Gaming PC for around £350???

RexX

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First of all Merry Xmas to everyone, hope you enjoy your day :)

I currently have a tight budget and have around £350 to spend on a PC. a lot of people have told me I won't find a wide range of PC's to buy for £350 but I'm not looking for something too much anyway.


Something what runs BF3,DayZ,Skyrim and such in medium settings would be fine.


Thanks.
 
 
 
 
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Bacon? said:
Just over £350

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £95.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - FREE Alpenföhn Civetta Cooler!! £69.98
1 x Intel Pentium G630 2.70GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £41.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £34.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £17.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £375.52 (includes shipping : £10.50).

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Would I be able to play latest games and such at a reasonable frame rate then?

+ I've never built a PC in my life, is there anything you recommend?


Thanks.
 
RexX said:
Would I be able to play latest games and such at a reasonable frame rate then?

+ I've never built a PC in my life, is there anything you recommend?


Thanks.
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yep, you will... However that CPU is quite weak... so one day you would proably need to upgrade to i5, and you can do that since mobo specced is Z77.
 
Bacon? said:
Just over £350

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £95.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - FREE Alpenföhn Civetta Cooler!! £69.98
1 x Intel Pentium G630 2.70GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £41.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £34.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £17.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £375.52 (includes shipping : £10.50).

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Are sure that mobo will fit into your case?? Since I think that MSI is atx and case only supports m/atx
 
Lazder said:
yep, you will... However that CPU is quite weak... so one day you would proably need to upgrade to i5, and you can do that since mobo specced is Z77.
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Yeah was going to say the CPU sucks I'd rather spend a bit more and get an i3 but idk.

Are i3's any good?


Everyone seems to be rocking the i5's and i7's but I don't have the money to get one of those I guess.
 
Lazder said:
Are sure that mobo will fit into your case?? Since I think that MSI is atx and case only supports m/atx
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You are quite right Lazder, it is an easy mistake to make. I already made quite a doozie in the early hours that Bacon spotted which was difficult to notice. These things happen ;)

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £86.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £58.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £54.98
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G213C1K) £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £349.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Trinity done right, bang on the money


That's the A6 (dual core) gaming. The A10 we are using is a quad core and has a better IGP, we are also using faster RAM to aid the IGP too. You can always add a dedicated GPU down the line when the IGP doesn't cut it for you anymore
 
Redone with appropiate case :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £95.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - FREE Alpenföhn Civetta Cooler!! £69.98
1 x Intel Pentium G630 2.70GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £41.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £34.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £377.92 (includes shipping : FREE).




£27 over budget but is better than the Trinity IGP. Has less CPU power but can easily be upgraded to any 1155 socket CPU down the line.
 
Bacon? said:
Redone with appropiate case :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £95.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - FREE Alpenföhn Civetta Cooler!! £69.98
1 x Intel Pentium G630 2.70GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £41.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £34.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £377.92 (includes shipping : FREE).




£27 over budget but is better than the Trinity IGP. Has less CPU power but can easily be upgraded to any 1155 socket CPU down the line.
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I have no love for the 7770, i dont hide it very well lol I'd leave the GPU out and look for a 2nd hand 6850 or 460 (circa £50) which perform better than the 7770. That money saved can go towards the i3 CPU, THIS RAM kit is on offer too saving a few quid to be put elsewhere ;)
 
I think the 7770 peforms equally with the 6850 when both are overclocked unless I am mistaken?
The one problem I have with my 6850 is it gets loud and hot and I know I didnt hide that very well lol ;)

And before you say my 6850 is just one I have also heard the dual fan edition gets loud as well. Though both are MSI so could just be these 2 types.

A 460 would be the best option, I know we can both agree to that lol.
 
Bacon? said:
I think the 7770 peforms equally with the 6850 when both are overclocked unless I am mistaken?
The one problem I have with my 6850 is it gets loud and hot and I know I didnt hide that very well lol ;)

And before you say my 6850 is just one I have also heard the dual fan edition gets loud as well. Though both are MSI so could just be these 2 types.

A 460 would be the best option, I know we can both agree to that lol.
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Yes but factor in the price, if you can get the same or better performance for half the price 2nd hand that leaves cash to improve the CPU as I said. I'm still happy with my 1GB 460 (@900mhz) it adds CUDA support too which made it a nice all round upgrade.

I think the trouble with the 6850 you bought on offer was that you can't set a custom fan speed profile for it.
 
No you can set up a custom fan profile :) But the PCB gets hots very quickly under load. At around 80% use the fan is going nearly 1400RPM at 75% speed.
 
Bacon? said:
No you can set up a custom fan profile :) But the PCB gets hots very quickly under load. At around 80% use the fan is going nearly 1400RPM at 75% speed.
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Well then you can tweak the clock speed (underclock) with MSI Afterburner and set the fan speed to the change to the temp of the GPU. If you use the OSD that Afterburner has you can show the FPS in game to see how much performance you are losing.

Tis a faff but if the noise bothers you that much might be worth tinkering a little. My 460 gets to 80 deg max under load in warm weather, that's safe and although the fan noise is noticeable it's certainly not at 75%. It's the price I pay for running a GPU that should be stock 675mhz at 900Mhz, granted EVGA OC'd it for me to 765mhz ;)
 
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