Budget Build £700

Datwomey · 2 Apr 2014 at 16:49

Hey, I'm trying to build my first PC, but I don't have huge experience with building your own gaming PC's, so I was just wondering, what would be the best build I could get for a roughly £700 PC, that would run games on Medium-High if not Ultra reasonably well for the foreseeable future (2 years) before needing an upgrade.
I'd like to have all the parts in the build, including OS (preferably Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit), Monitor and Wi-Fi card, if at all possible, thanks.
I have a preference for Intel over AMD and Nvidia graphics cards also over AMD, but that's not a must, just a preference.
Going slightly over the budget is okay, but please, no £900-1000 madness.

stulid · 2 Apr 2014 at 17:03

Hi.

You said no AMD but you get a lot more bang for you buck going with them.

Heres a spec that has everything,

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 280 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £189.95
1 x BenQ GW2450HM 24" Widescreen LED Professional Monitor - Black £131.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black (CC-9011014-WW) £59.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G1600HC9DC01) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £16.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £10.98
Total : £812.75 (includes shipping : £19.10).

It is over budget by too much then you can omit the OS and run a three month trial until you can save more up to buy a full copy.

Doomedspeed · 2 Apr 2014 at 17:55

Similar priced Intel build, No OC. Cut back GPU.

Just presenting it as an option:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £149.99
1 x BenQ GW2450HM 24" Widescreen LED Professional Monitor - Black £131.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £131.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Gigabyte B85M-HD3 Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £50.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £16.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £10.98
Total : £784.75 (includes shipping : £19.10).

tamzzy · 2 Apr 2014 at 18:12

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 280 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £189.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £131.99
1 x BenQ GW2265M 22" Widescreen Flicker FREE LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £53.99
1 x Gigabyte B85M-HD3 Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £50.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x Zalman T1 Plus Mini-Tower USB 3.0 - Black £19.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter (TL-WN751ND) £10.99
2 x OcUK Tech Labs Zaward OEM 120mm Golf Ball Fan £2.99 (£5.98)
Total : £818.72 (includes shipping : £12.50).

820 quid
dropped the screen size to a 22inch screen, but it is a va screen, so better colours than a tn screen
tradeoff for that is that you get
a) a quad core i5 (non overclockable)
b) radeon 280 (just slightly slower than a geforce 770)
c) a 128gb ssd

specced a pci (not pcie) wireless because it will occupy the last slot giving more space for the graphics card's fan to breathe

ExRayTed · 2 Apr 2014 at 18:12

Compromise is a 21.5 inch monitor rather than the 24in spec'd above. You do get a very nice 280 with an (albeit just) i5. As said in the first post though, don't discount AMD for a gaming machine. Quite capable when paired with a decent GPU.

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 280 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £189.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £131.99
1 x BenQ GL2250 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £85.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £73.99
1 x Gigabyte B85M-HD3 Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £50.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G1600HC9DC01) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x Cooler Master N200 NSE-200-KKN1 Midi-Tower - Black £36.95
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £10.98
Total : £750.28 (includes shipping : £17.10).

ExRayTed · 2 Apr 2014 at 18:15

tamzzy said:
b) radeon 280 (just slightly quicker than a geforce 770)

Fixed.

tamzzy · 2 Apr 2014 at 18:19

dont think a 280 non-x is faster than a 770
280 is a 7950 and a 770 is a faster 680

280 overclocked i'd probably say they'll trade blows

ExRayTed · 2 Apr 2014 at 18:27

tamzzy said:
dont think a 280 non-x is faster than a 770
280 is a 7950 and a 770 is a faster 680

280 overclocked i'd probably say they'll trade blows

Yup, you're correct. Assumed a 280X.