Been out of the PC building a while, New gaming build for £300 ish? +/-

J-I-M

J-I-M

J-I-M

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Hi all, It's been a few years since I've bought and built my old PC which was unfortunately stolen in a burglary:mad: I'm on the verge of building a new gaming PC however there seems to be a lot of new technology since I built my old I5 720 computer.

I have a round £300 budget give or take, considering selling my laptop to push for a better budget however since it's been 2-3 years I'm not sure how much of a budget I actually need. I have a working build at the moment that just isn't enough so basically I'd like to build on that. I'm using a DDR2 set-up so mostly at the moment I need a motherboard, RAM, CPU, Graphics card. (this 5770 isn't enough) I'll be gaming at 1920x1080 on a 32" inch Samsung Monitor. Anyone have any recommendations?

Thanks in advance.
 
if you need something like a windows/o/s as well then budget is too low, give us your max budget you would want to spend and we will spec you the best for your budget
 
i3: Cant get a g/card in under the budget!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £83.99
1 x MSI Z68MA-G45 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £59.99
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black £39.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £36.98
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £35.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £33.5
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £321.53 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Trinity:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1866C10DC) £49.99
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black £39.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £36.98
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £33.5
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £333.54 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
I have a working build at the moment that just isn't enough so basically I'd like to build on that.
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Can you list what components you have.
Make and model of Psu and case?
Are your hdd/odd sata?

motherboard, RAM, CPU, Graphics card.
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Assuming your case will take an ATX mobo and you have a decent Psu.
The mobo and Gpu are "B" grade, so you will need to check with OCUK as to what, if anything is missing.

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £129.98
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £83.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £41.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-364-GI) £35
Total : £302.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 
Idleman said:
Can you list what components you have.
Make and model of Psu and case?
Are your hdd/odd sata?



Assuming your case will take an ATX mobo and you have a decent Psu.
The mobo and Gpu are "B" grade, so you will need to check with OCUK as to what, if anything is missing.

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £129.98
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £83.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £41.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-364-GI) £35
Total : £302.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).

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+1
 
Personally I'd up the budget, £300 is nothing for a "gaming" pc, can't even really call it a gaming pc with that budget :p
 
Sorry I should have listed a little more of what I had.

I primarily need for the budget of 300-400 a Motherboard - Processor - Ram and Graphics card. I have a corsair PSU/Watercooler, OCZ SSD 120gb, Windows, all cabling. I primarily just need what's listed as above everything else I have.

Edit: Already have my chosen case in mind which will be the http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-055-AE&groupid=2362&catid=2277&subcat= (This isn't included in the budget, this will be bought separately)

I know thew budget is fairly low however since I pretty much have all the little things that would boost the cost I thought perhaps this budget would get me off this E5400 Dual core @ 2.7 Ghz DDR2 set-up that is pretty much on the verge of becoming unplayable on most of today's games.
 
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Thank you Idleman.

How does that Intel i5-3570K Overclock? I've always been one for tinkering around with overclocking. I had my i5 720 at 4.1 Ghz which was absolutely perfect I found there wasn't more or less anything it couldn't handle at the time.
 
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J-I-M said:
Thank you Idleman.

How does that Intel i5-3570K Overclock? I've always been one for tinkering around with overclocking. I had my i5 720 at 4.1 Ghz which was absolutely perfect I found there wasn't more or less anything it couldn't handle at the time.
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With a decent air cooler you should get 4.5Ghz and at least 4.0Ghz with the stock cooler.
 
I'm using a Corsair Pre-built water-cooler that has a bracket for the motherboard you listed above. So cooling shouldn't be an issue. Appreciate the advise Idleman, and others too.
 
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