£500 budget low to medium gaming PC

Tyron said:
beejjacobs wouldn't this be a better card due to more vram?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-287-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866
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While VRAM can allow better performance at high resolutions, this applies to more powerful cards really. It's rarely a good idea to get a worse card (that's a 6850) with more VRAM, over a better card (I specced a 6870). This compares the two for you:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/291?vs=290

Hope that helps!
 
You'll be bottlenecked by the GPU core speed before the Vram.

Maybe for crossfire, but it's rather expensive. Better off either spending another £60 for a 7850, or get the regular 6850 for £40 less.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked FTW 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1363-KR) £119.99
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £46.98
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £46.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £39.95
1 x LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £700.33 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Pretty much bang on the budget. I kept the 460 as they are overclocked to nigh on 6870 performance anyway. The Z77 has lucid MVP which helps the GPU get more FPS so your better off than someone on a similar spec but with a Z68 mobo ;)

Essentially it's the same as my last spec but with the i5k and a monitor added. Also note my HDD choice is slightly faster than Beejs for not much more cash, and my case has 2 usb3 ports whereas beej only has 1 on his asgard case :)
 
Lewis Peter said:
Just to clarify, if I were to order the spces you have recommended to me I wont have to buy any extra wiring or anything like that will I?
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Nope, the motherboard will come with SATA cables for the hard drive and optical drive. The power supply will come with all the power cables you'd need, and the monitor will come with a cable to connect it to power and the graphics card :)
 
honosuseri said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked FTW 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1363-KR) £119.99
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £46.98
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £46.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £39.95
1 x LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £700.33 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Pretty much bang on the budget. I kept the 460 as they are overclocked to nigh on 6870 performance anyway. The Z77 has lucid MVP which helps the GPU get more FPS so your better off than someone on a similar spec but with a Z68 mobo ;)

Essentially it's the same as my last spec but with the i5k and a monitor added. Also note my HDD choice is slightly faster than Beejs for not much more cash, and my case has 2 usb3 ports whereas beej only has 1 on his asgard case :)
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Spot on spec, get this.
 
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