£600-800 PC, newbie help

[GooGaRoo]

Well this is my one of my first posts, and will probably be my most important post I make, So I might as well say hi first. Now I am in need of some help on building a Gaming rig for around £600-800 I know a bit about computers just not what sort of things I should choose.

I'm looking to play games such as S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat, Empire Total War and EVE Online on high with a decent fps, I have done a little legwork myself and come up with:

Case: Asus TM-21 Micro ATX tower without PSU
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...X-Tower-No-PSU

MoBo: Gigabyte GM-P55-UD2 Intel P55 Express SATA 3gig
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Gigab...SATA-RAID-uATX

Processor: Intel i5 750 Lynfield 2.66
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Intel...che-95W-Retail
Hard Drive: Samsung 1TB SATA 3Gb/s
http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=1072299

DVD Drive: Samsung SH-s223c
http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=1101491

PSU: Silverstone Tech Rider
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/500W-...-pin-120mm-Fan

RAM: 4Gig Unbufferd Corsair RAM
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/4GB-(...-9-9-9-24-150V

GPU: Asus HD 5770 GGDR5
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-A...I-I-D-Sub-HDMI

The total sits at £593.09 which is dead on centre of my budget I'm pretty sure it is DX11 supported, all I really want to know is it capable of what I want it to do above? I was thinking of maybe going with an AMD proccesor because they are cheaper but I've heard that they don't hold up against an i5.

I will look into overclocking it as well in the future, many thanks Hexus, sorry if this is the wrong board.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

If you were running the CPU at stock speeds it looks a nice build. You could always get a Phenom II X4 955 and a 785G motherboard and put the £40 into an HD5830 as this should be between £160 to £180 when it is released in the next week or two.

The motherboard has a 4+1 phase VRM so it is not ideal for overclocking the Core i5 750 massively but if you are using stock voltage(or a slight voltage bump) it should be fine I think but I would make sure that you attach a fan or some heatsinks to the VRM section. I would also investigate how far you could push a Core i5 750 using only the stock cooler too.

[GooGaRoo]

Well Overclocking is not essential, I just want to make sure it will run most of games available today on high with a good fps, as I don't want to be spending £700 and get a glorified toaster.

Oh and I admit I am a little bit of a graphics whore when it comes to eye candy.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Well Overclocking is not essential, I just want to make sure it will run most of games available today on high with a good fps, as I don't want to be spending £700 and get a glorified toaster.

Oh and I admit I am a little bit of a graphics whore when it comes to eye candy.

I would wait a bit then until the HD5830 has been released in the next few or so.

Anyway some of the bits you have listed are out of stock anyway.

[GooGaRoo]

Ok no problem, I'm not a huge rush if I'm honest, Phenom II X4 955 CPU and a 785G MoBO and with the £40 spare from the CPU get a HD 5830 when they are released.

Thanks very much Cat.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Ok no problem, I'm not a huge rush if I'm honest, Phenom II X4 955 CPU and a 785G MoBO and with the £40 spare from the CPU get a HD 5830 when they are released.

Thanks very much Cat.

Anyway, I would check the following webpage daily for offers:

http://www.scan.co.uk/todayonly/

I would also look on Ebuyer and Novatech too and with latter retailer you can get cashback from Quidco and TopCashBack on purchases. You maybe able to get a Core i5 750 on special offer too and sometimes the RAM can be much cheaper on Novatech and Ebuyer when compared to Scan.

I would also look at the Scan free postage offer too:

http://forums.hexus.net/scan-care-he...tup-guide.html

http://forums.hexus.net/scan-care-he...0-07-08-a.html