Good gaming desktop for £850?...

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Case COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE

Change to: COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE

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

Motherboard ASUS® P8Z68-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX

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

Graphics Card 1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

2nd Graphics Card NONE

3rd Graphics Card NONE

Memory - 1st Hard Disk 500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE

2nd Hard Disk NONE

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 600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)

Processor Cooling INTEL SOCKET LGA1155 STANDARD CPU COOLER

Fan Controller NONE

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

Network Facilities 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

Pricing Information
Price (excluding VAT) £685.00
Price £822.00
Order Quantity 1
Bulk Discount £0.00
Total Order price (Ex VAT) £685.00
Total Order Price £822.00
 
E

ellspeedy

Enthusiast
Welcome to the forums!

Ok so for your build, youve chosen the i5 2500k CPU which is for overclocking, do you plan on overclocking? If not then stick with the 2500, no need to upgrade to the 'k' version, its only benefit is overclocking.

Do you plan on SLI at any point in the future? If you do you will need to upgrade the mobo once to the ASUS® P8Z68-V/GEN3: PCI-E 3.0 READY, SLI, CROSSFIREX.

For the HDD you want to upgrade this to a branded version: 750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm) is a good shout, ~£30 more for the 1TB.

Again with the PSU you should stick with a branded version, the CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69) will be good.

I would upgrade the CPU cooler to SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19) (i think its actually only £5 more, may be wrong)

Other than that it looks fine, make sure you go for the silver warranty (£5 for 1 year collet+return and parts)

Im assuming you dont need a monitor as you didnt mention this?

Heres quick build iv come up with:

Case
COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500 Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st 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
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
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)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £909.00 including VAT and delivery.

Coming in at just over your budget it will give a more balanced and reliable performance. Note this build doesn't include the SLI ready motherboard.
 
E

ellspeedy

Enthusiast
More than welcome :)

Be sure to post your final configuration before going ahead with the purchase to get more experienced opinions
 
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