Build me a gaming rig for £1800

[marwhi]

I need a new rig to replace my outdated Laptop which is becoming obsolete, it's that old. I've saved a few months wages and would like something that can run most of the new releases on full specs.

Don't really know where to start :turned:

 

[TudorVII]

Might help if you told us exactly what you're hoping for.
What games will you play?
How many monitors?
3D setup?
etc.

 

[Teaz]

Then this is a spec to dive for :

Case
InWIN DRAGON RIDER BLACK GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V PRO: USB 3.0, SATA 6GB/s, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®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
120GB INTEL® 510 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 450MB/sR | 210MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

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

Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W PRO SERIES™ HX750-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£116)

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)

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

Total 1520

Configure it here

Sports a powerful 580 and cpu with plenty of ram along with an ssd for your OS with your main programs while a second hdd for your storage along with media or work etc etc. popped in a mod psu as its my recommendation

 

[Wozza63]

could do with a better case for the price imo

 

[marwhi]

Might help if you told us exactly what you're hoping for.
What games will you play?
How many monitors?
3D setup?
etc.

All kinds of games, BF3, Deus Ex, FIFA 12, Shogun 2, RAGE when it's released.
Don't worry about the monitor, not interested in 3D.

Thanks Teaz, is it worth going for the GTX 590 instead of the 580 because it's almost a year old? The life span with cards is about 2 years max.

 

[Petchi b]

Yeah a HAF X

 

[Teaz]

All kinds of games, BF3, Deus Ex, FIFA 12, Shogun 2, RAGE when it's released.
Don't worry about the monitor, not interested in 3D.

Thanks Teaz, is it worth going for the GTX 590 instead of the 580 because it's almost a year old? The life span with cards is about 2 years max.

Case is your choice, i popped the case as a starter.

Personally in my view the 590 may have a better future proofing gpu core by a small amount but i would go for the 580 any day. the 580 has plenty of power for games. if its not enough for you, you can always go for a second which is much better than the 590 but a tad more pricey. its better, its stable and will have less heat, so i would go for the 580.

you can always add a second in future if you require to but 1 580 should last you a good couple of years. by that time, you may end up changin it to nvidias next flagship lineup or sli it depending on that point of time when the price of a 580 cheapens.

 

[marwhi]

What do people think of this?

Case COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz @ max 4.80GHz)
Motherboard ASUS® P8Z68-V: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card 1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
2nd Graphics Card NONE
3rd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 120GB INTEL® 320 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 270MB/sR | 130MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
RAID NONE
SSD CACHE DRIVE NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader NONE
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)
Processor Cooling COOLIT ECO II A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£59)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
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
Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive NONE
Firewire & Video Editing NONE
TV Card NONE
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Monitor IIYAMA E2271HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D HD 1920x1080 (£139)
2nd Monitor NONE
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables 1 x 2 METRE GOLD PLATED V1.4 HDMI CABLE (£8)
Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision NONE
Keyboard & Mouse LOGITECH® G110 GAMING KEYBOARD WITH BACKLIGHTING (£58)
Mouse LOGITECH® MX™518 OPTICAL GAMING MOUSE (£29)
Speakers LOGITECH S220 2.1 SILVER/BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£18)
Webcam NONE
Headsets (VOIP) LOGITECH® STEREO HEADSET H110 - IDEAL FOR CALLS, MUSIC & GAMES (£15)
Surge Protection NONE
Printer NONE
External Hard Drive NONE
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Home Installation NONE
Data Recovery NONE
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Pricing Information
Price (excluding VAT) £1,511.67
Price £1,814.00
Order Quantity 1
Bulk Discount £0.00
Total Order price (Ex VAT) £1,511.67
Total Order Price £1,814.00

Is it worth getting an overclocked cpu because of the limited shelf life?

EDIT: Would that run most things on ultra? Like Deus Ex, BF3 etc.

 

[Wozza63]

if you are just gaming, its not really worth it, just stick with the normal one, it will last you ages

i recommend you remove those trials before them if you do not want unnecessary software

 

[marwhi]

Check this out Wozza...

Case COOLERMASTER CM STORM SNIPER - NEXT GEN GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard ASUS® P8Z68-V PRO: USB 3.0, SATA 6GB/s, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX™
Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card 1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
2nd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 120GB INTEL® 320 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 270MB/sR | 130MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
RAID NONE
SSD CACHE DRIVE NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)
Processor Cooling TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
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
Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive NONE
Firewire & Video Editing NONE
TV Card NONE
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus NORTON ANTI-VIRUS 2011 - 1 Year Licence for 1 PC (£12)
Monitor IIYAMA E2271HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D HD 1920x1080 (£139)
2nd Monitor NONE
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables 1 x 2 METRE GOLD PLATED V1.4 HDMI CABLE (£8)
Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision NONE
Keyboard & Mouse LOGITECH® G110 GAMING KEYBOARD WITH BACKLIGHTING (£58)
Mouse LOGITECH® MX™518 OPTICAL GAMING MOUSE (£29)
Speakers LOGITECH S220 2.1 SILVER/BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£18)
Webcam NONE
Headsets (VOIP) LOGITECH® STEREO HEADSET H110 - IDEAL FOR CALLS, MUSIC & GAMES (£15)
Surge Protection NONE
Printer NONE
External Hard Drive NONE
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Home Installation NONE
Data Recovery NONE
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days

On order.

 

[Fear]

If you are getting this for gaming as your title says then forget the overclocks as they are not needed as these components are perfectly capable of handling what you want at stock speeds and with any overclocks you run the risk of having an unstable machine. I would stick with the spec that Teaz has done earlier as that is a really good system but i would change the case to either a Storm Sniper or if you have the room for it then get yourself the Haf-X.