Gaming PC (1500-1600 Budget)

BirKy

Silver Level Poster
Hello, after trawling through the website forums for the last two weeks trying to work out a spec for a PC, ive finally decided to bite the bullet and ask for advice on the matter.

What im looking for

I want a pc with the best possible specs in my budget to be a pure gaming machine. I dont really have any need for video/sound editing or anything like that, just a pure powerhouse pc to operate the latest games as best as possible. I will be playing games such as BF3 and Skyrim etc.

The only thing i really ask for is a 3D monitor and graphics able to support this. Possible a SSD for booting and major programs. I dont need a large HD as apart from some music and films i dont really store much else.

My budget is around about 1500 -1600, i may be able to push a little extra.

The whole SLI, Crossfire, Dual core graphics card with which motherboard and how much power / cooling and what case etc is blagging my head a bit now! My last pc was a bit messed up due to me not knowing and my case being a big cramped up mess! So any advice is greatly appreciated :) :turned:
 

tom_gr7

Life Serving
Are you looking for a overclocked rig? IF you are only gaming in my opinion its not really needed.
 
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Teaz

Godlike
no need for an overclock, overclocking the cpu for gaming isnt really worth it.

This powerhouse workhorse spec packs plenty of power:

Case
InWIN DRAGON RIDER BLACK GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500 Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67 (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™

Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)

Graphics Card
1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
80GB INTEL® 320 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 270MB/sR | 90MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Monitor
ASUS VG236HE 23" 120Hz 3D LCD, HDMI/DVI-D HD, 1920x1080 (£235)

Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision
NVIDIA GEFORCE 3D VISION WIRELESS STEREOSCOPIC KIT (£109)

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Total: 1595

Configure it here :)
 

BirKy

Silver Level Poster
Nah no need for overclocking to be honest with you. Just a desktop for playing games within the budegt, no other requirement really.

Cheers Teaz, ill have a gander!
 
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