Gaming Build for under £520

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Hi i am looking for a new gaming computer build that is going to be used mainly for games and i don't think about OC in future. AMD or INTEL don't matter or ATI or NVIDIA.
 
Well slightly over budget:


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £97.99
(£81.66) £97.99
(£81.66)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.98
(£64.98) £77.98
(£64.98)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £62.99
(£52.49) £62.99
(£52.49)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £46.98
(£39.15) £46.98
(£39.15)
BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
* Sub Total : £436.57
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 : £89.81
* Total : £538.88



Slightly cheaper build:


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £141.59
(£117.99) £141.59
(£117.99)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £97.99
(£81.66) £97.99
(£81.66)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.98
(£64.98) £77.98
(£64.98)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £62.99
(£52.49) £62.99
(£52.49)
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £46.98
(£39.15) £46.98
(£39.15)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £46.98
(£39.15) £46.98
(£39.15)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
* Sub Total : £423.73
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 : £87.25
* Total : £523.48
 
No i don't have anything i will be needing everything. Including OS i was thinking about win7 64bit ultimate ? Also is there a way that forum notify me of a new replys to a thread by email ?

And what about something like this:

Motherboard: Asus M5A87 AMD 870 AM3+ Motherboard
CPU: AMD CPU FX Series 4100 Black Edition Quad Core Processor Bulldozer
RAM: Corsair Memory XMS3 Classic 4GB DDR3 1333 Mhz CAS 9 Dual Channel
GPU: HD-687A-ZDFC - 1GB XFX HD 6870 Double D cooling
HDD: 1TB Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600Watt Modular 80+
CASE: Coolermaster 430 Elite
 
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Home premium is fine for most user, unless you need the extra features, £520 very tight for a gaming build:


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Iiyama ProLite E2208HDD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £107.99
(£89.99) £107.99
(£89.99)
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £88.79
(£73.99) £88.79
(£73.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £62.99
(£52.49) £62.99
(£52.49)
Asus P8H61-M Intel H61 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6570 HM 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11191-01-20G) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £46.98
(£39.15) £46.98
(£39.15)
BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
* Sub Total : £465.55
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £19.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £96.93
* Total : £581.58
 
@RJC

In the £520 i only want the rig all other stuff i will buy later :D And i have another rig at home that was built in September :D details in my signature.
 
osa1313 said:
@RJC

In the £520 i only want the rig all other stuff i will buy later :D And i have another rig at home that was built in September :D details in my signature.
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Ah ok, have a look at my builds in post 3.

Edit:


Well slightly over budget:


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £97.99
(£81.66) £97.99
(£81.66)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.98
(£64.98) £77.98
(£64.98)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £62.99
(£52.49) £62.99
(£52.49)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £46.98
(£39.15) £46.98
(£39.15)
BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
* Sub Total : £436.57
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 : £89.81
* Total : £538.88



Slightly cheaper build:


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £141.59
(£117.99) £141.59
(£117.99)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £97.99
(£81.66) £97.99
(£81.66)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.98
(£64.98) £77.98
(£64.98)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £62.99
(£52.49) £62.99
(£52.49)
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £46.98
(£39.15) £46.98
(£39.15)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £46.98
(£39.15) £46.98
(£39.15)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
* Sub Total : £423.73
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 : £87.25
* Total : £523.48
 
 
olivier renault said:
you have a link?
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Sorry but i don't have the link it was on a old forum i forgot the name of it was closed down anyway :(

But it was when i building my old build a guy said that Seagate are faulty and that i should buy samsung spinpoint. Also by looking at the ranking the samsung is better that's why i want to put in my new build.

@Deehjay

I am not to keen on getting i3 when at the same price i can get i5 or the new bulldozer.

Does anybody have any info how the new AMD CPU FX Series 4100 Black Edition is performing as i am running a amd x4 955 and it is performing well.



What about this build i put up is it good and stable ? Is there anything that won't fit together ? I am not including the OS price any more because i will get it from my friend he has win7 home premium 64bit that will be enough what i will need.

