£500 Budget gaming PC

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Hey im planning on making a custom gaming PC but don't have that much knowledge on spec/parts so i need some help.

-the Purpose of the build is mainly for gaming
-Don't need OS, monitor, keyboard, etc
-Budget is £500

Would like to be able to run - Counter strike/Garys mod on high, BF3 on High / Ultra with good FPS of course, Minecraft - ect

(not looking to overclock)

these are some builds that have been suggested to me, if you can think of a better build than these then post it bellow thanks -

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£139.99 )
Motherboard: MSI B75A-G43 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£56.10 )
Memory: Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£29.99 @ )
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ )
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card (£138.94)
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.06 @ )
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£44.08 )
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£12.98 )
Total: £505.08

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£99.54 )
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£72.12 )
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.26 )
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 )
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card (£159.94 )
Case: Xigmatek ASGARD PRO (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£34.68 )
Other: BeQuiet! 530W Semi-modular PSU (£62.99)
Total: £497.4


Thanks
 
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you going to be made to delete this as your not allowed to show 3rd party items and sites etc. Admin will probably edit it though
 
you will be lucky to play the latest games on ultra with all dx11 bits on with either cards tbh at a decent frame rate, high yes, but games like bf3 and farcry3 needs a better card to get good fps on ultra in dx11 with everything turned on.

and why post on here if your getting from elsewhere?
 
zakblood said:
you will be lucky to play the latest games on ultra with all dx11 bits on with either cards tbh at a decent frame rate, high yes, but games like bf3 and farcry3 needs a better card to get good fps on ultra in dx11 with everything turned on.

and why post on here if your getting from elsewhere?
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I beg to differ. I can play everything bar Crysis 1/Warhead, Metro 2033 and Arma II on Ultra with ~60FPS. Including FC3 and BF3.

My 660 is on 1130, 6050 (or something like that)
 
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The 660 is much better than the 7850 for BF3. Benchmarks on the Ultra quality preset often show 40-50ish fps which should be very playable. It also offers better out-of-the-box performance than the 7850 (more like 7870 performace) which is important if you're not going to be overclocking.
 
Defconluke said:
The 660 is much better than the 7850 for BF3. Benchmarks on the Ultra quality preset often show 40-50ish fps which should be very playable. It also offers better out-of-the-box performance than the 7850 (more like 7870 performace) which is important if you're not going to be overclocking.
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*major facepalm* You haven't checked benchmarks have you, 12.11 drivers rocket the AMD cards up in games like BF3
 
This would be my suggestion, slightly over but you get a lot more:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards 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 Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £56.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £51.98
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - White £39.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £544.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Bacon? said:
*major facepalm* You haven't checked benchmarks have you, 12.11 drivers rocket the AMD cards up in games like BF3
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Haven't seen any reliable benchmarks with the 12.11 drivers to suggest the HD 7850 is now better than the GTX 660.
I know the new drivers have improved things quite a bit but the recently released 310.70 Nvidia drivers should give a little bump to the 660 too.

At stock clocks, as the OP said they weren't interested in overclocking, I'd rather have the GTX 660 (or HD 7870) over the HD 7850.

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Edit - If OP goes with his i5 + B75 mobo, Corsair RAM, Corsair PSU, DVD-RW, Seagate HDD, Xigmatek case and GTX 660 it comes to £515.97. It gets a lot closer to £500 if you leave the DVD drive out like with his AMD build.

From OCUK that would match with this lot and it's all in stock. This has better mobo (+ Alpenfohn cooler is better than stock Intel cooler) and the XFX PSU is a rebadged Seasonic unit.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £159.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3450 3.10GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £137.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - FREE Alpenföhn Civetta Cooler!! £69.98
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £41.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £34.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £554.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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