The Gaming Rig for £500 challenge!

bongla316

bongla316

bongla316

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Hi guys, don't know why I called it a 'challenge,' just sounded cooler than the standard 'Spec me a gaming rig for £500.' :P

Anyway, as the title suggests I'm thinking of building a rig for a budget if £500 (give or take £50). This does not include a monitor, speakers, keyboard and mouse. JUST the components and a case. I'd like the best 'bang for my buck.' Obviously I understand that I'm not going to get an insane system but I want the best I can get for £500. I plan on starting the build in mid-June (after exams...YAY!).

Any form of help would be greatly appreciated. And if I choose your build you'll have a great sense of self-fulfilment knowing you helped a guy out, and after all isn't that what REALLY counts? :P

Thanks.
 
Hi, welcome.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99
(£137.49) £164.99
(£137.49)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5830 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £89.98
(£74.98) £89.98
(£74.98)
Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £422.41
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 : £86.58
Total : £519.49

Thats the best possible for slightly over the budget.

You do have an Operating System for this?

But mid-June is stll a few weeks away, so come back closer to the time.
 
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Why not throw the OCZ Tech 4GB ram in there instead of the Corsair? Save your self a tenner or so that being said, that is an outstanding build for £500.
 
That maybe the best option that stulid chose. If you don't want to go over your limit maybe try a different graphics card.
 
bongla316 said:
Ah Stulid, I've read about you :P

Are there any other opinions out there?

Thanks for the really quick reply dude.
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Nope, thats it really.

And dont go looking for a cheaper card, its not worth the drop in performance, a 5770 is only around £10-20 less, and the performance difference is worth the extra spend.
 
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