New Build £500 - £600 Budget

[LiamC92]

Hello, new forum member here wondering if i could get get a litte help/advice please?

I've looked around a few sites but this seems the best one to ask on.

I've needed a new computer for a while now but not really had the money to get one until now. I've never put together a computer before but i'd like to gve it a try.
I'm not not particlarly knowlewdgeable on computer hardware so i was wondering if someone could reccemend a decent build for me to put together.
My budget isn't the best, £500 maybe upto £600 at a push but that also includes the cost of an OS but not a monitor, mouse or keyboard (will be getting those in a few weeks time).
I mianly plan on using it for gaming.

Any advice would be much appreciated, thank you.

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
(£146.66) £175.99
(£146.66)
OcUK GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM £85.99
(£71.66) £85.99
(£71.66)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £85.98
(£71.65) £85.98
(£71.65)
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) £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply with FREE Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - PC (Retail) £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £26.99
(£22.49) £26.99
(£22.49)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £483.58
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 : £99.47
Total : £596.80

 

[LiamC92]

Thanks for the help.

 

[bobbarley]

Go wild and up the memory to 8GB, doesn't cost much, you'll barely go over budget

 

[Reaper 392]

personally i'd go for a smaller CPU and bigger graphics card if your gaming:

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £131.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - 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) £30.98
1 x OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply with FREE Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - PC (Retail) £64.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £37.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £596.80 (includes shipping : £13.75).


also ive put in a motherboard and PSU that can cope with crossfire, which makes for a great upgrade path

as an added bonus you get a ton of free games with this build:
modern warfare 3
dirt 3
deus ex

i was trying to get the 560Ti in the build rather than the 6870, but it wouldnt get anywhere near budget unless i went with the bitfenix merc alpha, which would have been fine for the single card, but quite toasty with two in there so i went for the 8GB RAM upgrade instead

 

[LiamC92]

Thanks for he suggestions.

It's hard trying to decide what to go with now.

I could probably stretch the budget a little more so would you suggest swapping the GTX 460 in Stulid's build with the 6870 that Reaper suggested and going with the 8GB of RAM too.

 

[stulid]

Thanks for he suggestions.

It's hard trying to decide what to go with now.

I could probably stretch the budget a little more so would you suggest swapping the GTX 460 in Stulid's build with the 6870 that Reaper suggested and going with the 8GB of RAM too.

Get the i5 2500K its a quad core CPU and allows you to overclock. The i3 2100 is nether.

 

[LiamC92]

Get the i5 2500K its a quad core CPU and allows you to overclock. The i3 2100 is nether.

Cheers, I meant that I would get the top build but with 8GB RAM and the 6870 instead of the GTX 460. Sorry for not making it clear what i meant.

 

[stulid]

Cheers, I meant that I would get the top build but with 8GB RAM and the 6870 instead of the GTX 460. Sorry for not making it clear what i meant.

If you can afford the extra then do it.

 

[danbt]

Go wild and up the memory to 8GB, doesn't cost much, you'll barely go over budget

Though, every little helps. He may want to save every penny lol.