• £700 budget-ish for gaming and recording/mixing
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I've been using a Dell laptop for 3 years. It's time to move on. I can barely run Minecraft and had to play through Oblivion with the draw distance so low I couldn't see anything. I know nothing about anything computer hardware related, but my dad has built a few computers and knows what he's doing so I'm just looking for parts + where to order. He suggested I buy from Novatech or Dell so I figured I do my own research (get Facepunch to do it for me.) I'm in the UK, I'll also need a keyboard and monitor. On this budget I'm not hoping to get anything top of the range but I'd like to be able to run new releases ([B]especially Skyrim. I must be able to play Skyrim on at least medium settings without it dragging behind.[/B]) Also Battlefield 3, Minecraft, New Vegas, TF2. God I've missed out on so much. I also record through an Line 6 UX2 interface, but I'm pretty sure it's not compatible with Windows 7. Anyway, I do a lot of recording in Reaper (hoping to upgrade to Cubase but one thing at a time...) with VST plugins so I'll need enough RAM to handle it. I'm not sure what the prices are like right now, so if my budget's too low . I'll have to leave it for a while. On the other hand, the less I can spend the better (£700 is already kind of a stretch, I've got things to go on eBay.) Thanks.
[B] Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case [/B] Item #: N82E16811129042 Return Policy: Limited Replacement Only Return Policy -$11.00 Instant $69.95 $58.95 [B] SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3EG HD503HI 500GB 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive [/B] Item #: N82E16822152305 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy Protect Your Investment (expand for options) $104.99 [B]EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card [/B] Item #: N82E16814130625 Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy Protect Your Investment (expand for options) -$2.00 Instant $20.00 Mail-in Rebate Card $139.99 $137.99 [B] Antec EarthWatts EA-650 GREEN 650W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply [/B] Item #: N82E16817371044 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy Protect Your Investment (expand for options) -$25.00 Instant $89.99 $64.99 [B]G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL [/B] Item #: N82E16820231428 Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy $48.99 1 [B] ASUS P8P67 LE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard [/B] Item #: N82E16813131706 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy Protect Your Investment (expand for options) -$5.00 Instant $139.99 $134.99 [B] Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K [/B] Item #: N82E16819115072 Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy Protect Your Investment (expand for options) -$5.00 Instant $21 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM Item #: N82E16832116986 Return Policy: Software Standard Return Policy $99.99 Subtotal: $865.88 These are newegg.com prices in Euros this should be around $670? If you want you could go cheaper on the HDD and Ram.
Newegg doesn't ship internationally. Cheers though.
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He needs a monitor and keyboard and £150 for a 460? Fuck that. [img]http://puu.sh/7VXz[/img] Harddrive here: [url]http://www.kikatek.com/product_info.php?products_id=130624[/url] Decent seller £701 total, scan/kikatek not including OS, but I'm un-sure on what OS you're looking for..
Windows 7 Home Premium I suppose.
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