Budget Gaming Pc

xirus

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Hi all,

I'm currently thinking about building my first pc (no experince) with a budget around £400. It's mainly to play css and starcraft 2(and the new one i guess). Could you guys help recommend me some specs?

Thanks!
 
 
Jony27 said:
RAM ?
:p
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thanks. i knew i was missing something but couldnt work it out. normally im pretty good at guessing how much i can spend on each bit, so i ended up spending the £20 that was available on a better case and PSU. now i know why there was £20 spare

try this:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM £83.99
1 x MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £64.99
1 x Lepa W-Series 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply £46.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £31.99
1 x Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £19.18
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £402.11 (includes shipping : £12.50).
 
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
OcUK GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Gigabyte H61M-S2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Lepa W-Series 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
* Sub Total : £319.10
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £66.32
* Total : £397.92
 
Reaper 392 said:
i thought it was just for gay welshmen :p
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Ha ha :p


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
OcUK GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
Lepa W-Series 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £24.98
(£20.82) £24.98
(£20.82)
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
* Sub Total : £327.43
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £67.99
* Total : £407.92
 
Thanks for all the replies, if I were to bump it up to 450 would you guys recommend me getting better gfx card or mobo or even power supply? I remember reading somewhere the H61 isn't good for overclocking right?
 
 
You can't really overclock at all with the majority of H61 boards and you would need the k series CPU as well.
 
xirus said:
Thanks for all the replies, if I were to bump it up to 450 would you guys recommend me getting better gfx card or mobo or even power supply? I remember reading somewhere the H61 isn't good for overclocking right?
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better graphics card would be your best bet. change the graphics card in my build to an OcUK ATI 6870. dont bother getting 1600Mhz RAM because the motherboard cant get the ram up to that speed (it will work, but the motherboard will just turn it down, making the extra £5 you spent completely wasted)
 
Oh okay thanks, do you think it's worth getting quad core? everyone seems to have recommended the i3 2100, I guess its a big price increase if I were to consider the i5-2300
 
xirus said:
Oh okay thanks, do you think it's worth getting quad core? everyone seems to have recommended the i3 2100, I guess its a big price increase if I were to consider the i5-2300
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if you can afford a quad core Sandybridge, then get it as its worth it in my imho.


but quad core AMD, forget it as the dual core i3 2100 is faster than the phenom quad/six core in games.
 
I think i'm going to stick with the duo core I don't think ill be able to spend that much, one more question which gfx card is better ? (gddr3 + more memory or gddr5 but lower memory)

Asus ATI Radeon HD 6670 SILENT EDITION 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card

or

OcUK GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
 
The gtx

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
OcUK GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
MSI 870A-G54 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £65.98
(£54.98) £65.98
(£54.98)
Lepa W-Series 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Cooler Master Elite 342 Case - Black £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Sub Total : £319.09
Shipping cost based on delivery to Friends House, SY23 3RB with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £66.17
Total : £397.01
 
Cool, do you think with the i3 I'll need any extra cooling such as: a cpu cooler or cooling paste? also is there much difference between the antec truepower 550w power supply and lepa w-series 500w supply? I saw OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply on offer is this one better?

finally the tower, i'm thinking whether or not to go for a mini tower (if it would fit) such as:
Fractal Design Arc Mini Tower Case - Black
Cooler Master Elite 360 Mini Tower Case - Black

or would it be best to stick to: Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black
 
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