Spec me a £500 gaming PC

[Casdawer]

So I'm getting fed up with my PS4 and think it is time to head back to the PC arena!

I have a budget of £500 so please give me the best PC for that price.

Thanks guys!

 

[Snot Shot]

More and more I see people turning away from "next gen" console gaming. Same here mate, ditching my Xbox One and going back to PC gaming.

 

[RJC]

Not sure if you need a operating system?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270X "PowerBank" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £55.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-01 Mid Tower Gaming Case (CC-9011050-WW) £37.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR) £35.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £504.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[dacads]

Grab a motherboard that has VRM cooling

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-457-GI&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=2046

 

[RJC]

I thought the Asus did - Edit the £65 one has - thats were I was getting my wires crossed!!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270X "PowerBank" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-01 Mid Tower Gaming Case (CC-9011050-WW) £37.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR) £35.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £499.51 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[pipson]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £125.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £55.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G1600HC9DC01) £55.99
1 x Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-01 Mid Tower Gaming Case (CC-9011050-WW) £37.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR) £35.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £516.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).



SSD > HD and 250gb is good enough to start with

 

[P4Clock]

Bad PSU on all spec's get the bronze for £5 extra
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-005-EA&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2463

 

[RJC]

But, out of stock.

 

[P4Clock]

But, out of stock.

his he buying today?

Also for gfx buy used a hd7970 will kill the 270 and is only £130-£150
the used card market right now is very good

 

[dacads]

his he buying today?

Also for gfx buy used a hd7970 will kill the 270 and is only £130-£150
the used card market right now is very good

Or even better the newer R9 280X which seem to go for around £130, OP will have access to the MM so worth having a peak

 

[adey]

I've just put that EVGA psu in a £500 build and I was very impressed with the quality for the price, time will tell...

 

[Casdawer]

Great specs.

The 270x is slightly better than the 7870 which I had before and that was a great card.

OS is not required as I have a Retail Copy of W7 which I had on my old PC.

Now to sell this PS4!

 

[stulid]

a 270X is a 7870 so if you happy with that then cool.