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A friend wants to start PC gaming, he has a budget of £500. He has a case, keyboard, 500w OCZ PSU, 24" 1080p monitor and a new Windows 7 64 disc and this is the best I can come up with on new parts, obviously if anything comes up Intel SB wise 2nd hand he can get that, look ok?

Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £191.99

AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4100 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail with FREE Dirt Showdown PC Game **£10 Cashback** £89.95

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ / ST1000DM005) £65.99

Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard ** FREE NEXUIZ GAME ** £59.99

Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AX3U1600GC4G9-2G) £38.99

*** 33% OFF *** Steelseries Kinzu V2 3200 DPI Rubberised Black Gaming Mouse (62022) *** 33% OFF *** £19.99

Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99

£495.89 inc vat and del
 
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topend Bulldozer vs i3.....the gaming benchmarks might surprise you

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £194.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM £55.00
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AX3U1600GC4G9-2G) £38.99
1 x *** 33% OFF *** Steelseries Kinzu V2 3200 DPI Rubberised Black Gaming Mouse (62022) *** 33% OFF *** £19.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £498.94 (includes shipping : FREE).



This MSI GPU has a longer warranty and is clocked higher than your choice for a couple of quid more. The Z77 mobo can't OC the i3 but it makes clever use of the IGP, it can use the IGP to boost the GPU too.

Ocuk have a good offer on the 7870 GPUs which might be worth considering
 
 
Hmmm, 90 day warranty back to OCUK on something important as a HDD.

Just saying.

How much is left of the manufacturer warranty would be important to know.
 
 
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dave_beast said:
So I assume and I3 2100 would be far better for performance than a FX-4 4100?
And the obvious upgrade if a 2nd hand 2500k can be had along the line.
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Yes the i3 is better and it uses less power.

Stulid rightly pointed out the shorter warranty. It's an option i just pointed out to help bring costs down to the budget.

I get the same flak when i suggest OEM CPUs (1 year warranty). It's ok to say it's just £10 but you can't keep doing that over components or the price keeps creeping up. How you balance the budget is your call, your friend might want to pay a lil more than £500 to improve the warranty. If that's stulids only complaint with my spec....I can live with that ;)

dave_beast said:
So I assume and I3 2100 would be far better for performance than a FX-4 4100?
And the obvious upgrade if a 2nd hand 2500k can be had along the line.

Edited build, keeping to MSI and Samsung

MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155)
Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Samsung SpinPoint F3
Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW
Steelseries Kinzu V2 3200 DPI Rubberised Black Gaming Mouse

£506.93 with vat and free shipping

Look ok?
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The GB mobo i spec'd has a 3 year UK based warranty. The F3 HDD has a longer warranty than the Barracuda so fair enough. Looks great for the price :D
 
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