Gaming PC for £650??

[Rice1985]

Can anyone spec me a budget gaming pc for about £650. Helping a friend build one for Diablo 3 & BF3 Thanks!!

 

[beejjacobs]

Sure, what do you need for that?

OS/monitor/keyboard/mouse? Or just the PC itself?

 

[Rice1985]

Just the desktop buddy!

 

[beejjacobs]

Here's an option:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.98
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £86.39
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £53.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £39.95
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £623.24 (includes shipping : £12.50).



PSU and GPU are on offer for the weekend so will change tomorrow morning I believe.

or with an SSD:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.98
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £86.39
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5 SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £39.95
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £31.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £646.25 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 

[Rice1985]

Here's an option:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.98
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £86.39
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £53.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £39.95
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £623.24 (includes shipping : £12.50).



PSU and GPU are on offer for the weekend so will change tomorrow morning I believe.

Thanks! Which nvidia card would you choose to replace the 7850?

 

[beejjacobs]

Thanks! Which nvidia card would you choose to replace the 7850?

This one:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-094-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1854

Though you could get an i5 into the build instead (if you stretch the budget a little):

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti "448 Edition" WindForce 3X OC 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £39.95
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £31.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £656.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 

[Smoogels]

While his build is pretty nice I personally would rather get a i5 and get a cheaper graphics card.

Mostly because a £130 GPU could play the latest games (excluding stuff like BF3 on ultra of course) and that the i5 would be 'future proof' for quite some time. Also because you would be more likely to upgrade the GPU in the future than a CPU if you got the i5.

Edit: beejjacobs, you just beat me with the i5 suggestion

 

[Rice1985]

While his build is pretty nice I personally would rather get a i5 and get a cheaper graphics card.

Mostly because a £130 GPU could play the latest games (excluding stuff like BF3 on ultra of course) and that the i5 would be 'future proof' for quite some time. Also because you would be more likely to upgrade the GPU in the future than a CPU if you got the i5.

Edit: beejjacobs, you just beat me with the i5 suggestion

which card would you suggest @ £130?

 

[beejjacobs]

which card would you suggest @ £130?

See my last spec above, seems the 560Ti 448 is a better option for BF3 than the 7850:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-radeon-hd-7850-and-7870-review/21
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5625/...-7850-review-rounding-out-southern-islands/11
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2012/03/05/amd-radeon-hd-7850-2gb/4

 

[stulid]

I would chuck the above suggestions out of the window now, and instead get.

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 PC Game £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.00
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £668.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).