New mid/high gaming PC

samame

New member
Hi all,
Current PC is about 4 years old so time for a new one. Did have a budget of about £1k but gone slightly over with this spec as want a new monitor as well.

Do you think this is a good deal for a mid to high gaming PC? The PC is for surfing, music and gaming only. Will be running new games (Dues Ex, Skyrim etc and some MMOs such as Rift).

Feedback and tweaks appreciated !

Code:
Case
 COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE 
Processor (CPU)
 Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics 
Motherboard
 ASUS® P8P67 LE: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™ 
Memory (RAM)
 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT) 
Graphics Card
 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready 
2nd Graphics Card
 NONE 
3rd Graphics Card
 NONE 
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm) 
2nd Hard Disk
 NONE 
3rd Hard Disk
 NONE 
4th 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
 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 (£72) 
Processor Cooling
 INTEL SOCKET LGA1155/1156 STANDARD CPU COOLER 
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
 NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE 
Monitor
 IIYAMA E2271HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D HD 1920x1080 (£139) 
2nd Monitor
 NONE 
3rd Monitor
 NONE 
4th Monitor
 NONE 
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
 NONE 
Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision
 NONE 
Keyboard & Mouse
 NONE 
Mouse
 NONE 
Speakers
 NONE 
Webcam
 NONE 
Headsets (VOIP)
 NONE 
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
 FAST TRACK 5 WORKING DAY DISPATCH (£39) 
Pricing Information
 
 
Price (excluding VAT)
 £940.00
 
Price
 £1,128.00
 
Order Quantity
 1
 
Bulk Discount
 £0.00
 
Total Order price (Ex VAT)
 £940.00
 
Total Order Price
 £1,128.00
 
Payment Method
 
 
Wattage
 
 
Maximum Required Power
 469W
 

Fear

Prolific Poster
If you can stretch your budget a little more i would go for the spec below which has a better GPU that will perform better for longer on your games, if you can't go as high as the spec below then drop the CPU down to an i5 2500 as there is not a massive difference between the 2 for gaming and you will also notice i have only put 4GB Ram into the spec as this is plenty for gaming (if you need more in a year or so it will be much easier and cheaper to upgrade the ram than the CPU/GPU)

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67 (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
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
12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£45)
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)
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)
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: £1,151.00 including VAT and delivery.
 
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