£600 Build For Gaming

Reldar · 8 Dec 2011 at 08:05

My friend has given me a budget of £600 to help him decide on a build for gaming. He wants the very best he can get for as close to £600 as possible.

No peripherals, monitor, optical drive or case required.

I've been out the scene for a while, so can you guys help me out? This is what I'm thinking.
Thanks.

mp260767 · 8 Dec 2011 at 08:15

change the gfx card for the Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB.

processor/mobo go for the sandbybridge i3 2100 and one of the msi h61 mobo's (around £50).

also, swap the cpu cooler for the Gelid Tranquillo.

is the optical drive SATA, if its ide there aren't any ide connectors on mobo's nowadays.

skylineboy · 8 Dec 2011 at 08:19

Do you have any HDDs lying around he could use? That's a mighty whack out of budget and would mean a decent upgrade to i2500k.

Reldar · 8 Dec 2011 at 08:32

mp260767 said:
change the gfx card for the Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB.

processor/mobo go for the sandbybridge i3 2100 and one of the msi h61 mobo's (around £50).

also, swap the cpu cooler for the Gelid Tranquillo.

is the optical drive SATA, if its ide there aren't any ide connectors on mobo's nowadays.

Shows how much I know lol. Yes the optical drive is SATA no problems there. Cheers. :cool:

skylineboy said:
Do you have any HDDs lying around he could use? That's a mighty whack out of budget and would mean a decent upgrade to i2500k.

No spare HDD's unfortunately

. It's crazy how prices have shot up lately.

beejjacobs · 8 Dec 2011 at 13:15

With the suggestions:

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £99.98
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Asus P8H61-I Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £64.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £604.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Slightly over, but you get free shipping! Much better GPU

Spikey Willow · 8 Dec 2011 at 13:25

If you wanted to shave a few pennies off, couldn't you swap out the power supply for something a tad lower? 650w seems pretty high for no SLI/Crossfire.

beejjacobs · 8 Dec 2011 at 13:33

Yeah I mean, i only chose it because its good and the OP chose it too! Perhaps better to have a higher spec one for future upgrades. And if its working less it should be quieter/more efficient (?)

Marekj · 8 Dec 2011 at 18:38

There really isn't any point investing in an after market cooler for the I3. The stock cooler is very quiet and keeps the CPU nice and cool. It's not like you'll be overclocking it. Put the cash towards the GPU.

beejjacobs · 8 Dec 2011 at 18:45

Marekj said:
There really isn't any point investing in an after market cooler for the I3. The stock cooler is very quiet and keeps the CPU nice and cool. It's not like you'll be overclocking it. Put the cash towards the GPU.

Actually I agree with that, not sure why I put it in there! That would allow this motherboard instead:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

Which would allow for an i5 and overclocking in the future

honosuseri · 8 Dec 2011 at 18:46

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18349731

A similar thread to this one. I quite liked 95thrifles take (post #2). Obviously you need to add the HDD but it's still in your budget. Read through and see what you think.