Good Budget ITX Gaming PC?

JCX50 · 20 Dec 2012 at 14:28

Hello all,

Will this PC be good enough for Gaming and at what resolution? (I'm guessing Medium.)
If you guys, could you suggest anything cheaper with same performance please!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £160
1 x MSI HD 7750 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £65.99
1 x "Prodigy 550i" Intel H61/H77/Z77 DDR3 Ready Barebones £64.98
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yang' Mini-ITX Cube Case - Black/White £64.99
1 x MSI H61I-E35 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £47.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £29.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £520.51 (includes shipping : £15.50).

Thanks

JCX50

honosuseri · 20 Dec 2012 at 14:34

H61 mobo is pants. You want the Z77 to overclock the CPU. Did you already have a power supply?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £64.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £54.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £34.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £514.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).

If you could find a second hand 1GB 460 or 6850 (£50ish) that would be much better than the 7750

JCX50 · 20 Dec 2012 at 14:39

honosuseri said:
H61 mobo is pants. You want the Z77 to overclock the CPU. Did you already have a power supply?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £64.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £54.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £34.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £514.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).

If you could find a second hand 1GB 460 or 6850 (£50ish) that would be much better than the 7750

No I don't have a PSU. Anyways you can make it a bit cheaper and can you run BF3 on a i3?

JCX50 · 20 Dec 2012 at 14:41

Would AMD's APU run BF3?

Bacon? · 20 Dec 2012 at 14:41

Yes you can run BF3 on an i3. What games do you currently play? If its only BF3 would reccomend an AMD CPU because it uses multi-cores but if its gaming in general then i3 is fine.

The APU can prolly only play BF3 at low settings.

JCX50 · 20 Dec 2012 at 14:44

Bacon? said:
Yes you can run BF3 on an i3. What games do you currently play? If its only BF3 would reccomend an AMD CPU because it uses multi-cores but if its gaming in general then i3 is fine.

The APU can prolly only play BF3 at low settings.

Yes, I will be playing many different games not just BF3

honosuseri · 20 Dec 2012 at 14:51

JCX50 said:
No I don't have a PSU. Anyways you can make it a bit cheaper and can you run BF3 on a i3?

Im confused as I see they list a P&C 600W PSU supplied with the bundle but we can't buy that PSU seperately as it's not listed :/

Yes you can play BF3 on the i3. The 7750 is still pants though, ideally I'd want to spec something like this with the i3

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £83.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £64.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £54.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £34.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £586.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).