£500 Intel build - Possible?

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Over the past couple of months I've been gaming on my boot camped MBP and it handles games okay but on mega low graphics and it constantly lags due to poor on board graphics.

I know its not much but I'm looking to spend around £500 for an intel build if that's possible? I've looked at the intel processors and they vary in price but I've always wanted to swap to intel from AMD.

I don't mind going down the AMD route again if its better bang for buck but ideally I'd like to venture down the intel path.

I don't need; OS, Mouse & Keyboard or Monitor.

Cheers for the help :)
 
id head down the secondhand route.

Pick up a 2500k/3570k and motherboard to suit. That should only set you back £150-£180..

For the GPU a 7850 with the free games is a bargain.. :)
 
Doomedspeed said:
id head down the secondhand route.

Pick up a 2500k/3570k and motherboard to suit. That should only set you back £150-£180..

For the GPU a 7850 with the free games is a bargain.. :)
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That's not a bad price for CPU and Mobo, might check out the MM
 
I'd suggest getting a second hand 2500k if you can but if you want a new build it is possible. Could get it down to 500 with a different case or maybe get a quad core and sell the games not sure how much you'd get for them though.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785Q2G2M) £161.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £74.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £49.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £506.89 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Awesome, thank you, I'll probably keep looking around for a secondhand CPU, I'll keep checking the MM and see if anything pops up.
 
 
Thank you all for the other suggestions, I might try and save a little more so I have a better budget to play around with, but for £500 and just over there are some decent builds which will last easily a couple of years with an upgrade here and there.
 
mickyflinn said:
I would suggest this board over the MSI as the MSI board is voltage locked. Meaning if you upgrade to a k series cpu it will difficult to overclock.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
Total : £93.89 (includes shipping : £8.25).

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Might manage 4.4GHz with the G43.

MSI has crippled the EFI of the G43 to such levels that you’re unlikely to be able to coax a major overclock out of the board. The measly 0.06V that you’re able to add to the Vcore is very low, and meant that we could only overclock our test CPU to 4.4GHz, rather than the 4.8GHz we’ve been able to hit with every other Z77 board.
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http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2012/06/11/msi-z77a-g43-review/1

Sorry, should have mentioned that is with a 3770K.
 
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Holy thread revival, just an update to say I no longer need a PSU in the bundle as my brother has returned my XFX Pro 650W :)
 
Xein said:
Holy thread revival, just an update to say I no longer need a PSU in the bundle as my brother has returned my XFX Pro 650W :)
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A bit of a *B grade bonanza* but it will be epic. :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x **B Grade** MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with Tomb Raider & Biosh (GX-191-MS) £119.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £60
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Thermalright Macho 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £512.89 (includes shipping : FREE).



All ready to OC. :)

Retail CPU is only £5 more
 
Thanks for the reply, I'm a bit behind on all of this but what's all of this 'B grade' stuff?

Edit: What would a £600 build look like?
 
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Xein said:
Thanks for the reply, I'm a bit behind on all of this but what's all of this 'B grade' stuff?

Edit: What would a £600 build look like?
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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=595

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Graphics card is likely to be just a card with nothing else. Nothing wrong with that though, my GTX670 was B-grade and is a beauty.

Motherboards could be just the board, no I/O shield, accessories or anything. Personally i would'nt buy a B-grade mobo due to the high chance of just a bare board.

This is worth a look. At that price for a brand new board it's unbeatable, Yes i know it's pci-e 2.0 and not 3.0 but the performance difference is not that much.
 
pastymuncher said:
Graphics card is likely to be just a card with nothing else. Nothing wrong with that though, my GTX670 was B-grade and is a beauty.

Motherboards could be just the board, no I/O shield, accessories or anything. Personally i would'nt buy a B-grade mobo due to the high chance of just a bare board.

This is worth a look. At that price for a brand new board it's unbeatable, Yes i know it's pci-e 2.0 and not 3.0 but the performance difference is not that much.
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I was a bit concerned with the motherboard being a b grade and as you've stated you don't quite know what's missing until you've got the product.

That's a cracking price for a new board, if there's no significant different between pci-e 2.0 and 3.0 that board is a steal for that price.

Cheers for the info and recommendation.
 
fowler002 said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=6&subid=567

OEM version £6 cheaper

Price seems to have gone up by a few quid and no more grid 2

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-437-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2574

Or if you plan on sli/xfire in the future(the above mb isn't suitable for xfire as the 2nd pcie is only 4x, doesn't support sli)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-436-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2574
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Both are beautiful boards but for a £500 - £600 build it might be a bit pricey?
 
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