another 500

fieldyftw · 10 Jul 2011 at 18:48

ok so my bro has asked to to get a spec for a £500( max ) gaming rig that can handle ( max out) Bad company 2, WoW, Battlefield 3 mw3 and Swtor when it comes out
he said he doesnt need an OS keyboard montior or mouse and already has a dvd drive and he stated that he doesnt need anythng over 500gb hdd
so any ideas or specs you can come up with I would be very greatful for

Moothead2 · 10 Jul 2011 at 19:03

Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £83.99

Gigabyte 970A-UD3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 PCI-Express ATX Motherboard £79.99

Antec High Current Gamer 620W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £56.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £33.98

Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £33.98

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99

Total = £506.41 Over budget but I'm sure you can stretch this far

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This should be able to max out those games (Minus 8xAA) but since they're not out yet, we cannot tell for sure. It also gives you the option to upgrade to the new AMD CPUs when they're out.

Jony27 · 10 Jul 2011 at 19:08

could take off £16 as the OP stated he doesnt need a optical drive.

Reaper 392 · 10 Jul 2011 at 19:13

my effort. with overclocking it will beat the i3 2100:
(it already beats it in a lot of places though)

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £178.99
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £83.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 620W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £56.99
1 x Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £54.98
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £33.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £29.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £508.40 (includes shipping : £11.25).

anuraj · 10 Jul 2011 at 19:32

This is something I came up with and gives you the ability to upgrade to bulldozer

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6870 OC HAWK 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Lara Croft Game £157.99
1 x MSI 990FXA-GD65 AMD 990 FX (AMD AM3/AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard *WITH FREE MSI GRENADE* £112.98
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 850 "95W Edition" 3.30GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £79.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £29.99
Total : £515.92 (includes shipping : £12.50).