First gaming pc

[STITCHMAGNET]

well here are the specs
• CIT Templar Black
• 2 x Standard Case Fan
• Standard 500W
• AMD Phenom II X4 955, Quad Core (AM3, 3.20GHz, 8MB Cache)
• Standard Heatsink & CPU Fan
• Standard Heatsink Paste
• MSI 760GM-P21 (FX), 2xDIMM, Max. 16GB, M-ATX
• 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC10600 1333MHz DDR3
• ATI HD7770 1GB
• 320GB SATA II
• NO RAID
• 22x Dual Layer DVD +/- Rewriter
• Integrated 10/100Mbps
• 2 Front + 4 Back Ports
• Integrated 7.1 High Definition Channel Audio
• Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit Version)
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£430
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how good are these parts? any tweaks anyone would make for a budget gaming machine?
thx

 

[adimeister]

Save a little bit and get a higher spec card.. But if you want it now, that's a good entry level rig already.

 

[STITCHMAGNET]

thx

 

[Spectronox]

It looks okay.

Where are you buying from? You can get your hands on a 965 which runs a fraction faster core clock - link - for less than any 955 I can find. Plus, it's a black edition processor so it's unlocked.

Adimeister is right, a better graphics card would be good, if you can stretch to it. Perhaps this 7850 - link - as it would result in a big performance gain.

 

[STITCHMAGNET]

It looks okay.

Where are you buying from? You can get your hands on a 965 which runs a fraction faster core clock - link - for less than any 955 I can find. Plus, it's a black edition processor so it's unlocked.

Adimeister is right, a better graphics card would be good, if you can stretch to it. Perhaps this 7850 - link - as it would result in a big performance gain.

kk, i think i might try building the steam box, anyone heard anything about that? is it the right thing to do?

 

[Sangeet Khatri]

Get this build. It is a beast as compared to the one you planned on building.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£63.59 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.25 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£52.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: A-Data XPG Gaming Series v2.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£41.40 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 1GB Video Card (£124.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Fractal Design Integra R2 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£53.62 @ Dabs)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£68.35 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £458.34
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

Note: 1. I have not included the case here as i do not know what are your case preference, but any good enough case under 30 pounds would do..
2. If you want to cut some costs then go for the 7790 it is like 15 pounds cheaper.

Everything is available in UK as this is selected using the PCPartPicker UK, so availability should not be a problem. And it is more powerful than the one you selected. And you can also later grab another 650ti boost and then put both of them in SLI. That would be a good performer.

If you have any question, please feel absolutely free to ask that below.

I hope this helps.