28 Nov 2012 at 22:42 #1 Skez0 Skez0 Associate Joined 6 Sep 2012 Posts 39 Hey everyone. I have exactly £450 to buy ALL the parts needed for a gaming PC. I will NOT need software included (windows 7) as I already have a copy. Could you please give me the best build I could possibly get for this money. Thankyou!
Hey everyone. I have exactly £450 to buy ALL the parts needed for a gaming PC. I will NOT need software included (windows 7) as I already have a copy. Could you please give me the best build I could possibly get for this money. Thankyou!
28 Nov 2012 at 22:47 #2 Bacon? Bacon? Soldato Joined 21 Apr 2012 Posts 4,991 Location Bristol Can you go £500 or are you really limited to £450. Cheers.
28 Nov 2012 at 22:57 #3 Fire_fly Fire_fly Soldato Joined 18 Jan 2012 Posts 3,913 Location Derbyshire As above £450, is rather low end for an entire computer. If you could save up an extra £150 you will get a much better build. What games do you play? YOUR BASKET 1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £95.99 1 x BenQ G2255 21.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £89.99 1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99 1 x Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £44.99 1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £43.99 1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £37.99 1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £26.39 1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £17.99 1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99 1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £11.99 Total : £456.79 (includes shipping : £11.25). This should run most games ok but as I said an extra £150 will get something quite a bit better.
As above £450, is rather low end for an entire computer. If you could save up an extra £150 you will get a much better build. What games do you play? YOUR BASKET 1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £95.99 1 x BenQ G2255 21.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £89.99 1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99 1 x Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £44.99 1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £43.99 1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £37.99 1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £26.39 1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £17.99 1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99 1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £11.99 Total : £456.79 (includes shipping : £11.25). This should run most games ok but as I said an extra £150 will get something quite a bit better.
28 Nov 2012 at 22:59 #4 d_brennen d_brennen Soldato Joined 30 Jan 2009 Posts 17,466 Location Aquilonem Londinensi Not worth it imo, save til you have a bit more
28 Nov 2012 at 23:27 #5 CEUOTC CEUOTC Associate Joined 1 Jul 2007 Posts 2,245 Location United Kingdom, Scotland and Bristol Intel Build: YOUR BASKET 1 x Sapphire HD 7850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £134.39 1 x BenQ G2255 21.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £89.99 1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £53.99 1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £43.99 1 x ASRock H61M-GS Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro Motherboard £38.99 1 x OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £29.99 1 x Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £23.98 1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99 1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £11.99 Total : £454.79 (includes shipping : £11.25). AMD build with 6670: YOUR BASKET 1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £92.39 1 x BenQ G2255 21.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £89.99 1 x Asus HD 6670 SILENT EDITION 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99 1 x ASRock FM2A55M-DGS AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £44.99 1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £43.99 1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G186C9K) £31.99 1 x OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £29.99 1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99 1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £11.99 Total : £452.81 (includes shipping : £11.25). AMD build, SSD and 2133 DDR3 without 6670: YOUR BASKET 1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £92.39 1 x BenQ G2255 21.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £89.99 1 x SanDisk Extreme SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-120G-G25) £79.99 1 x ASRock FM2A55M-DGS AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £44.99 1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £43.99 1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £35.99 1 x OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £29.99 1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99 1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £11.99 Total : £455.90 (includes shipping : £10.50). Regards. C
Intel Build: YOUR BASKET 1 x Sapphire HD 7850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £134.39 1 x BenQ G2255 21.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £89.99 1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £53.99 1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £43.99 1 x ASRock H61M-GS Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro Motherboard £38.99 1 x OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £29.99 1 x Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £23.98 1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99 1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £11.99 Total : £454.79 (includes shipping : £11.25). AMD build with 6670: YOUR BASKET 1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £92.39 1 x BenQ G2255 21.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £89.99 1 x Asus HD 6670 SILENT EDITION 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99 1 x ASRock FM2A55M-DGS AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £44.99 1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £43.99 1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G186C9K) £31.99 1 x OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £29.99 1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99 1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £11.99 Total : £452.81 (includes shipping : £11.25). AMD build, SSD and 2133 DDR3 without 6670: YOUR BASKET 1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £92.39 1 x BenQ G2255 21.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £89.99 1 x SanDisk Extreme SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-120G-G25) £79.99 1 x ASRock FM2A55M-DGS AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £44.99 1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £43.99 1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £35.99 1 x OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £29.99 1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99 1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £11.99 Total : £455.90 (includes shipping : £10.50). Regards. C
29 Nov 2012 at 00:42 #6 Defconluke Defconluke Associate Joined 26 Nov 2012 Posts 179 If you need a monitor then this should be able to play most games on high-ish settings at the monitor's native resolution: YOUR BASKET 1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 650Ti EX OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99 1 x Benq G950A 18.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £69.95 1 x Intel Pentium G860 3.00GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £59.99 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 OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99 1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £26.39 1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £17.99 1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99 Total : £454.76 (includes shipping : £11.25). If you don't need a monitor; swap the CPU to the Intel i3 3220, the graphics card to a 2GB HD7850 and the case to a Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case. Last edited: 29 Nov 2012
If you need a monitor then this should be able to play most games on high-ish settings at the monitor's native resolution: YOUR BASKET 1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 650Ti EX OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99 1 x Benq G950A 18.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £69.95 1 x Intel Pentium G860 3.00GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £59.99 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 OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99 1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £26.39 1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £17.99 1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99 Total : £454.76 (includes shipping : £11.25). If you don't need a monitor; swap the CPU to the Intel i3 3220, the graphics card to a 2GB HD7850 and the case to a Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case.
29 Nov 2012 at 08:27 #7 Idleman Idleman Soldato Joined 14 Apr 2011 Posts 12,269 Location Newark If you don`t have a monitor, use your TV until you can afford one. YOUR BASKET 1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99 1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99 1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £60 1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £40 1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99 1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £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 : £460.43 (includes shipping : £11.75).
If you don`t have a monitor, use your TV until you can afford one. YOUR BASKET 1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99 1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99 1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £60 1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £40 1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99 1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £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 : £460.43 (includes shipping : £11.75).
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