Gaming PC build

Spudsasin

Spudsasin

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I've done some research into making a £600 gaming PC and I want to play the latest games on high at a decent FPS.

My AMD build:
AMD FX 6300
MSI 970A-G46 ATX Motherboard
XFX Radeon HD 7870
Western digital 1TB 7200rpm HDD
128GB San Disk Pulse SSD
Corsair DDR3 8GB 1600MHz
Casecom CS-13 full tower ATX case
Corsair 600W CX builder series PSU 80 Plus Bronze modular
LG Internal 24x DVDRW ODD

Intel build:
Intel i5 3350P 3.10GHz (1155)
Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Z68
Zotac GTX 660 2GB
Western digital 1TB 7200rpm HDD
Corsair DDR3 8GB 1600MHz
Casecom CS-13 full tower
Corsair 600W CX builder series modular
Lg internal 24x DVDRW ODD

They both come to just under the £600 mark but the intel build has an extra £40 ish to play with so I was thinking maybe a better graphics card, processor or case. So which should I go for and why but also what should I change.

Cheers Sam
 
Intel very capable build but forgoes the SSD. If gaming is what you want to do, you won't get much better for the price. Case has USB 3.0 too which is a bonus at the price.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £185.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Antec VP450P 450W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £615.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
 
honosuseri said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £185.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £51.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £45.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £600.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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Looks good, again personally I'd go with this ram though ;)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-068-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

But little difference either way.
 
An AMD option with a SSD:

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x MSI 990XA-GD55 AMD 990X Chipset (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £51.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £610.82 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Personally I'd go with hono's spec and save up to add an ssd at a later date.
 
Potty27 said:
Looks good, again personally I'd go with this ram though ;)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-068-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

But little difference either way.
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I've used that in specs as you well know. Yes it looks nice colour coded to the mobo but the difference between CAS9 and 11 makes very little odds. I would have liked to use the modular version of the PSU too but he said £600 so did my best to stick to it

What he will notice is the 7870LE can be OC'd to do a good impersonation of a 7950, for the rough price of a 7850 you can't complain about that.
 
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It's still quite important for overall performance. You need to keep the timings the same and increase the RAM speed to get a gain really.
 
honosuseri said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £185.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £51.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £45.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £600.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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Does this Intel build have SLI/Xfire support I realise I may need a new PSU as well but does the mobo support this?
 
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