Gaming PC Help

[Junglisticluxx]

Hello, I have a £280 budget that I am going to spend on making a gaming PC (excluding the graphics card and case) graphics card I will be running is a radeon HD 6870.

can you recommend what 3Ghz or higher CPU and motherboard to use with this case.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-AeroCool-Syclone-II-Professional-ATX-Desktop-Tower-Gaming-PC-Case-Black-/280923767362?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopComponents_RL&hash=item41685c8242#ht_1696wt_952

So it will be running a 750w PSU with a radeon HD 6870, 250GB Hard-drive.
Would prefer a motherboard that will be able to run 2 6870's in the future.

 

[jerreddredd]

http://www.dabs.com/products/asrock-z77-extreme-4-s1155-intel-z77-ddr3-atx-80XR.html?refs=48760000-4294943314&src=3
http://www.dabs.com/products/intel-core-i5-3550-s1155-3-3ghz-6mb-7YXK.html?refs=4294944663-48650000&src=3

THG review of Z77 Sub $160USD MB
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/z77-express-ivy-bridge-benchmark,3254-35.html

this will run SLI/CF at x8x8, but that should be fine with just the HD 6870's even in PCIe 2.0. if you get PCIe 3.0 GPU's later you be already set with the right MB.

if you had a little more you could get a unlock "K" series cpu for future over clocking
http://www.dabs.com/products/intel-core-i5-3570k-s1155-3-4ghz-6mb-7YXJ.html?refs=4294944663-48650000&src=3

 

[Spicy_benie]

or you would be fine getting a asrock pro3... if your not going to overclock then you don't need z77

 

[azeem40]

or you would be fine getting a asrock pro3... if your not going to overclock then you don't need z77

But he does plan to CF/SLI, and the Pro3 can't do that.

 

[Spicy_benie]

true.