Budget Gamer's Build (£450)

Sparx

Sparx

Sparx

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Hey,

My mate is trying to sort himself out a new rig, a proper gaming PC (not proper, but decent'ish!!) so he spec'd himself something for £560ish, now he is looking to cut down as MUCH as possible! So I did the below i3 rig for £432 which I thought was quite nice.. Can anyone fault it or think of anything else that could improve it?

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Cheers!

EDIT - Btw, anything would be an upgrade! I think he is coming from a really old home pc, prebuilt by Compaq or something horrid.. Intel P4/Celeron, 1GB RAM, ATI X600 Pro, 80GB IDE HD, something along those lines.. So nothing really salvageable! No OS needed either as I already have this for him - just the case & all internals...
 
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A better case with the PSU in the bottom, and metal thats not so thin the whole case flexes.
 
Titan - How does it not have the 'right connectors' - please explain?

Stulid - Do you have any alternatives you could suggest? I only went for that for the few decent reviews & for the money the internals looked nice as well with the black paint & orange contacts..
 
As your budget is £450 you could really god for the i3- 2120 3.3Ghz if you want to. But I don't think you'd see a hugh jump in performance. I could be wrong though.
 
Chris - No idea what that is meant to mean...

Jfro - Well his 'budget' was really £550 I just lowered it down to £450ish as I got him a decent rig spec'd as above for the £430 region so he was well pleased with that.. But yeah could go higher but I doubt the performance for the price increase is really worth it tbh..

EDIT
Stulid - Yeah it's worth the extra few quid, I'll change it to that - looks pretty spot on to me..
 
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J-FRO said:
Woah! £550 changes everything!
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Yeah that was because he couldn't spec anything lower he has no clue.. :p Until I showed him the i3 build I did that could quite nicely do him, so he immediately wanted to bring it down to the £450 tops region.. ;)

Skill.. skill.. :cool:
 
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850 Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
Asus P8P67-M Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** Asus P8P67-M Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £94.98
(£79.15) £94.98
(£79.15)
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
OCZ StealthXStream 2 500W Power Supply OCZ StealthXStream 2 500W Power Supply £40.99
(£34.16) £40.99
(£34.16)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £462.42
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £94.98
Total : £569.90

If you order it and take of the shipping thats £557.40

EDIT: and buy a better aftermarket cooler further down the line.
EDIT2: Can sell the game with the CPU as well for £15 on MM.
 
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Amd Alternative?

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £38.99
(£32.49) £38.99
(£32.49)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)

Total : £457.51 inc shipping!
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
CP-363-IN_60.jpg
Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £131.99
(£109.99) £131.99
(£109.99)
GX-258-SP_60.jpg
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5830 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
MB-329-GI_60.jpg
Gigabyte H67M-UD2H-B3 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
CA-225-CM_60.jpg
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
MY-203-CS_60.jpg
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
HD-247-SE_60.jpg
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
CD-060-SO_60.jpg
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32) Sub Total : £377.43 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50 VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £77.59 Total : £465.52
 
anuraj said:
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
CP-363-IN_60.jpg
Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £131.99
(£109.99) £131.99
(£109.99)
GX-258-SP_60.jpg
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5830 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
MB-329-GI_60.jpg
Gigabyte H67M-UD2H-B3 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
CA-225-CM_60.jpg
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
MY-203-CS_60.jpg
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
HD-247-SE_60.jpg
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
CD-000-SL_60.jpg
Sony DVD-ROM 18X SATA DDU1681S-0B (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66) Sub Total : £375.77 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50 VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £77.25 Total : £463.52
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You have done it again!!! LOL

how do you burn disks with a DVD ROM????
 
stulid said:
You have done it again!!! LOL

how do you burn disks with a DVD ROM????
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Fail #2 - Where is the power supply? No wonder the total is so cheap....

Anyway moving swiftly on..

Jfro - Sorry dude but his budget was £550 odd, not anymore since I showed him a decent i3 rig in the sub £430 area!! Haha, thanks anyway mate..

Risky - He is a true Intel geek so he won't go down the AM3 route as he wants to upgrade this rig later to an i5 CPU or something - good spec though. He won't be overclocking at all so won't want a 3rd party cooler for the CPU..

Anuraj - Nice spec but GPU is a bit naff and there is no PSU in there..
 
Sparx said:
Jfro - Sorry dude but his budget was £550 odd, not anymore since I showed him a decent i3 rig in the sub £430 area!! Haha, thanks anyway mate..
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That's understandable. Nevermind, I think you really get into i5 2500k's and better when you're not thinking about budget too much anyway. Was worth a crack at twisting your/his arm ;)
 
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