£500-600 gaming rig

tjlld · 20 Mar 2010 at 16:33

I need some recommendations for a new gaming computer I want to build. I am prepared to overclock but have no experience at doing it. I also need a OS, keyboard and mouse. I already have a screen and will look at getting a new one at a later date.
I want it to last as long a possible but not be too expensive. (budget as title says around £500-£600)
I was thinking maybe a Phenom II X2/3 or a i3 for the processor.
Thanks for any help

Fortune · 20 Mar 2010 at 16:51

My suggestion would be to purchase a full system

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-014-OB&groupid=43&catid=1444&subcat=

This system will be more than enough for a good few years for gaming and at the moment OCUK have an exclusive offer on the G11 keyboard @25.99

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-090-LG

As regarding mice this normally goes on personal preference.

jigglybean · 20 Mar 2010 at 17:12

When you are ready to look for a monitor, the BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor [9H.L3XLB.QBE] is amazing value at just under £160. I got one earlier in the year from OC and its incredible value

clicky

lamps · 20 Mar 2010 at 17:22

Just throwing something into the mix. If you can use your current keyboard & mouse this is a pretty nice setup.

AMD tend to keep the same socket for quite sometime unlike intel. So this will last you sometime and easily allows you to upgrade the cpu if you ever want to.
Motherboard supports crossfire so you can add another 5770 in the future.
If you do need a mouse/keyboard downgrade the motherboard/ram to fit it into your budget, but you probally wont get a crossfire board

If you can slightly increase your budget, you upgrade the harddrive to a 1TB Hdd and a change to a modular psu, but that is your choice.

And as jibbly said the BenQ G2420HDBL 24 is a very nice monitor. The reviews say everything about it

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 20 Mar 2010 at 18:03

The Asus M4A785TD-V Evo does not support symmetrical Crossfire.

If the OP want symmetrical Crossfire they need to get the Asus M4A79XTD Evo:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-366-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1481

tjlld · 20 Mar 2010 at 18:26

I like the look of the build from lamps. I can increase my budget to £650.
Anyone else got any recommendations?

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 20 Mar 2010 at 18:51

I would probably stick with the build suggested in post 4. However I would get the Asus M4A785TD-V Evo to add symmetrical Crossfire capability and get the Phenom II X3 720:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-366-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1481

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-238-AM

jimmy_lazers · 20 Mar 2010 at 21:29

lamps said:
J

AMD tend to keep the same socket for quite sometime unlike intel.

In the last 4 years they have gone from 939 to am2 to am3.

Mr. May · 20 Mar 2010 at 21:48

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 Vapor-X 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £139.99

Geil Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GV34GB1600C9DC) £84.99

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £83.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.99

Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99

OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £54.99

Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) £48.99

Asus TA-M21 Vento Gaming Case - Black £46.99

Microsoft SideWinder X5 Mouse - Retail (ARB-00004) £25.99

Asus E818A2T 18x DVD-ROM SATA Drive (Black) - OEM £7.99

Microsoft Black PS/2 Keyboard (Q95-00086) £6.12

Sub Total : £559.16
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £99.69
Total : £669.35

quad core 4gb ram hd5770 and good quality keyboard and mouse what more do you want ?

Fallen god · 20 Mar 2010 at 22:02

Mr. May said:
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 Vapor-X 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £139.99

Geil Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GV34GB1600C9DC) £84.99

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £83.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.99

Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99

OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £54.99

Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) £48.99

Asus TA-M21 Vento Gaming Case - Black £46.99

Microsoft SideWinder X5 Mouse - Retail (ARB-00004) £25.99

Asus E818A2T 18x DVD-ROM SATA Drive (Black) - OEM £7.99

Microsoft Black PS/2 Keyboard (Q95-00086) £6.12

Sub Total : £559.16
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £99.69
Total : £669.35

quad core 4gb ram hd5770 and good quality keyboard and mouse what more do you want ?

+1 great spec maybe you could switch the 5770 to cheaper version not sure if there much difference and could save abit

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£119.98

Mr. May · 20 Mar 2010 at 22:39

just heard it was the best off the crop

Fallen god · 20 Mar 2010 at 22:54

Mr. May said:
just heard it was the best off the crop

Ohh I was just looking at price didnt really know different brands changed much when it comes to GPU unless its overclocked or something XD

Mr. May · 20 Mar 2010 at 23:28

its ment to have a very good after market cooler so ive heard

Ewaf · 21 Mar 2010 at 01:33

Ive been out of the hardware loop for a while as I am trying to build myself a new PC too but what about this??

£643 with delivery

Fallen god · 21 Mar 2010 at 01:42

Mr. May said:
its ment to have a very good after market cooler so ive heard

Ok he can go with either depending on his budget.

el Kuarlos · 21 Mar 2010 at 02:50

Asus ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£224.99
Asus M4A89GTD PRO AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
£107.99
Patriot Sector 5 G Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1600ELK)
£86.99
OCZ StealthXStream 700w Silent Power Supply
£62.99
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black
£44.99
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ)
£41.99
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 3.00GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM
£48.99
Sharkoon Silent Eagle 1000 120mm Fan - 3/4 Pin x2
£10.21
Antec SpotCool System Cooler
£12.26

£665.41 <delivered>

Slightly over with a view to future proofing, and with no windows 7, but get a student mate's email and you can get that for 30 quid anyhoo.

The 5850 will mean the machine will game for a good while; mount the spotcool to blow over the top of the card and that is cooling it solved. Sharkoons for the front of the case. Your processor would be an obvious bottleneck- but that one will do the job and is so cheap replacing in 6-9 months for a top of the range am3 chip+heatsink would be a nice upgrade path.
UBS and sata 3 both on the board- year down the line upgrade would be a nice ssd, long term that ll handle the really fast amd chips out next year.

tjlld · 21 Mar 2010 at 09:43

Thanks for help
Recommendations look good, just not sure what to choose.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 21 Mar 2010 at 12:06