PC Solely for Gaming

[Deiley]

Been through several iterations with this one and it's pretty much nearing it's final state. This PC will be used only for gaming, all other programs will be run on my laptop.

Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 430 BLACK CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-M: MICRO-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 660 - DVI, HDMI, VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE
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
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1155 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £668.00 including VAT and delivery.

All advice welcome!

 

[keynes]

If you are not planning to OC the cpu you could choose the i5-3570 (non-k) and a caviar black as the main drive. What is your budget? what type of games do you intend to play?

 

[Deiley]

Budget would preferably be around the price mark it currently stands at, but I'd be happy to go up to maybe £800. Planetside 2 and Sleeping Dogs are probably the most intensive games I'll be running for a while.

 

[Blackdog]

I echo Keyes plan on a caviar black drive, if you were wanting to push your budget to 800 then id go by way of updating your graphics card, and yes unless your planning on overclocking, then take the non-k version of the i5 - that processor should handle gaming no problem.

 

[Deiley]

What difference would I see between the 500GB drive on the current spec and a caviar black drive?

 

[Grinder]

The black will speed up loading time's.

 

[keynes]

What difference would I see between the 500GB drive on the current spec and a caviar black drive?

It should boot windows faster and load applications quicker.

 

[Deiley]

Thank you both!