£350 Gaming PC Specs

TheGameNerd · 1 Dec 2012 at 10:57

Hey, I'd like some specs for a £350 gaming PC.

"I already have a Radeon HD 4870, which I think will do for the moment as a GPU.
I just need the other components for the PC. It needs to be able to run most new games on MED-HIGH settings, and I plan on upgrading it over the next few years."

Could someone please help with the specs?

Thanks, TheGameNerd.

TheGameNerd · 1 Dec 2012 at 12:04

Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98
PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £69.98
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £43.99
TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £31.99
BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £29.99

AMD Radeon HD 4870 £0.00 (Already have one)

Total £341.93

Do you think this build would be okay?

LukieBoy007 · 1 Dec 2012 at 12:10

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £69.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £45.95
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
Total : £349.88 (includes shipping : FREE).

Cheaper RAM, but same performance.
1TB Hard drive, but it's on sale for today only.
Changed the motherboard to a better choice.
Ivybridge i3 instead of Sandybridge.

LukieBoy007 · 1 Dec 2012 at 12:12

Ignore + delete.

Fire_fly · 1 Dec 2012 at 12:17

+1 to lukeboy's build but with this change.

Better case with more features.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-018-XG

It will be ok but that 4870 is getting a bit old and will need to be changed relativity soon.

Defconluke · 1 Dec 2012 at 12:47

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3450 3.10GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £146.99
1 x ASRock B75 Pro3-M Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £43.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046) £36.98
1 x Aerocool Qs-200 Lite Midi Tower Case - Black £32.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £26.39
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £357.32 (includes shipping : FREE).

If you're going to stick to one graphics card when you upgrade and don't plan on overclocking then this would be a good alternative imo.

Also, if you don't need the extra performance of the i5 and would prefer to put that money towards your graphics card upgrade then swapping it for the i3 would make it even cheaper.

Are there any other parts you can reuse from your current build? Case, optical drive, hard drive?

Fire_fly · 1 Dec 2012 at 13:12

^^ your going to want a bigger PSU. That 4870 alone pulls around 300W when under load.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/304

Defconluke · 1 Dec 2012 at 13:39

Fire_fly said:
^^ your going to want a bigger PSU. That 4870 alone pulls around 300W when under load.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/304

Need to read your links better - in the small print it says
"Total system power in Watts - lower is better"
Not to mention 75W from the motherboard + 2x 75w 6pin PCI-E power = 225W total.

However, OP would require an extra 6 pin PCI-E power adaptor but they are cheap. £1.99 from Overclockers