A budget gaming rig for a mate

teejay73 · 4 Apr 2013 at 18:32

Hi, A mate is wanting to try pc gaming but has a budget of £400 - £450.
Can you guy`s spec me a intel based rig and a AMD comparison please. He is focused on using this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-306-SP and he wants to game at 1080p single monitor. He has all the peripherals (keyboard and mouse etc)

Many thanks in advance!!

Bacon? · 4 Apr 2013 at 18:35

Just over:

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £155.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-380-GI) £52
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £30
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £460.88 (includes shipping : FREE).

MaximusV · 4 Apr 2013 at 18:40

snips86x · 4 Apr 2013 at 18:41

If you can stretch the additional £50, this would do:

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £155.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £60
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM £45
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £505.85 (includes shipping : FREE).

Otherwise, your looking at Trinity:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) HDD £43.99
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £453.84 (includes shipping : FREE).

Leprechaun312 · 4 Apr 2013 at 18:41

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £134.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £76.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £51.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Tauro 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £38.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £482.93 (includes shipping : £11.75).

thts about as cheap as i can get it on an intel build an amd equivalent wouldn't be able to match but here is one anyway

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £134.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £104.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-D3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £69.95
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £51.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Tauro 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £38.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £487.88 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Leprechaun312 · 4 Apr 2013 at 18:42

MaximusV said:

was debating just posting tht rather than speccing

teejay73 · 4 Apr 2013 at 19:28

Thanks for the replies, Though he is insistent that he can not go over £450 and this must include win 8 upgrade edition as he has no os. Would this cpu http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-334-AM&groupid=701&catid=1967&subcat=1946 cause a bottleneck for A hd 7850?