budget gaming pc help!!!!

[lostjohn]

budget gaming pc help!!!!
Hi all, this is first ever post so sorry if any mistakes.

I've been searching the web for the last week looking for a decent gaming pc while trying to keep to my budget of £500 but finding it impossible due to too much choice and not enough knowledge not enough budget lol but cant afford to go any higher.

I will be using it to play games like civ5, fm13 and aoe but would like to play wow on decent setting at least if possible and have room to play with on the database side of fm. The more graphic heavy games like cod and crysis I will be playing on console due to friends list.

The 500 is just for the tower no OS needed.

Not much to go off but any help advice on full build or parts to stay away from would be much appreciated.

 

[mickyflinn]

I presume you are not building this pc for the moment.

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Intel i3 Ivy Raid" Intel Core i3 3220 Ivybridge Dual Core Gaming System £239.02
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £48.95
1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0
1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £65.99
1 x NO OPERATING SYSTEM £0
1 x No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost) £0
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 650Ti Boost 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £139.99
Total : £512.56 (includes shipping : £15.50).

 

[Potty27]

If you want to self-build (it's easy):

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £124.99
1 x **B Grade** MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £119.99
1 x MSI 990XA-GD55 AMD 990X Chipset (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £48.95
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £34.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £505.99 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Slightly over budget, could remove the 7850 and buy a used 460/560/5850/6870 for your needs, for around £50-60, would leave just about enough to get an SSD boot drive.

 

[Potty27]

If your happy to do some simple (safe) overclocking:

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £119.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £59.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £48.95
1 x **B Grade** BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - White/Black £34.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £34.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £26.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £497.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).