£570 budget gaming pc

supermenas16 · 24 Oct 2012 at 16:53

Hey people, I'm going to build a new gaming pc because my old pc is getting very old and I need helping picking parts. My budget is £570, and I only want a mid range gaming pc.

I've already have a monitor (1440x900), mouse, keyboard and OS.

Thanks.

LukieBoy007 · 24 Oct 2012 at 17:11

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £26.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £563.92 (includes shipping : FREE).

lomez · 24 Oct 2012 at 17:12

is that budget firm? I ask becasue for a few more quid (50 say) you could get a high end gaming tower if self built and you shop around a little.

supermenas16 · 24 Oct 2012 at 17:17

I can't go any further than that.

LukieBoy007 · 24 Oct 2012 at 17:19

The build I specced will last a good while, and also has great performance for the price. (Incase you haven't realised I have a 3570k and a 7850 myself

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Bacon? · 24 Oct 2012 at 18:04

Not bad spec but I would definetley get a better PSU.

LukieBoy007 · 24 Oct 2012 at 19:05

Bacon? said:
Not bad spec but I would definetley get a better PSU.

Yeah true but it's not like its bad PSU, and it'd mean probably dropping to a i3 to stay in budget.

Bacon? · 24 Oct 2012 at 19:22

Well its not a generic PSU but its no Seasonic

gazzaa · 24 Oct 2012 at 20:27

That psu is fine for that system.

Bacon? · 24 Oct 2012 at 20:33

Would you like to provide some 9/10 professional reviews to back that up with?

gazzaa · 24 Oct 2012 at 21:00

A mate of mine is running a z68 system with a 2500k Oc to 4.4 and that gc card with the same psu for a while now and it's fine.

Bacon? · 24 Oct 2012 at 21:23

Thats an opinion not a review. If I knew someone running this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-230-CM&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1103

With a 7850 and an I5 would that make it a good PSU?

Idleman · 24 Oct 2012 at 21:28

gazzaa said:
That psu is fine for that system.

I agree, for the price it is a decent Psu and is ideal for the spec.

http://it-review.net/article/hardware/psu/OCZ_CoreXstream_500W_review&2

gazzaa · 25 Oct 2012 at 09:14

Bacon? said:
Thats an opinion not a review. If I knew someone running this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-230-CM&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1103

With a 7850 and an I5 would that make it a good PSU?

Might be just me but I believe what I see with my own eyes his system runs fine and has been fine now for a while. So I believe that's good enough.

dunn2010 · 25 Oct 2012 at 10:17

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £42.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £26.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £552.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

As this is only a mid ranged gaming pc running at that resolution. the I3 + 660 will destroy any game and will not be bottlenecked at all.

i would get above