 1 x Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ 178.79GBP 1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - OEM @ 70.79GBP 1 x Coolermaster Storm Enforcer Gaming Midi Chassis @ 70.99GBP 1 x Lite On DVD Writer, IHAS124, SATA, Black, OEM 24x Speed @ 15.79GBP

I took all advice into consideration and this seemed the best choices for the money,

cheers guys

gonna have to "burn in" test it for a bit though before handing it over

 

[Ya93sin]

Make sure you wipe the keyboard

 

[Rastalovich]

Argh.

Imo, a third of that budget £350, could have gone on a 580.

Buying for a gaming rig, with £1000 to spend, No.1 is the gfxcard. Everything else is arguably superficial. For example a £30 mobo and a Q6600 and the 580 will play games better than your rig with a 560. (not that I'd suggest a 775/Q6600 for a new purchase, it's just an example)

Sure it won't artificially bench test as well, but in real world games it'll perform better.