£300 Budget Gaming PC build?

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Hey guys, my friend is after a gaming PC to play BF3, he was going to buy my old one but the power supply has just blown on it, what can you guys throw together that will play the likes of BF3, dayz etc for that budget?

My old computer has a XFX 5870 1gb card, cd drive, 500gb HDD already which we could maybe resuse? have a cpu cooler, titan fenrin or something like that also. The motherboard is a gigabyte with an i7 920 2ghz cpu, 6gb ram.

So anything of that you can reuse to make it easier to fit the budget feel free, he has monitor, k&m etc already. I do have windows vista he can have, but if possible it would be nice to fit windows 7 in there if price allows.

oh and also have a antec 900 case, altho its quite small with not much space inside

thanks guys
 
I'd use that £300 budget, to stick a new graphics card, 7850/7950/7970 and a new psu in there. It'll play anything you throw at it :)
 
From "jack frags"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh455l3348s

1GB XFX Radeon HD 7770
Intel Pentium G850, Socket 1155, Dual Core, 2.90GHz
LiteOn IHAS124-04 24x DVD±R
Fractal Design Core 1000
500W Storm Silent LPJ19-25
MSI H61M-P31 (G3) Motherboard
4GB Corsair Value DDR3 PC3-10600 (1333)
500GB Seagate ST500DM002 Barracuda SATA 6Gb/s, 7200rpm
 
Thrust4Money said:
From "jack frags"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh455l3348s

1GB XFX Radeon HD 7770
Intel Pentium G850, Socket 1155, Dual Core, 2.90GHz
LiteOn IHAS124-04 24x DVD±R
Fractal Design Core 1000
500W Storm Silent LPJ19-25
MSI H61M-P31 (G3) Motherboard
4GB Corsair Value DDR3 PC3-10600 (1333)
500GB Seagate ST500DM002 Barracuda SATA 6Gb/s, 7200rpm
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As mentioned in the other thread you posted this, the 7770 is bad value for money and the H61 board really is lacking.
 
Idleman said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £49.99
Total : £59.89 (includes shipping : £8.25).

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I would go for that!
kaotikuk said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-059-CS

will this power supply be good enough guys? the xfx one aint in stock and 60£ is to much my friend says so not sure on the 500w one
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Personally for me 500w would be the minimum I would go for.
 
I'd be looking for at least a branded 500-550W for his setup. The i7 920 is still a fantastic CPU and when overclocked is still more than capable of holding its own once paired with a good GPU when gaming. I'd be looking at one of the following unless you want to go Crossfire with you 5870 or modular.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020038-UK) £76.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £56.99



Spend the rest on perhaps a new GPU if you want more performance in gaming such as the 3GB 7950 which can be had for just over £200
 
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