looking for high end gaming build

[haroldinho]

I say high end as opposed to extreme since I don't have more than £1200 to spend. I also don't care about the bells and whistles stuff that you get with the likes of alienware, just a nice reliable build with good enough power and speed to play games at full/near full capacity. Anyway, I am not confident enough to actually build one myself so have visited a number of sites which allow you to customise your own. So far, as far as I can see, this is the best deal I have come up with (fiercepc.co.uk). I could stretch it a bit further but there's something pleasing about it being under £1000. Anyway, any advice would be welcome, I'm obviously scrimping a bit in keeping it under 1k:

Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus Mid Tower

Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Quad Core (overclocked to 4Ghz)

Arctic Freezer 13 High Performance Air Cooler

Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3P ATX

Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz DDR3

Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB GDDR5

600W - Corsair GS600 Gaming Series 80 Plus Bronze

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

AOC E950SWDA 18.5" LED DVI - Black

This comes in at £960, what do you think?

 

[8bitbreed]

Everything looks great except, I would wait a week or so to see how the soon to be released AMD 7000 cards stack up.

I would also go with g-skill ram, much better performance.

 

[haroldinho]

Everything looks great except, I would wait a week or so to see how the soon to be released AMD 7000 cards stack up.

I would also go with g-skill ram, much better performance.

Really? Well I have a bit of wiggle room as far as the memory goes but they only have Kingston hyper-X (up to 12mb) and the one I listed (also up to 12mb) as options. I need to nget this before new year really as well. Basically haven't heard a bad thing about the 2500k so it will do me fine, I think.

 

[8bitbreed]

For the money this ram is great, 8gb should be more than enough.

http://www.ebuyer.com/264750-g-skil...mory-kit-cl9-9-9-9-24-1-5v-f3-12800cl9d-8gbxl

 

[haroldinho]

Well I may get that and make it 16gb or ram then, but would that not be overkill? I guess you can never have too much....

 

[8bitbreed]

I have 8gb of ram and have never seen it over 4gb ever. so depending on what you use your pc for, I think 16gb would be overkill.

 

[haroldinho]

I see, well I'll just have to stick with 8gb Corsair or Kingston then since they#re the only options.

 

[8bitbreed]

Why are they the only option, bye from Ebuyer.com

 

[haroldinho]

Why are they the only option, bye from Ebuyer.com

Because I am buying a dektop pc that comes pre-built - i'm just customising it. You can't opt for no RAM.

 

[alicarve]

http://www.aria.co.uk/Systems/Gamin...00K+@+4.50GHz+DDR3+Gaming+PC+?productId=46947

i would have a look at aria

 

[haroldinho]

Thanks I'll look into that, it does have some advantages, although i'd definitely like an ssd drive. I'm sure that's easily fixed, though.All in all, most places have deals that vary little in price to be honest. Shopping for a new pc is very time-consuming and surprisingly addictive :/

 

[yassarikhan786]

It's even more addicting if you build it yourself mate!!!

 

[Timbaloo]

I'd not go with those tacky high profile RAM heatsinks. Their real function is to cause clearance issues.

 

[haroldinho]

I'd not go with those tacky high profile RAM heatsinks. Their real function is to cause clearance issues.

How does this stack up in comparison? It's from chillblast:

Xigmatek Asgard Case

Intel Core i7 2600K Processor at 3.4GHz

Asus P8Z68-V LE Motherboard

8GB PC3-10666 DDR3 Memory

GeForce GTX 570 1.3GB Graphics Card

30GB OCZ Vertex SSD (Cache)

1000GB SATA 7200rpm Hard Disk

Samsung DVD-RW/Blu-ray Reader Combo Drive

600watt Corsair PSU

Onboard High Definition Audio

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM

Included Peripherals:

Asus 24" VS247H Monitor

Chillblast Corded Keyboard and Mouse

Logitech S-220 Speakers

Obviously scrimping a bit on the case, psu and m/b. I could stretch it by another £100 or so if it's required. I also don't need a monitor that big but it comes at £85 in this deal so seems good value. What you think?