Budget Rig

Jonesy2062

Jonesy2062

Jonesy2062

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Hi Guys,

I've built a few PCs of my own before but a friend has asked me to build a budget rig for him and I wanted to double check with people that know more before I got buying it, not too comfortable experimenting with other peoples money!

Below is the list of components:
CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz S1155 3MB
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V/GEN3 S1155 Intel Z68 DDR3 ATX
GPU: Asus AMD Radeon 7770 HD 2GB PCI-Express 3.0 HDMI
RAM: Kingston ValueRAM 4GB (2x2GB) 1333MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 DIMM 240-Pin
PSU: OCZ Technology 500W CoreXStream Series Power Supply
Wireless: TP LINK 150Mbit-WLAN-Lite-N-PCIe x1-Adapter
Case: Antec One Gaming Case Mid Tower ATX
HDD: Seagate 1TB Barracuda SATA 6Gb/s 64MB 7200RPM Hard Drive
DVD Drive: Sony 24x DVD-RW SATA Black Bare Internal Drive

I would think about upgrading the CPU to an i5 but it depends how much he wants to spend, currently getting this for about £500. He will only want to play a few games and wants the build to mainly handle Rome 2: Total War when it comes out.

Do anybody have any tips or advice? And any compatibility issues that you can see?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Edit: Fixed to be website agnostic, apologies
 
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I'm guessing those were links to other retailers which is bad form, follow the link in my sig to post a basket from here and the good forum folks will give you all the advice you will need
 
 
A Z68 motherboard may need a bios update for the 3220 cpu and for gaming you really want 8gb of ram.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3470 3.20GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £155.99
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 650Ti Boost Golden Sample 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £137.99
1 x MSI H77MA-G43 Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £43.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £40.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £40.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £28.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £541.92 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x ASRock B75 Pro3-M Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £55.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
Total : £542.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
Gav_881 said:
The I3 will only hit the minimum spec for rome 2 so it may be worth stretching to an I5
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You may have a point, it may like more cores. Don't think there are any sys requirements yet?

The game isn't out until September so I would wait before buying a new rig for it as you will get more performance/£ once the game is released.
 
Okay, I see the point about bumping up to an i5, will have to see how much he can afford extra.

I noticed you guys proposed mATX boards, I have never used one before, what else is different besides obviously the size and few slots? Any performance effects?
 
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