Motherboard: Asus M5A87 AMD 870 AM3+ Motherboard
CPU: AMD CPU FX Series 4100 Black Edition Quad Core Processor Bulldozer
RAM: Corsair Memory XMS3 Classic 4GB DDR3 1333 Mhz CAS 9 Dual Channel
GPU: HD-687A-ZDFC - 1GB XFX HD 6870 Double D cooling
HDD: 1TB Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600Watt Modular 80+
CASE: Coolermaster 430 Elite
 
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managed to get you a nicer case and a modular power supply. nothing wrong with seagate HDDs :)
(this one is faster than the one deehjay recommended)

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £95.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £88.79
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £62.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £17.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £523.77 Using offer code CMdouble (includes shipping : £11.75).

have a look in the news/deals section for info about the offer code. it should still be working
 
osa1313 said:
Sorry but i don't have the link it was on a old forum i forgot the name of it was closed down anyway :(

But it was when i building my old build a guy said that Seagate are faulty and that i should buy samsung spinpoint. Also by looking at the ranking the samsung is better that's why i want to put in my new build.

@Deehjay

I am not to keen on getting i3 when at the same price i can get i5 or the new bulldozer.

Does anybody have any info how the new AMD CPU FX Series 4100 Black Edition is performing as i am running a amd x4 955 and it is performing well.



What about this build i put up is it good and stable ? Is there anything that won't fit together ?

Motherboard: Asus M5A87 AMD 870 AM3+ Motherboard
CPU: AMD CPU FX Series 4100 Black Edition Quad Core Processor Bulldozer
RAM: Corsair Memory XMS3 Classic 4GB DDR3 1333 Mhz CAS 9 Dual Channel
GPU: HD-687A-ZDFC - 1GB XFX HD 6870 Double D cooling
HDD: 1TB Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600Watt Modular 80+
CASE: Coolermaster 430 Elite
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Good luck getting a gaming system with an i5 and a decent GPU for £520.
The Bulldozer series is apparently horrible as well and one of the biggest fails in CPU industry..
 
Reaper 392 said:
managed to get you a nicer case and a modular power supply. nothing wrong with seagate HDDs :)
(this one is faster than the one deehjay recommended)

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £95.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £88.79
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £62.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £17.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £523.77 Using offer code CMdouble (includes shipping : £11.75).

have a look in the news/deals section for info about the offer code. it should still be working
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Aye, I would have included that case but its out of stock :(
 
osa1313 said:
Is it true or a personal opinion ?
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Ask around, I'm sure most people would agree with me
Here's the closest I got to your budget but wouldn't allow for overclocking and a average motherboard which if you required an Ivybridge in the future would need replacing.
Use the code cmdouble for £20 off (If the offer's still on)


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £163.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint M8 500GB 5400RPM SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HN-M500MBB) £68.99
1 x Asus ATI Radeon HD 6670 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £59.99
1 x **B Grade** Cooler Master HAF 912 Case - Black £52.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x MSI H61M-P23 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £47.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £17.99
1 x Samsung SH-D163C/BEBE SATA 16x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £12.98
Total : £567.49 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
stulid said:
^
HDD is a bit meh at 5400rpm.

DVD ROM, a few quid more gets one that burns too.
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Yeah, accidently picked a 5400RPM one.
If you're determined to get a Bulldozer, go for it. But take a look at the comparison in benchmarks between the i3-2100 and the 8 core Bulldozer that costs £190 odd; http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/289?vs=434v


YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £95.99
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4100 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail **£10 CASHBACK** with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £89.99
1 x Asus M5A88-M AMD 880G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £63.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £17.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £541.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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Deehjay said:
Yeah, accidently picked a 5400RPM one.
If you're determined to get a Bulldozer, go for it. But take a look at the comparison in benchmarks between the i3-2100 and the 8 core Bulldozer that costs £190 odd; http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/289?vs=434v

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £95.99
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4100 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail **£10 CASHBACK** with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Asus F1A75-M PRO AMD A75 (Socket FM1) DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £63.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £17.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £533.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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That CPU and motherboard are not compatible!!!!!
 
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