First build - £550-600

[Nocturnerage]

I'm looking to build my first desktop for gaming/general use with a budget of £550-600.(no more) xD

I will be looking to build this rig in 2 weeks or less

I won't be needing mouse/keyboard, monitor or speakers.

Just the desktop itself and win7 OS.

Possible over clocking (when I read up more on it) and sli/crossfire (in the near future)

Thanks for the help in advance

 

[Doomedspeed]

This is as good as i can get you for the budget.

There are a few problems though.

• The motherboard doesn't (really) support Xfire.
• You can't overclock this too far with buying an aftermarket cooler.
• Won't have enough PSU power for Xfire/SLI.

That being said, this will be great for your uses and easily upgradable when you have the funds.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x MSI HD 6850 "Dual Fan Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £84.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £56.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £49.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £43.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £31.99
Total : £612.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[Nocturnerage]

Hey thanks for the quick reply,

The crossfire/sli was only really if could fit it within the budget I could always upgrade later down the line as you said when I have more cash to spend on it.

looks like a nice build but wouldn't the I5 2500k give me about the same performance at a cheaper price?

 

[beejjacobs]

Very similar with cheaper RAM/Motherboard/PSU, and an optical drive:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 "Dual Fan Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £84.95
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £56.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £31.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £613.36 (includes shipping : £11.75).



If you don't need an optical drive, you could get a cooler instead, such as
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-086-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

 

[BigChief]

Agree with Doomedspeed, you are asking for quite a bit with a relatively small budget.

I had put something together slightly different from doomed using an i5-2500k instead, but then realised I hadn't included an optical drive and I was already £5 past budget.

 

[Nocturnerage]

I agree it's a small budget I only put the overclock and sli/crossfire options on if at all possible it would fit within the budget,
they're not a must lol i could always upgrade the system on a later date when i have more money to put into it

 

[beejjacobs]

Hey thanks for the quick reply,

The crossfire/sli was only really if could fit it within the budget I could always upgrade later down the line as you said when I have more cash to spend on it.

looks like a nice build but wouldn't the I5 2500k give me about the same performance at a cheaper price?

Sorry just saw this, the 2500K would indeed give you similar performance, but for £10 I'd suggest the newer CPU.

 

[Nocturnerage]

Sorry just saw this, the 2500K would indeed give you similar performance, but for £10 I'd suggest the newer CPU.

ah I see, Yeah I'd go with the 3570k then , So if I was to buy most of it today what parts would you suggest I buy?

I'm thinking the stuff that's on offer in case I do miss the deals by the time I have the rest of the money, such as.

MoBo, CPU, HDD, PSU, RAM, Case and optical drive?

I have £480 atm.