Please spec me a pc around £550 (max £600)

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I would like a few people to spec me a pc for around £550 (max I'd go is 600) that's intel and capable of playing gaming like bf3 and gta on about high settings stable. I would like the build to look nice so I'd like a case with a window and good cable management. So yeah not much too it i occasionally game and i mainly want a fast computer for uploading videos and rendering... (btw i'm on about just the computer nothing else, no monitor or peripherals or anything).
 
 
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ConnorJoshua said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £54.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £35.99
Total : £625.92 (includes shipping : £12.50).




Slightly over.......:D Could save money if you didn't want the window
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Optical drive ?...


OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM [OcUKSATADVDRW24]
This Week Only Offer
was £18.98 inc VAT
£14.99 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-003-OK&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951
 
 
connorjoshua, sorry this if off topic but i read your build and it sounds good? how much was it if you don't mind me ask and what were all the parts..
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £161.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £54.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £51.98
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £600.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).




Ok, i changed some things. If op isn't interested in overclocking he can drop the k series and pick up the optical drive instead.

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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £161.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £51.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £46.98
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £592.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).



A case with SOME sort of cooling
 
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My build itself came around to £300, spent around 6 months researching into what to buy and where to get it from extremely cheap. Got a hard drive free off of my dad. The full spec is
AMD Phenom II x4 965 @ 3.7
Corsair 8GB vengeance
Asrock m3N78D
XFX Double Dissapation Core HD7770
Corsair CX500 v2
Western Digital 1TB green (Saving for a SSD)
Antec VSK 1000
Some lite-on drive

Idleman said:
You were already over. :p
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Shhhh ;)
 
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wow dude thats pretty cheap? how does it run man? i might get something like that but with a gpu and save money to get a nice monitor! I'd like to know how it performs?
 
ConnorJoshua said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £161.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £54.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £51.98
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £600.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).




Ok, i changed some things. If op isn't interested in overclocking he can drop the k series and pick up the optical drive instead.
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Only thing wrong with that case is NO FANS. So you would have to add a couple to the spec. More money.:D
 
It runs alright, i play on a tiny monitor though so the frames are more than playable. I get around 48fps in Far Cry 3 on ultra but on 1280x768. GTA 4 (runs very poorly) Drops to around 23fps when speeding around at top speed but that game is optimized terribly. As for Battlefield 3 it gets something like 40-50 frames on high settings and only 30 on 64 player :(
 
do you think it's possible to build a pc for £400 then cause i'd like to get 2 monitors? i already have a hard drive and i just want a decent pc...
 
Maxmaster said:
do you think it's possible to build a pc for £400 then cause i'd like to get 2 monitors? i already have a hard drive and i just want a decent pc...
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It might be, but you will have to spend hours looking round and will have to buy from all different websites which would take a long time to enter your shipping address multiple times. But if you have the energy, then you could. However two monitors is kind of a weird thing. You can't play a game on both of them, only have an extended desktop.
 
Yeah true... i meant that but i spose 1 monitor would be fine.. Could you spec me a pc for 500 if you have time? would appreciate cause i'm gonna be building it over 1 month.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £89.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £51.98
1 x Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £42.98
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x Antec One Gaming Case - Black £36.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £477.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).



This is close to £400, phenom 2 builds are so cheap it's unreal. ( well was close but i forgot the case)

And for the £500 build
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £51.98
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x Antec One Gaming Case - Black £36.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £510.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Re-tried the £400 budget
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99
1 x ASRock B75M Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £52.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £51.98
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £374.03 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
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