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May 25, 2013 1:23:22 PM

Im looking to build my own gaming rig but not really sure where to be looking for the components, My budget is between £700- 900 any help greatly appreciated ( I want to be able to play most games on max settings with 60fps)

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a b 4 Gaming
May 25, 2013 1:30:10 PM

you could start with this and choose your cpu like intel or amd and build aroud there are members that will help you with your choice when you post all the parts you want http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/
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May 25, 2013 2:00:14 PM

Gigabyte 990fx motherboard
AMD FX8350 CPU
Radeon 7870 tahiti GPU
thermaltake or Corsair PSU 650 watt or higher
full tower case
logitech input devices
16 gig of memory 1333 or higher.
best bang for the buck unless you 3D model then go Intel and Nvidia but will cost 1200 $+
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a b 4 Gaming
May 25, 2013 2:09:48 PM

Here
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a b 4 Gaming
May 25, 2013 2:10:50 PM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£120.90 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Silver Arrow Extreme 130.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£64.49 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£101.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£38.91 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.94 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card (£299.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Titanium Grey) ATX Mid Tower Case (£79.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £754.20
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-25 22:09 BST+0100)

+ this power supply
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Be-Quiet-E9-CM-580W-Straight-Po...
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May 25, 2013 2:14:32 PM

here's a good list to start off with.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/ZXOU

what I was thinking is that you use this as a starting point and chop and change the individual parts. the total will be 800-850 with postage but you can cut down costs by ditching the bluray writer and CPU cooler (overclock later)

a few points to consider that I would disagree with airborn is that you don't need 16GB RAM. I have 8GB in my system and the most I've used in gaming is 5GB total (5GB=games+windows+background apps)
for the power supply a 500 is absolutely fine, 650 is pure overkill! I've put my PC through a watt-meter and got 250W when gaming, 350 with artificial stress testing and that was with normal overclocks on both CPU and GPU.
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