pc for 500 quid or less

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first time builder looking to spend less than 500 quid heres the parts im thinking of using any thoughts on this would be good. the pc will be mainly used for arma 2/3, bf3. can someone confirm that these parts will work together and which graphics card would be best

AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz Socket AM3+ 14MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
Asus HD 7770 2GB GDDR5 DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card or
EVGA GTX 650 Ti BOOST 2GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics
Coolermaster Elite Power 500W PSU
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P Socket AM3+ 7.1 Channel HD Audio mATX Motherboard
Seagate 1TB Barracuda Internal Hard Drive - OEM
Liteon Ihas124 24x Dvd±rw (dual ±r)/ram Sata Drive (internal Black)
Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Vengeance Blue Memory
Tenda Wireless-N300 PCI Adapter
AVP Defender 400 K2 Black Midi Gaming Case Black Interior 1 x 12cm Red LED
 
Hello and welcome to the forum :)

I have done a quick spec re-shuffle:


YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7790 TURBO 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £115.99
1 x Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £511.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
This is where my money would go. You'd have to check with overclockers if the motherboard has the right bios for ivybridge and I changed the case as I couldn't find the one you posted.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3330 3.00GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £143.99
1 x **B Grade** Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-364-GI) £35
1 x Xigmatek Asgard III Windowed Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £24.72
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £499.66 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
chris182008 said:
This is where my money would go. You'd have to check with overclockers if the motherboard has the right bios for ivybridge and I changed the case as I couldn't find the one you posted.
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I have that mobo and it doesn't have the right BIOS which I found out the hard way!! Very easy to fix if you have a sandy bridge CPU handy? From memory I think you need the F7 BIOS for Ivy Bridge.
 
Rhyswh said:
I have that mobo and it doesn't have the right BIOS which I found out the hard way!! Very easy to fix if you have a sandy bridge CPU handy? From memory I think you need the F7 BIOS for Ivy Bridge.
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It'll tell you on the manufacturers website and also give you a link to it. :)

I like chris' build very bargain bin but awesome performance wise. :)

Chris could have cut more off by going the the wireless adapter and PSU RJC did.

EDIT: that B grade GPU has gone :(

EDIT2: and the HDD.
 
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RJC's build is pretty identical to what I'd have put up. Overclock the CPU for big gains (though you'll need to add a proper cooler for that).

If you could add a bit extra to the budget it'd definitely be worth stretching to a 7850, all the latest games will gladly use the added power.
 
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