£500 Budget

Quick Mustard

Quick Mustard

Quick Mustard

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Evening all,

My friend wants me to build him a Gaming PC for £500. £550 at max.

I'm struggling to come up with the parts needed within the budget.

Any auggestions?

He wants to play WoW, BF3, Skyrim etc

Any help is greatly appreciated :)
 
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked FTW 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1363-KR) £124.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £78.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £54.95
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AX3U1600GC2G9-2G) £23.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £563.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).



If wants more RAM in the future he can chuck another 4GB on no problem as long as its the same RAM.
Also has future upgrade path to Ivy with the Z77 mobo.
Nice modular power suppy which can support most of the latest cards.
GPU can play BF3 nicely in high settings.
 
Or with a better CPU:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £94.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £78.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AX3U1600GC2G9-2G) £23.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £578.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).




Minus free shipping which you are eligible for... £550.


Windows 8 free version:


YOUR BASKET
1 x PowerColor HD 7850 PCS+ Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £189.95
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £78.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AX3U1600GC2G9-2G) £23.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £589.82 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Again minus the free shipping £20 over budget.
 
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Hey all, just need some quick confirmation.

I'm going with this build:

1 x PowerColor HD 7850 PCS+ Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £189.95
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £78.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AX3U1600GC2G9-2G) £23.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £589.82 (includes shipping : £12.50).


But I've taken out the motherboard as I have an MSI P67A-C45 sitting at home doing nothing.

Can this be used instead?

I believe it can, but just want to double check.
 
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