Just built this: Gaming rig.

[Bikerdude]

Just finished building this rig for SirTaffsalot for not far of the price/perf of a PS4.

• Mobo - Asus P8Z68V
  
• Cpu - Core i3-3240 3.50GHz
  
• Case – Zalman Z3plus -
  
• Gpu - HD 5870
  
• Psu - Coolermaster 700w single 12v (55A) rail
  
• Ram – Kingston HyperX DDR3-1600 - 2x4GB
  
• Hdd – WD green 1TB
  
• OS - Win7proX64 OEM full
  

 

[MasterHelpo]

What was your budget overall if you don't mind me asking?

 

Also, you going to go with an aftermarket CPU cooler?

[Bikerdude]

• What was your budget overall if you don't mind me asking?
  
• Also, you going to go with an aftermarket CPU cooler?
  

• The plan was to keep it under £500, which we beat.
  
• That Core i3-3240 produces no heat, its only a 55w part. If Sir Taff at some point in the future upgrades the CPU i5/i7 and wants to o/c then it might be worth it.
  

[brethren]

Biker is the master of gaming PC builds - he configured my last two machines and both worked great. The first one ran everything at a decent level for almost 5 years, and I put together the last one about 2 months ago, and it's running great and definitely Thief 4 ready.

[Xarg]

5870? Second hand part?

[Bikerdude]

Yeah, both the Asus and HD 5870 were my main spares, the money from which will be going towards thier replacements. I gave SirTaff the option of going for a brand new mobo and a pricer HD7850, but that would have meant going over budget. The mob has a 1yr wty left and I gave a 1mnth wty on the 5870.

[Xarg]

All good, seems the 7790 isn't a bad card either, from the research I did earlier.