£600 budget

chrisispk · 12 Jun 2012 at 19:51

hi there i'm wondering if you could help me. i'm in the process of building a computer. i would like to build a gaming machine. one game in special. guild wars 2. i have a budget of £600. any help would be greatfull

the parts i won't need are a hard drive, pc case, power pack and rom, + writer.
i have a gfx card but im not sure ifs it still good enough to play new games. it is a Ati HD 4850 1Gig. im looking for a good Cpu+fan, Motherboard, Memory, and if gfx card isnt ok anymore i would like a new one.

beejjacobs · 12 Jun 2012 at 20:27

Hello and welcome

What power supply do you have? Is the case a standard ATX case?

Some suggested parts anyway:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £191.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £38.39
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £568.31 (includes shipping : £10.00).

chrisispk · 12 Jun 2012 at 21:23

hi there and thanks for the reply. yes my case is a stanard atx case. and my power pack isnt the original one that came with it. i changed that the same day i got case. i cant remember the name of the power pack but its the same spec as this and it also looks 100% the same.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-147-AN&tool=5

RJC · 12 Jun 2012 at 22:20

Thats good, a decent PSU

Cant go wrong with beejjacobs spec

(the memory is on offer which finishes tomorrow am were a new set of offers come into play)

mickyflinn · 12 Jun 2012 at 22:32

Going with a cheaper motherboard so you can have an solid state drive

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £191.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5 SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £67.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £38.39
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £603.68 (includes shipping : £10.00).

chrisispk · 13 Jun 2012 at 13:49

thanks beejjacobs and mickyflinn for your help

looks like im looking at my new system. will be ordering this week or just the start of the next week.

cheers all

Idleman · 13 Jun 2012 at 15:53

Updated basket.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £105.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
Total : £584.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).

beejjacobs · 13 Jun 2012 at 16:03

chrisispk said:
thanks beejjacobs and mickyflinn for your help looks like im looking at my new system. will be ordering this week or just the start of the next week.

cheers all

No problem

Idlemans re done the spec to show new prices (offers have changed now). If you don't order before next Wednesday come back for another spec check

Idleman said:
Updated basket.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £105.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
Total : £584.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).

chrisispk · 14 Jun 2012 at 14:46

ive been looking at the overclock bundles and im wondering would this be good for gaming. FX6 SPEC OPS" AMD FX-6 6100 3.30 @ 4.40GHz Overclocked Bundle? and if i added the MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card and a ssd. i know i had a budget of £600 but i could put a bit extra to get a ssd drive aswell.

or is the i5 much better to go with? im just asking as ive never really looked up bulldozer chips before.

Idleman · 15 Jun 2012 at 13:58

This over BD any day.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 412S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/1156/1155/775/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £28.99
Total : £644.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).

chrisispk · 15 Jun 2012 at 16:31

thanks for that Idleman. ordering in next few days.

chrisispk · 22 Jun 2012 at 00:09

loving new pc ) cheers guys.

Edit: had a few problems over the past few days. the pc would freeze and turn off on its own. i have the Z77-D3H motherboard. i read up and found that changing the bclk to 1.00.1 could fix this problem.

I've updated bios and changed bclk to 1.00.1 and it seems to be working 100% now. fingers crossed