Budget Gaming Tower

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So the budget is £500-600, hit the sweet spot with the tech somewhere in the middle of those two figures and I'll be happy :).

Those of you keeping up with current prices will do a better job at spec'ing this for me than I will myself (and in a shorter time) so I give it over to you!
This build for playing GW2/Metro Last Light/Other fairly high-end graphics games - doesn't need to max, but needs to be consistent fps and nice graphics.
No need for monitor/mouse/keyboard, just tower and glorious internals.
Would prefer new Haswell based cpu/mobo combination.

Thanks in advance :)
 
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You did say you fancy haswell but it may not be achieveable. The 4670k is £190, a Z87 motherboard will be about £110 and a decent GPU will be around £150 . That's £450 on 3-4 components (free cooler with particular motherboard).

That's leaves £150 (max) for Case, PSU, HDD, RAM and OD. That may be a task (as a decent PSU and RAM cost £50 each)..

You could settle for a lower end haswell i5, though you still need a bigger budget..

An i3 build would suit your budget though the haswell i3's aren't around yet..
 
You did say you fancy haswell but it may not be achieveable. The 4670k is £190, a Z87 motherboard will be about £110 and a decent GPU will be around £150 . That's £450 on 3-4 components (free cooler with particular motherboard).

That's leaves £150 (max) for Case, PSU, HDD, RAM and OD. That may be a task (as a decent PSU and RAM cost £50 each)..

You could settle for a lower end haswell i5, though you still need a bigger budget..

An i3 build would suit your budget though the haswell i3's aren't around yet..

If it can be done on an ivybridge i5/i7 I'd be happy as well.
 
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