New gaming system for £600

tep1981 · 15 Sep 2013 at 14:21

I've tried various configs but keep going over!

Need everything including Monitor/OS/Keyboard/Mouse

oceaness · 15 Sep 2013 at 15:28

I think you may have a hard time getting everything for £600.

You'd probably get better value from an AMD build, or at least an AMD graphics card, but I'm not up to scratch with what's good and what's not when it comes to AMD graphics cards.

With a reasonable 24" monitor, Windows 8 and the cheapest mouse and keyboard combination available. You're only left with £360.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £143.99
1 x Asus VE247H 24" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £136.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 650 Black Knight OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £39.95
1 x MSI H81M-P33 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £38.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34GM1600HC11DC01) £29.99
1 x In-Win EM019 Mini Tower Case - Black £28.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £649.31 (includes shipping : £13.75).

If you opted for the 19" monitor you'd have another £46 available. Which would improve the graphics card.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £143.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 650Ti OC Boost Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £134.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Asus VW199DR 19" LED Widescreen Monitor - Black £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £39.95
1 x MSI H81M-P33 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £38.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34GM1600HC11DC01) £29.99
1 x In-Win EM019 Mini Tower Case - Black £28.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £641.81 (includes shipping : £12.50).

chris182008 · 15 Sep 2013 at 15:54

No hard drives or dvd drives with the build above but it is difficult to get a gaming pc with everything for £600 especially with windows. If you could get windows elsewhere you could get the rig below. I would suggest trying to save a bit more though. There's a AMD richland build below it but it is a little over, you could drop to a 19" monitor to get within budget but I think it would be worth spending that little bit more. It's worth noting that the AMD build wouldn't be as good as the Intel rig below or be as upgradable.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with FREE GAMES £134.99
1 x BenQ GW2255 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £39.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x MSI H81M-P33 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £38.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 330U Midi Tower Case - Black £32.4
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K350M Gaming Keyboard £9.98
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £8.99
Total : £571.12 (includes shipping : FREE).

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-6800K Black Edition 4.10GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD680KWOHLBOX) £124.99
1 x BenQ GW2255 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4 AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £88.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £39.95
1 x Cooler Master Elite 330U Midi Tower Case - Black £32.4
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K350M Gaming Keyboard £9.98
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £8.99
Total : £609.17 (includes shipping : FREE).

tamzzy · 15 Sep 2013 at 16:12

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7790 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE GAMES £109.99
1 x BenQ GW2255 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x AMD Athlon X4 750K Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD750KWOHJBOX) £59.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A75M-HD2 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £57.98
1 x Seasonic S12II 430W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34GM1600HC11DC01) £29.99
1 x Silverstone SST-PS08B Precision Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £600.79 (includes shipping : £12.50).

snips86x · 15 Sep 2013 at 16:14

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7870-2GD5T) with FREE GAMES £154.99
1 x BenQ GW2255 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x MSI H87M-E33 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £71.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £50.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Cooler Master Elite 344 Micro ATX Case - Black/Blue £32.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34GM1600HC11DC01) £29.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £647.35 (includes shipping : £13.75).

oceaness · 15 Sep 2013 at 19:20

chris182008 said:
No hard drives

Whoa how did I miss that, my bad. Edited.

tep1981 · 16 Sep 2013 at 14:12

stulid · 16 Sep 2013 at 14:14

tep1981 said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/viewcart.php

Wont work, that will only display what is in our own browsers cart.

Use this - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18371076&highlight=firefox

tep1981 · 16 Sep 2013 at 14:25

Thx, always wondered how I did that!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 650Ti DirectCU 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
1 x BenQ GW2255 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £39.95
1 x MSI H81M-P33 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £38.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 344 Micro ATX Case - Black/Purple £32.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34GM1600HC11DC01) £29.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £608.22 (includes shipping : £13.75).

stulid · 16 Sep 2013 at 14:28

Well its compatible, but just a bit meh, is there any flexibility in the budget?

teppic · 16 Sep 2013 at 14:29

See this thread for a good low cost gaming spec:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18542404

I'd seriously not get an i3.