My mates first Gaming Rig £1k

[UKCurtis]

Hello,

My mate wants to build his first Gaming Rig and his budget is £1k (Around) he doesn't need a Mouse,Keyboard or Monitor this 1k is just for the PC.

His words.

'I want a half decent running comp around 1k that can run Mindcraft FTB @ 60+ fps at max setting and same with BF3/Othergames Also wants to run a dedicated server'


The Rig I built

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor

MSI GeForce GTX 680 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming Series Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Cooler Master CM Storm Stryker Full tower- White

G-Skill 8GBXL Ripjaws 1600MHz x2 16GB

Akasa Venom 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply

Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache

Total: £1,056,03



Any thoughts or ideas would be much appreciated

 

[seumasbeathan]

For 1k that part list is pretty perfect tbh, I'm not sure of the power supply though, never heard of that company

 

[UKCurtis]

For 1k that part list is pretty perfect tbh, I'm not sure of the power supply though, never heard of that company

Thank you , Hmm same with me but it has good reviews hehe

Okay I will go for this instead then

Corsair HX850 Professional Series HX 850W

Now Total- £1079.43

 

[NeverBackDown]

Hello,

My mate wants to build his first Gaming Rig and his budget is £1k (Around) he doesn't need a Mouse,Keyboard or Monitor this 1k is just for the PC.

His words.

'I want a half decent running comp around 1k that can run Mindcraft FTB @ 60+ fps at max setting and same with BF3/Othergames Also wants to run a dedicated server'


The Rig I built

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor

MSI GeForce GTX 680 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming Series Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Cooler Master CM Storm Stryker Full tower- White

G-Skill 8GBXL Ripjaws 1600MHz x2 16GB

Akasa Venom 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply

Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache

Total: £1,056,03



Any thoughts or ideas would be much appreciated

Drop the 680 and get the cheaper 7970:more performance and cheaper.
Get a 650watt PSU and get a normal GD65. With all the money saved drop the HDD and add another SSD of around 200gb+.

 

[UKCurtis]

Drop the 680 and get the cheaper 7970:more performance and cheaper.
Get a 650watt PSU and get a normal GD65. With all the money saved drop the HDD and add another SSD of around 200gb+.

Urmm the 7970 is not cheaper than the 680, Plus he wants to do SLI later on so he is going need the extra power and personally 200gb SSD would fill up too quickly.

But thanks for the input

 

[MacLeod]

Id rather have the GTX680 too. However even with dual 680's, you wont need an 850 watt power supply. 650 would still be fine with 750 being the biggest youd want. Anything more wont hurt anything but youre paying for wattage youll never use.

 

[UKCurtis]

Id rather have the GTX680 too. However even with dual 680's, you wont need an 850 watt power supply. 650 would still be fine with 750 being the biggest youd want. Anything more wont hurt anything but youre paying for wattage youll never use.

Yeah thanks I will get a 650w or 700w Cheers

 

[NeverBackDown]

Urmm the 7970 is not cheaper than the 680, Plus he wants to do SLI later on so he is going need the extra power and personally 200gb SSD would fill up too quickly.

But thanks for the input

It's far cheaper here where i live... Besides new cards are coming out so why not wait till prices drop? Then put more money into the ssd. That hard drive you picked is super slow.

 

[UKCurtis]

It's far cheaper here where i live... Besides new cards are coming out so why not wait till prices drop? Then put more money into the ssd. That hard drive you picked is super slow.

Well he isn't buying it now so yeah the things will be alittle cheaper later on. Just curious how do you know this Hard drives is super slow ? (The reviews say its fast and it has good reviews :/)

 

[SeekaX]

drop the 680 and get a 670/770 instead. the 670 pretty much performs as well as a 680, especially the ones which use a 680 PCB and today the 780 releases, i can't remember the exact release date of the 770 but it will be cheaper than a 680 and way better.
the mainboard is kinda unnecessary without a decent cooling setup, so go for the cheaper version.
i also don't really see the point in getting 16GB RAM, that's really nothing more than an aesthetic feature in a gaming rig.

 

[Master&Puppet]

drop the 680 and get a 670/770 instead. the 670 pretty much performs as well as a 680, especially the ones which use a 680 PCB and today the 780 releases, i can't remember the exact release date of the 770 but it will be cheaper than a 680 and way better.
the mainboard is kinda unnecessary without a decent cooling setup, so go for the cheaper version.
i also don't really see the point in getting 16GB RAM, that's really nothing more than an aesthetic feature in a gaming rig.

I agree with this plus:

I'd swap out the Caviar blue for a Black. The blue is pretty old tech and if you don't get a big enough SSD to run games from then you'd benefit from a fast HDD.

 

[UKCurtis]

Thanks everyone for there input I will stick with the 680 I got its not much cheaper than the 670 plus when the 780 comes out the 680 will become abit cheaper so yeah. I think I will change to the Western Digital Black and just get Corsair Vengeance RED 8GB 2133MHz. Thanks again

Also the 680 comes with some free games....

Id rather give him hardware whats newish than old hardware which has been out for a couple of years thats why I went with that Board.

 

[vorticalbox]

It's far cheaper here where i live... Besides new cards are coming out so why not wait till prices drop? Then put more money into the ssd. That hard drive you picked is super slow.

cheaper in the UK,

7970 - £311 (299.99 on Deal4Today) and 4 free games

680 - £389.62 with 10% cash back (For cards purchased between 17th May - 31st May
Cashback must be claimed prior to 5th July 2013.)

even with offers making them about the same price 4 free games.

FarCry 3: Blood Dragon, BioShock Infinite, Crysis 3 Hunter, and FarCry 3 wins it for me.

 

[MacLeod]

I wouldn't bet on prices coming down when the GTX780 comes out. Nvidia is famous for not doing this. The GTX580 was still damn near it's $500 price tag a YEAR after the 600's were released. The 780 will be faster than a 680 and will cost more too. It'll probably(wild guess here) come in $500-600. They'll price it where it performs. It'll be more expensive than the cards that are slower and cheaper than the ones that are faster and the older cards won't budge more than a few bucks in price at least not for a while yet.

So I don't think there is any point in waiting for anything if you're needing a card now.

 

[NeverBackDown]

cheaper in the UK,

7970 - £311 (299.99 on Deal4Today) and 4 free games

680 - £389.62 with 10% cash back (For cards purchased between 17th May - 31st May
Cashback must be claimed prior to 5th July 2013.)

even with offers making them about the same price 4 free games.

FarCry 3: Blood Dragon, BioShock Infinite, Crysis 3 Hunter, and FarCry 3 wins it for me.

True but I meant it's cheaper here in the US

 

[nikhiljudge]

Hello,

My mate wants to build his first Gaming Rig and his budget is £1k (Around) he doesn't need a Mouse,Keyboard or Monitor this 1k is just for the PC.

His words.

'I want a half decent running comp around 1k that can run Mindcraft FTB @ 60+ fps at max setting and same with BF3/Othergames Also wants to run a dedicated server'


The Rig I built

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor

MSI GeForce GTX 680 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming Series Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Cooler Master CM Storm Stryker Full tower- White

G-Skill 8GBXL Ripjaws 1600MHz x2 16GB

Akasa Venom 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply

Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache

Total: £1,056,03



Any thoughts or ideas would be much appreciated

Nice set up!!! personally i would maybe look at a more established brand like corsair however i have a coolermaster 550w gx 42amps on the 12V !! bronze rated 5 years warranty you can go for a 750w they are are really good psu's for the money. havnt used gskill memory but ive heard good things! kingston ram is more 're-usable' in terms of what they are compatible with.