£500 gaming PC

T1ggZ

T1ggZ

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I asked for advice a few weeks ago about what components to get for a PC around £500 that i was gonna put together. This is the spec i decided to go with at the time but some of the guys on the forum told me to re post to check if prices had changed enough to make it worth changing components.

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 £83.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £57.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £40.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £35.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99

Is there anything you would change with prices changing or any new technology? Upper limit of £500 preferably cheaper
Thanks in advance
 
Looks good and would be great.

Though if you won't be upgrading the CPU to an ivybridge in the next few years, you could get a h61/h67 motherboard (saving around £30) and get a 60GB-64GB SSD.

Would this be an option for you, or do you like having the option of an overclockable ivybridge i5?
 
 
depending on what your likely to use it for you could go for the mobo change/ssd as per dooms recommendation or you could drop the mobo to the h61, lower the psu slightly (still enough to handle the 6850) and get a quad core sandybridge.
 
Doomedspeed said:
Looks good and would be great.

Though if you won't be upgrading the CPU to an ivybridge in the next few years, you could get a h61/h67 motherboard (saving around £30) and get a 60GB-64GB SSD.

Would this be an option for you, or do you like having the option of an overclockable ivybridge i5?
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Im not really bothered about overlcocking so saving money where possible would be good as long as its not going to hamper the performance. Im not really bothered about having an ssd, more trying to save money
 
Idleman said:
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 £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £502.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Changed mobo as the Msi is out of stock.
Cheaper Hdd and Dvd-rw.
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Looks awesome. Do you think having a 700W psu is overkill?
 
Could i use Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit rather than Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit. It would save a few £
 
T1ggZ said:
Could i use Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit rather than Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit. It would save a few £
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I did`nt include them in case you wanted to use an aftermarket cooler, if the stock cooler is to noisy.

Should have said, the Ballistics are low profile. The Vipers have taller heatsinks, which can interfere with atermarket aircoolers.
 
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T1ggZ said:
Awesome thanks a lot. You reckon thats a decent build then and anything i should consider?
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For your budget, its a fairly decent build. The mobo allows you the option to upgrade the Cpu, when finances allow. The Psu is overkill, but then, for the price it is also a good investment for future upgrades. So you could in fact, upgrade Cpu and Gpu, with the knowledge, you wont have to buy a new Psu.
An SSD and further Hdds can also be added, if and when your finances permit.
 
Are there any real differences between the gigabyte mobo and the MSI one that i had specced before, should i hold out on purchasing until the MSI is back in stock?
 
T1ggZ said:
Are there any real differences between the gigabyte mobo and the MSI one that i had specced before, should i hold out on purchasing until the MSI is back in stock?
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Stick with the GB board, it`s a better alround board, for an extra £2.
 
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