As some of you know I was looking at buying a new machine for £1000. This is what it got narrowed down to in the end -
Intel i5-3570k @ 3.40GHz
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2048MB
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77
Samsung 128GB SSD 830
Seagate Barracude 1TB SATA HDD
Corsair Enthusiast 750W PSU
Corsair HAF 912 PC case
Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler
Kingston HyperX 8GB 1600MHz
Windows 7 Home 64bit
LG DVD-RW
Total cost £1092.95
I have now gone a bought a 2nd hand machine which I think will suit my needs in the next few years. The machine I've bought -
Intel i7-2700K @ 3.5GHz
Gainward GeForce GTX 570 1280MB
ASUS P8Z68-V PRO
2 x 60GB SSD OCZ Vertex 2
Antec P190 - Dual PSU 1200W
Antex gunmetal PS case
Standard CPU cooler
Kingston HyperX 16GB 1600MHz
Windows 7 64bit Home
Toshiba DVD-RW
Xi-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Pro seriers sound card
Razer Tarantula Gaming keyboard (will sell)
Razer DeathAdder mouse (will sell)
Acer GD245HD 24" 120hz gaming Monitor
7.1 Creative Inspire speakers
Total cost £750
I'm going to SLi the graphics card eventually and add a 2TB HDD. Obviously it's the older Sandybridge as opposed to Ivybridge but I can't see myself utilising PCI-e 3.0 in the near future.
Once the SLi is done I can't imagine any games in the next couple of years demanding more than this machine? If that's the case I will still be able to sell it on for £500-£600 without the monitor.
Thoughts guys?
Intel i5-3570k @ 3.40GHz
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2048MB
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77
Samsung 128GB SSD 830
Seagate Barracude 1TB SATA HDD
Corsair Enthusiast 750W PSU
Corsair HAF 912 PC case
Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler
Kingston HyperX 8GB 1600MHz
Windows 7 Home 64bit
LG DVD-RW
Total cost £1092.95
I have now gone a bought a 2nd hand machine which I think will suit my needs in the next few years. The machine I've bought -
Intel i7-2700K @ 3.5GHz
Gainward GeForce GTX 570 1280MB
ASUS P8Z68-V PRO
2 x 60GB SSD OCZ Vertex 2
Antec P190 - Dual PSU 1200W
Antex gunmetal PS case
Standard CPU cooler
Kingston HyperX 16GB 1600MHz
Windows 7 64bit Home
Toshiba DVD-RW
Xi-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Pro seriers sound card
Razer Tarantula Gaming keyboard (will sell)
Razer DeathAdder mouse (will sell)
Acer GD245HD 24" 120hz gaming Monitor
7.1 Creative Inspire speakers
Total cost £750
I'm going to SLi the graphics card eventually and add a 2TB HDD. Obviously it's the older Sandybridge as opposed to Ivybridge but I can't see myself utilising PCI-e 3.0 in the near future.
Once the SLi is done I can't imagine any games in the next couple of years demanding more than this machine? If that's the case I will still be able to sell it on for £500-£600 without the monitor.
Thoughts guys?
