£500 gaming build?

[grudas]

helping a mate out to choose a pc - thought ill ask here.. haven't been fallowing the whole "scene" for over 2 years now

 

[mp260767]

what do you need keyboard, mouse, monitor, operating system etc ?

 

[grudas]

no need for any peripherals or monitor/speakers etc

 

[olivier renault]

No OS.

£560, sorry

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £173.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £137.99
1 x Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £74.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £52.46
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £37.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £30.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £563.48 (includes shipping : £11.75).





£600. Better motherboard + cooler.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £161.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £137.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** LOWEST UK PRICE ** £99.98
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £52.46
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £37.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £30.98
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £602.47 (includes shipping : £11.75).



I know it's over budget, but otherwise would be gimping what ought to be a gaming rig. You get three games though.

 

[Lemin]

Cant see any ram ???

edit, in top rig.

 

[olivier renault]

yeah, oops. Amended.

 

[Jony27]

just over £500 with free delivery

OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Game OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £131.99
(£109.99) £131.99
(£109.99)
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
(£79.16) £94.99
(£79.16)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £43.98
(£36.65) £43.98
(£36.65)
Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £27.22
(£22.68) £27.22
(£22.68)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £419.61
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £19.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £87.74
Total : £526.45

 

[grudas]

thanks

no need for OS as far as i know just the system

is this no better?

is the micro atx board really necessary ?

what about this? - not sure on the motherboard but can't see anything bad with it?

clearly needs a different case because the fractal design one can't fit a full ATX board

 

[olivier renault]

Can't overclock on H61. You'll need at least P8P67 LE, and it's not the best for OC.

If he can't only afford P67, then go for a i5-2400.

 

[grudas]

hmm so whats the best mobo/cpu combo to fit the rest and be below £500? overclocking will be done so its important to have a good ocing mobo/cpu

 

[olivier renault]

H61 / H67 + 2400 (quad core). Should be able to fit in the budget, while still leaving enough for a decent GPU. Enough for BF3 anyway. A 2400 is faster than an heavily overclocked AMD 955BE, so save yourself the trouble.

In short, your build, with a i5-2400. Can get a 500GB drive to save a bit of money or tweak components.

Note that H61 / H67 can only go up to 1333MHz RAM. But the price of the 12800C9 HyperX is good so why not.

Finally, I prefer the Antec TP-550 over any OCZ.

 

[fullmetaltony]

Wont you need a cooler if you're getting the OEM version of the CPU?

 

[mp260767]

Wont you need a cooler if you're getting the OEM version of the CPU?

used to be the case, not sure if it still is with new processors or if its just reduced warrenty ?