350-500 Budget Gaming Build

Njoshi

Njoshi

Njoshi

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hey! right one of my friends has come to me to help him with a budget build. He just wants to play a few games, well mainly world of warcraft.

He wont need a screen or anything extra just the base unit :)

thanks for the help
 
Radon AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.40GHz @ 3.60GHz Overclocked Bundle £249.98
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5830 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £94.99
Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Certified Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXV2) £59.99
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £32.99
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99

Total: £516.43 inc Delivery
 
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18289914

read that thread it will save me typing it all out again. The suggested changes to the build comes to around £400 with no DVD drive. Better GPU, same CPU through bios magic for less money. I suggested an AM3+ mobo i have no idea what mobo is bundled with that overclocked bundle getcarter suggested. Seeing as you'll have upto £80ish "extra" in the budget after adding the DVD drive you may want to invest in an aftermarket cooler, more RAM or whatever to flesh out the build, maybe a small SSD even.

Hope it helps and good luck with the build
 
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Well I will write it down for you. I'm pretty sure this is what Honosuseri is hinting at:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £127.99
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £89.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Certified Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXV2) £59.99
1 x Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £30.98
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 High Performance CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/939/AM2/AM2+) £22.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £504.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Quite similar to getcarter's but has a better GPU and a motherboard that allows upgrade to Bulldozer.
 
Yip pretty much :) You fleshed the spec out quite nicely there but it's all down to personal preference. I did post an edit on that thread after i saw you posted, you must have missed it.
 
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