Gaming Build £500-600

ShaunP · 21 Jun 2011 at 19:49

Hi

Can anyone recommend a good gaming build for £500-600. Games im looking to play are SC 2, COD 4, Shogun 2

Cheers

hbk123 · 21 Jun 2011 at 19:51

Give Stulid a minute to see this thread, he will spec you a great comp for your budget!

Reaper 392 · 21 Jun 2011 at 19:52

something like this?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £156.98
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £116.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68A-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £39.98
1 x OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) £24.98
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 Pro Extreme Performance CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £24.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £536.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).

the deals will be changing on wednesday, so if your not ordering tonight we're probably going to change a lot of things around

olivier renault · 21 Jun 2011 at 20:19

missing a PSU

You need an OS? Gonna increase the budget, or else it's a bit gimped :/

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £156.98
1 x MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £107.99
1 x XFX ATI Radeon HD 5830 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £41.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £34.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £33.98
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £17.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £610.79 (includes shipping : £11.25).

not too bad with AMD.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £116.99
1 x Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 PCI-Express ATX Motherboard £93.98
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 620W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £41.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £34.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £588.79 (includes shipping : £13.75).

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6870 OC HAWK 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Lara Croft Game £148.98
1 x Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 PCI-Express ATX Motherboard £93.98
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £41.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £34.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £33.98
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 Pro Extreme Performance CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £24.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £595.78 (includes shipping : £11.25).

chris_holmes · 21 Jun 2011 at 20:26

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £156.98

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £116.99

Asrock Z68 PRO3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £105.98

Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40

Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99

Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £59.99

Antec High Current Gamer 620W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £39.98

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £21.98

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99

Sub Total : ££558.56
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £114.46
Total :£686.77
Close a s i can get for a good system could get a cheaper gfx but not advisable as with the case

timmillwood · 21 Jun 2011 at 20:51

Here's my suggestion (and why I think I am going for, after convincing myself to stretch my budget)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £156.98
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £116.99
1 x MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £107.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 620W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £41.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £34.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 Pro Extreme Performance CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £24.98
Total : £653.80 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Reaper 392 · 21 Jun 2011 at 21:27

olivier renault said:
missing a PSU

erm.... no im not

or were you explaining the reason for your edit?

olivier renault · 21 Jun 2011 at 22:10

sneaky CM elite...

stulid · 21 Jun 2011 at 22:22

Because theres already enough Sandybridge options in here, I have done a better AMD build.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
OCZ StealthXStream 2 700W Power Supply £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £33.98
(£28.32) £33.98
(£28.32)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £21.98
(£18.32) £21.98
(£18.32)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.49) £14.99
(£12.49)
Sub Total : £424.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £87.23
Total : £523.38

Or with a copy of Windows7

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
OCZ StealthXStream 2 700W Power Supply £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £33.98
(£28.32) £33.98
(£28.32)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £21.98
(£18.32) £21.98
(£18.32)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.49) £14.99
(£12.49)
Sub Total : £481.90
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 : £98.88
Total : £593.28

The motherboard supports the upcoming AMD Bulldozer CPU's

The OCZ PSU is the same price as the Antec HGC620 but more powerful.

The GTX560ti is faster than say a ATI6870 etc, the actual ASUS card is reviewed here - http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_560_Ti_Direct_Cu_II/28.html

But ultimately a Sandybridge setup will be faster with the right graphics card.

DJ_Martin · 21 Jun 2011 at 22:28

Stulid....AMD.....I thought I would never see the day!

olivier renault · 22 Jun 2011 at 08:47

timmillwood said:
Here's my suggestion (and why I think I am going for, after convincing myself to stretch my budget)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £156.98
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £116.99
1 x MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £107.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 620W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £41.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £34.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 Pro Extreme Performance CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £24.98
Total : £653.80 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Good. Sandybridge is always a better option. Missing optical, so you'll need to find a SATA drive at some point. For PSU, you have the choice between the Antec and the OCZ, and I'd choose the Antec personally. The OCZ is not that powerful (It's a bit gimped on the 12V).

stulid · 22 Jun 2011 at 09:46

DJmartin said:
Stulid....AMD.....I thought I would never see the day!

Someone had to show how its done, I knew I could do a better job, so did.

Good bang for the buck with the GPU, more powerful PSU which will last longer for future upgrades.

Within budget too for both.

Lovejoy! · 22 Jun 2011 at 10:45

i had to double take at stulid specc'ing an amd set up there

Reaper 392 · 22 Jun 2011 at 11:16

Lovejoy! said:
i had to double take at stulid specc'ing an amd set up there

same here. it was just a few days ago that AMD was the most pointless company in the world and that you should avoid them at all costs. i think it was around this budget that stulid was recommending intel too

*edit*
my bad, it was a lower budget: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18287133

*2nd edit*
well, seeing that intel is clearly the way to go i thought i'd show you how its done

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £178.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £134.39
1 x MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £59.99
1 x OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply £50.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £33.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £31.19
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £29.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £576.00 (includes shipping : £11.25).

the this week only deals have also changed, so i cant get as big a PSU as stulids build, although why you would want a 700W PSU with a non SLI board i dont know, because by the time you get round to changing the motherboard the PSU will be due for a change anyway.

even without overclocking the i5 2300 blows anything the phenom II can throw at it.

however, if you do need an OS, i would agree that the AMD options start to look interesting

stulid · 22 Jun 2011 at 11:30

There is a huge disclaimer at the bottom of my post saying Sandybridge is faster.

I only put it up because theres already enough Sandybridge specs in here.

Reaper 392 · 22 Jun 2011 at 11:34

stulid said:
There is a huge disclaimer at the bottom of my post saying Sandybridge is faster.

I only put it up because theres already enough Sandybridge specs in here.

you said the AMD build was better though......

and i kinda missed the neon yellow disclaimer at the bottom because i was reeling back in shock after you were recommending an AMD build

stulid · 22 Jun 2011 at 11:37

Better than Oliviers

But the prices have changed today, so here are the latest specs for I5 2500K and AMD with and without a copy of Win7.