Gaming Pc Hardware.

[HAMMOND20]

Hi, i am wanting to build me first gaming pc on a budget - about £750 max - and was wondering for the money can i get any better components? If not, is there anywhere i can get these components cheaper?

 

CPU: 

Intel 3rd Generation Core i5-3570K - £172

 

MB:

 

Asus P8Z77-V LX Motherboard - £83

 

RAM:

Corsair 8GB 1600Mhz CL9 DDR3 Vengeance - £55

 

GPU:

 

MSI HD7950 TwinFrozr OC 3GB - £260

 

PSU:

 

Corsair Builder Series CXM 600W - £57

 

CASE:

Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced - £80

 

HDD:

 

Seagate 3.5" Barracuda 1TB - £53

 

TOTAL - £760

 

Just a little over budget but im alright with that. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Oisin Maguire]

if your going to over clock please get an aftermarket cpu cooler other than that its pretty solid, maybe in a few months you can through an ssd in it

[Glenwing]

Looks fine to me.  There's not much I can suggest except an aftermarket cooler if you want to overclock, but if you don't then the stock cooler will work fine.

[HAMMOND20]

Yeah i was planning later on to overclock and add an aftermarket cooler and an SSD. I have heard that big aftermarket coolers can bentd motherboards over time so im a little on edge about them. Would you be able to clarify? And what FPS do you think this system would obtain playing Arma2 on a 1080p monitor on max settings.

[Glenwing]

Something like the Hyper 212 has the cooling power for some decent overclocks, and isn't the biggest of air coolers.  I haven't heard of a motherboard being damaged by the weight of a cooler before.

[Spite]

I'd recommend switching the motherboard to an MSI Z77A-G43 (offers similar features) for ~£75, or an MSI Z77A-G45 (step up from the G43, offers SLI support) for ~£85.

 

I would try push for another ~£20 or so if you can so you can upgrade the power supply. The CX series is more aimed towards lower budget builds, I'd recommend looking at the XFX XXX PRO650W - it's a quality unit, semi-modular, and manufactured by SeaSonic, who are easily one of the best, if not the best power suppply manufacturers out there.

[ybriK]

That system can easily run pretty much any game at max settings. Your GPU is classified to be a high-end and with that CPU Arma 2 should be running smoothly, I'm guessing 60+ FPS. Here is the Arma 2 System Requirements. http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_2:_System_Requirements

As with the other parts try getting an SSD when you have free money to spare, slap on Windows ? OS and all your games. Watch the magic...