Budget gaming build £435 (€550 roughly)

gavnaylor

gavnaylor

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This is a first time build for me. I have a mouse, windows , keyboard and monitors handy but looking for a bit of help on the components. Ideally I would like to play most games on at least high (eg. Skyrim, Arkham City) and possible video/photo editing in the future.
Thanks in advance.
Gav
 
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Orcvader said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £101.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £49.99
1 x MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £38.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £29.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £440.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).



EDIT: Forgot optical drive :p.
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That looks fine what would you suggest for a network card
 
gavnaylor said:
I wouldnt mind getting a Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor instead and use the money saved from that for more RAM and a heatsink fan
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Consider the G840 then as that saves you even more money.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked FTW 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1363-KR) £124.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £56.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.98
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £39.95
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £466.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).



The G840 for gaming is very close to the i3. I've used an nvidia 460 as it's better than the 6850 and also gives you cuda support to make up for the loss of quicksync.

Z77 mobo can boost the GPU with the IGP and it's ready and waiting for you to drop in an i5K once they are a good second hand buy. PSU is modular which is very handy and is adequate for a single GPU setup.
 
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