Budget Gaming/Work/Entertainment PC

[ProKiller1295]

Case PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard ASUS® P8Z68-V/GEN3: PCI-E 3.0 READY, SLI, CROSSFIREX

Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)

Graphics Card 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 550 Ti - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 10x LG BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW

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 ASUS XONAR DG 5.1 SURROUND SOUND PCI CARD

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 WILLTING SYSTEM REQUIRED

Anti-Virus NORTON ANTI-VIRUS 2011 - 1 Year Licence for 1 PC

Keyboard & Mouse Razer® Lycosa Backlit Wired Gaming Keyboard

im only using it for mid/low lever gaming, and work, the most high end game i run is TW Shogun 2, the 550ti is strong enough to eat that game on ultra settings, im using a razer mouse and a 27" LG HD Monitor thinking of upgrading to a 3D monitor just for fun

 

[dangro474]

Nice build, but if i were you i would drop the CPU down to a 2500 (unless the perks of an i7 are highly benefitial to your work) and spending the £69 you saved plus another £3 on upgrading your GPU to a 560Ti for a substantial performance boost in games, ESPECIALLY if you are thinking of going for a 3d monitor - 3d gaming stresses your GPU significantly more than 2D gaming.

 

[ProKiller1295]

thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately i received my PC a little while ago (without a power cable lol) i was thinking about buying a bigger PSU and Sli'ing the 550ti since they are rather cheap to buy, but i will only do that if i find a decent 3D monitor, i am currently using a 27" LG HD monitor and it suits all my purposes so far