You know it, we know it, even your mum knows it. Sandy Bridge is the way to go if you want the best gaming rig. Now we know you're not made of money, Lord knows we'd like to be, but in terms of outlay the Core i5 2500K is a simple no-brainer. Its 3.3GHz stock speed is only a beat behind the fastest Core i7 model, with the main differential being the L3 cache and a slightly improved Turbo mode. But you know all of this. What we're here for is to outline just how much cash a seriously kick-ass gaming rig is going to cost you, how it all falls together and what performance you can expect out of it at the end. To answer all of those questions we've been down the local market to pick up a few choice slices of silicon. We've put our shopping list on the right and it does add up to a hefty sum. At £1,310 it is pricey, but this is a PC that's going to last and frankly we have taken a couple of luxury items into the build that certainly heft the price up a few hundred pounds more than it might have to be. Gaming PC components One of our big luxury items is the Asus Maximus IV Extreme .
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