About £400 build

Neutralmilk · 19 Feb 2013 at 13:05

Hi guy's,

My mates system is a little on the old side now and is looking for something that he can do a bit of gaming and editing on.

He's not a mssive gamer mostly things like LOL but does use Photoshop a lot wo will need a motherboard with a decent amount of RAM available.

Already has OS, monitors mouse and keyboard. So looking for motherboard, graphics card, possible sound card, processor. I can get him the RAM.

But all of the above, half decent for gaming below £400 if possible. Any ideas?

[WU-TANG]GZA · 19 Feb 2013 at 13:28

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £161.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showd (GX-100-GI) £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
Total : £383.33 (includes shipping : £9.50).

LukieBoy007 · 19 Feb 2013 at 16:24

That CPU is OEM, which means it comes without a cooler.

stulid · 19 Feb 2013 at 16:52

The above spec is fine once you have sorted a heatsink for it.

This one wont break the budget to much - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-021-XG&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=

Its not too tall so fitting into a smaller case wont hopefully be a problem.

Please remember to get low-profile RAM.

honosuseri · 19 Feb 2013 at 16:53

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £161.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Xigmatek Achilles II SD1284 CPU-Cooler - 120mm (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366 AMD AM2/AM3/FM1) £23.98
Total : £427.94 (includes shipping : FREE).

The i5K OEM is on offer, that saving of £20 helps pay for a heatsink of your chosing (the stock heatsink is naff really) to overclock it. Z77-D3H is a great entry level mobo and overclocks well, dual BIOS and a 3 year UK based warranty. GPU also has their 3 year warranty, bundled with a couple of games too (B grade GPUs wont have the games).