£600 gaming orientated PC

RoninJonny · 7 Jul 2012 at 23:32

Hi, I was wondering if you could give me some help building a £600 gaming PC. I have been attempting to do so myself but my knowledge seems to be rather lacking when working out the best combination for the money.

I'm looking to use it on a ranger of games but mostly RPG's (e.g. Skyrim) and strategy games (e.g. starcraft 2), though FPS's are most certainly also on the cards.

I don't need a monitor or Keyboard but it does look like I will be needing an OS (I was hoping to use the one from my broken laptop but sadly the key has been lost).

I'm hoping to be able to purchase the parts around the 21st (is timing is a consideration for any prices).

Thank you in advance for any help you can give.

Regards
Jonny

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Sorry, I also meant to I will also be needing a wi-fi adapter as part of the set up.

olivier renault · 7 Jul 2012 at 23:49

RoninJonny said:
Hi, I was wondering if you could give me some help building a £600 gaming PC. I have been attempting to do so myself but my knowledge seems to be rather lacking when working out the best combination for the money.

I'm looking to use it on a ranger of games but mostly RPG's (e.g. Skyrim) and strategy games (e.g. starcraft 2), though FPS's are most certainly also on the cards.

I don't need a monitor or Keyboard but it does look like I will be needing an OS (I was hoping to use the one from my broken laptop but sadly the key has been lost).

I'm hoping to be able to purchase the parts around the 21st (is timing is a consideration for any prices).

Thank you in advance for any help you can give.

Regards
Jonny

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Sorry, I also meant to I will also be needing a wi-fi adapter as part of the set up.

OS is a problem :'( I'll do one with and one without.

olivier renault · 7 Jul 2012 at 23:52

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £159.95
1 x Sapphire HD 6950 OC "Dual Fan Edition" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £53.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £10.98
Total : £603.95 (includes shipping : £11.75).

olivier renault · 7 Jul 2012 at 23:55

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £159.95
1 x MSI HD 6850 "Dual Fan Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £53.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £10.98
Total : £621.94 (includes shipping : £11.75).

olivier renault · 8 Jul 2012 at 00:01

And yes, buying in about two weeks means the deals will change and you might get better deals, save a few quids, or not (the 6950?). But the general idea should remain.

You can also of course, shop around.

olivier renault · 8 Jul 2012 at 00:05

but it does look like I will be needing an OS (I was hoping to use the one from my broken laptop but sadly the key has been lost).

You sure? It should be on the underside of the laptop. I don't know if it is usable anyway.

RoninJonny · 8 Jul 2012 at 00:19

Thank you for doing both, that's great! I agree that needing an OS is rather inhibiting for the budget.

olivier renault said:
You sure? It should be on the underside of the laptop. I don't know if it is usable anyway.

Sadly that has rubbed off, I'm going to try some other methods of getting it but I'm not too hopeful

Gazza123 · 8 Jul 2012 at 00:41

RoninJonny said:
Thank you for doing both, that's great! I agree that needing an OS is rather inhibiting for the budget.

Sadly that has rubbed off, I'm going to try some other methods of getting it but I'm not too hopeful

If its one that has come with the laptop they are generally OEM keys. So they basically can only be used to restore the laptop and not transferred onto another system. Sorry to say but I think you will need to buy a new one.