Can someone spec my cousin please low-mid range gaming PC

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As my title says my cousin is after a gaming PC for his birthday.

His parents have said a budget of £730 and he needs everything apart from monitor, mouse and keyboard.

The only game he's really interested in is DayZ and I'd like to see him able to play that with decent FPS.

He hasn't got the patience to wait for Haswell chips either.

So can you lovely people do what you do best guys and I'll run it past him.

Also a case that is easy to work with would be fantastic as I'm building it for him no doubt, build log to follow :)

Thanks guys :)
 
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Yeah he does, he just sent me a spec himself and didn't account for the cost of OS, but he does need OS.

And his spec was trying to be as close to mine which he cant do on his budget as I spent over double on mine lol. kid's hey.

I was thinking that an AMD build be more suited to him? or am i wrong?
 
Bit over. Can remove CPU cooler.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 WindForce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-6 Six Core 6100 Black Edition 3.30Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Asus M5A97 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £81.95
1 x Enermax Triathlor 450w '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (ETL450AWT) £58.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £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 Akasa AK-CC4013EP01 Nero 3 V2 Premier CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £25.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £573.82 (includes shipping : £12.50).



EDIT : Will do one with OS.
 
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Yeah he does, he just sent me a spec himself and didn't account for the cost of OS, but he does need OS.

And his spec was trying to be as close to mine which he cant do on his budget as I spent over double on mine lol. kid's hey.

I was thinking that an AMD build be more suited to him? or am i wrong?
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It depends. Between a i3 and a FX6100, depends on the games. Either gives you room for improvements (8320, i5), Intels tend to be more efficient, hence lesser PSU requirements.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 650Ti EX OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £113.99
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-6 Six Core 6100 Black Edition 3.30Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Enermax Triathlor 450w '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (ETL450AWT) £58.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard £47.99
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 LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £563.38 (includes shipping : £17.10).



EDIT : Don't know much about AMDs these days. Not liking the motherboard too much.
 
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He should definitely have a gpu if he wants to play any games when he gets the computer. That's a really nice build for the price - if you wanted to then maybe downgarde the cpu to an fx-4100 and use the extra money for the first graphics card put forward - the bottleneck won't be on the cpu with that graphics card.
 
Obviously he's going to want a GPU but I was just wondering if he would be able to make do with Intel HD for a while and save for a good GPU after.

AMD is his best bet for a gaming build right now but I'm simply offering an alternative.
 
Sorry, my reply came off a bit abrupt. What I meant was that if he is getting this computer for his birthday then he will probally be wanting to use it as soon as he gets it and play games with a decent fps at good settings on the day rather than having to wait and save up for a gpu.
 
I can recommend the Fractal design core 1000 case if on a budget. Although mini itx, I found it very easy to work with and looks brilliant. Not too sure if it has USB 3.0 though, have to look that up. Good luck on whatever he chooses to do :)
 
thanks for all the feed back guys, turns out he doesnt need an OS the PC is getting 'accidentally' mixed in with his dads office computers when the IT guys come and upgrade the OS on all of those so the OS is sorted.

and with regards to him being able to hold fire on a GPU I dont think he can as its a gift for his 14th birthday so kinda hard for him to make money at that age.

The only game hes mentioned to me is DayZ, but he tends to like racing titles and first person shooters and fifa, most of which he'll buy for console I'd imagine.

Olivier the first build you did looks like the sort of thing he's spec'd to me, and looks decent enough.

What would you recommend for Arma/DayZ with regards to CPU between the i3 and amd chip, i know how demanding the game is on a cpu but I have only ever played it on my i5 so cant compare it to anything :/
 
Bit of a rush, but it would be a toss between a i3 and a FX6100, FX6300 for that budget. Will need to do some research. There is a video on youtube showing DaZ footage on a £500 PC, iirc it used an i3.

Your bottleneck would most likely depend on DayZ, which is the most demanding of those games. And of course the up and coming Arma 3.

My guess, a FX6300, a 660 OC, or a 7870.
 
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That would be my selection

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 WindForce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £53.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) HDD £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £569.92 (includes shipping : £12.50).



motherboard is good to go for overclocking later, quick graphics card, decent PSU and case, I like the WD hard drives, they may not be the fastest, but they are reliable and quiet.

Can go with a cheaper board. Not sure he is up to overclocking, but I like a good board.
 
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im not sure he is either, i know im certainly not upto overclocking mine yet and i had it 7 months.

just been on the phone to his dad and I will be ordering tomorrow and the budget is a firmly set £600.

from the input from you lovely people looks like a toss up between intel and amd based systems. olivier renault and idleman you never fail, your both legends, more so you olivier, fellow birmingham resident ;)
 
i5 3570k.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards - £10 Cashback £149.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £149.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £47.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-04 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £596.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).



He can use the Win 8 evaluation for a few months until he can afford to buy an OS.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/jj554510.aspx

edit: you have just missed out on the i5, was on a today only offer.
 
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