Budget gaming build

chris182008

chris182008

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So my friend is about ready to order a gaming pc. He wants it mainly for total war games and battlefield 3 his budget is £500-550 and he defiantly wants the case listed in the builds below. Basically which would you suggest or could you improve on any of them thanks.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785Q2G2M) £161.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x AeroCool Strike-X Air Open Chassis £89.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart M550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £59.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £49.99
1 x **B Grade** MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 (MB-165-MS) £45.00
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27.00
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £550.90 (includes shipping : FREE).



YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 WindForce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x AeroCool Strike-X Air Open Chassis £89.99
1 x **B Grade** ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX (MB-060-AK) £75
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £554.94 (includes shipping : FREE).



YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785Q2G2M) £161.99
1 x AeroCool Strike-X Air Open Chassis £89.99
1 x MSI A85XA-G65 AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £85.99
1 x AMD Athlon X4 750K Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD750KWOHJBOX) £61.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £548.93 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
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Some great builds there. I would personally look at the 6300, but change the PSU for an XFX/Corsair or Thermaltake.

However, the i3 does have hyperthreading and a decent Z77 would give you the means to upgrade to a 3570k/3770k.
 
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Ended up sending him the rig below with the warning of it will struggle with 64 player BF3 and have offered the alternative of a 6300. The motherboard supports Ivy and if the bios isn't new enough I can put my 2500k in to update it. This will give him a decent upgrade path. The 7850 is a must really with those games you never know he might even give them to me for putting it all together. I can dream can't I.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785Q2G2M) £161.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x AeroCool Strike-X Air Open Chassis £89.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x **B Grade** MSI Z68MA-G43 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-222-MS) £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £543.92 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
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