Budget gaming PCs for £600-700 please

[cdeery1]

No keyboard, mouse, monitor or OS needed.
Using my TV as a monitor.
Wifi card needed.

Spec must be able to play
Dirt: Rally
Farming Simulator
Possible other sim games
etc on High settings.

 

[ExRayTed]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i3-6100 3.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £104.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £99.95
• 1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 960 EX OC "Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Retail (96NQH8D= £179.99
• 1 x Kolink Satellite Micro-ATX Cube Case - Black= £26.99
• 1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £38.95
• 1 x Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £59.99
• 1 x Team Group Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16D= £59.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £65.99
• 1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black= £14.99
• 1 x TP-Link Archer T4UH High Gain Wireless Dual Band USB Adaptor= £24.95

Total: £694.90
(includes shipping: £18.12)
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[cdeery1]

that looks like a nice setup :0

 

[mickyflinn]

Motherboard dimensions Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.4cm x 22.5cm

Case Motherboard Support: Micro-ATX (Up to 22.6cm x 18cm)/Mini-ITX

Conflict me thinks.

 

[EPCCare]

A Z97 option:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-4590 3.30GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £155.99
• 1 x Team Group Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01)= £29.99
• 1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply= £54.95
• 1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND)= £14.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z97M-DS3H Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £79.99
• 1 x Zalman T4 Micro-ATX Case USB 3.0 - Black= £19.99
• 1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black= £14.99
• 1 x Crucial BX200 240GB SSD SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (CT240BX200SSD1)= £55.99
• 1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £37.96
• 1 x XFX Radeon R9 380X "DD Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-380P-4DF5)= £199.99

Total: £682.05
(includes shipping: £17.22)
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[cdeery1]

out of interest, what are the actual differences between the 2 spec'd? im really not up to speed with the whole thing so not really sure whats good for me in terms of value for money etc

 

[LordPablo]

I went with the following build recently

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Crucial BX200 240GB SSD SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (CT240BX200SSD1)= £55.99
• 1 x TP-Link 450Mbps Wireless N Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (TL-WDN4800)= £26.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N960OC-4GD)= £161.99
• 1 x MSI Z170M Mortar Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £99.95
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6400 2.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £149.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK8GX4M2A2666= £47.99
• 1 x Kolink Satellite Micro-ATX Cube Case - Black= £26.99
• 1 x Super Flower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £45.95

Total: £636.24
(includes shipping: £20.40)
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but changed the case to an Aerocool QS180 (sorry, i copy n pasted the basket contents form an old post)

 

[EPCCare]

out of interest, what are the actual differences between the 2 spec'd? im really not up to speed with the whole thing so not really sure whats good for me in terms of value for money etc

The Z170 spec is newer tech, but slower graphics card than my Z97 spec.