Build ~ £400

Mr.Chop · 17 Oct 2012 at 18:59

Hello, i'm looking to make a gaming PC for about £300-400. I don't know much about getting compatible hardware, so any advice will be appreciated. I will not need a monitor. The rest i'll need, including the OS, preferably win 7. Hopefully this will be achievable. Thanks

Bacon? · 17 Oct 2012 at 19:05

Something like this?

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £91.19
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £69.98
1 x Gigabyte F2A75M-D3H AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x Aerocool Qs-202 Midi Tower Case - Black £39.98
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB2133C11DC) £35.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £411.20 (includes shipping : £11.75).

If you could spare an extra £20 then I would get a modular PSU.

racerboy59 · 17 Oct 2012 at 19:07

What kind of games are you playing? and at what resolution?

Idleman · 17 Oct 2012 at 19:22

Have included keyboard and mouse. If you don`t need tthem, we can spend it elsewhere.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £76.79
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £69.98
1 x Gigabyte F2A75M-D3H AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £47.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB2133C11DC) £35.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black ** OcUK Exclusive ** £24.98
1 x Steelseries Kinzu V2 3200 DPI Rubberised Black Gaming Mouse (62022) £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
Total : £412.28 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Mr.Chop · 17 Oct 2012 at 19:29

Thank you for the suggestions. I want to play some of the latest games on about mid/high settings, if possible. I shouldn't need a keyboard and mouse, what would you suggest spending it on?

South890 · 17 Oct 2012 at 20:10

is £400 your absolute maximum?

Im quite sure you could spec an i3 and a 7770 for around £450.

Bacon? · 17 Oct 2012 at 20:10

South890 said:
is £400 your absolute maximum?

Im quite sure you could spec an i3 and a 7770 for around £450.

Thats already £200 plus windows makes it £300.

Mr.Chop · 17 Oct 2012 at 20:16

Would it be better to get a AMD in this scenario?

racerboy59 · 17 Oct 2012 at 20:42

You won't be able to get much with that budget for a high end gaming rig, considering you pretty much need a full system. A decent graphics card to play medium/high on recent games e.g. 7770/7850 is near enough £100. Windows 7 is another £70

One thing I would say is, if taking the intel route. Get a cheap CPU like a G540 they are remarkably good for all but the most CPU intensive games, plus if you get a H77/Z77 motherboard this basically allows you to drop in a much more powerful intel CPU later on when you can afford it.

racerboy59 · 17 Oct 2012 at 20:46

You might want to read reviews on AMD Trinity just so you know what to expect, but they really aren't meant for gaming purposes.

If it helps, I've got an Intel G540 paired up with a Radeon HD 7750 and I can comfortably play most games on medium settings on 1920x1080, and high settings on 1680x1050.

Idleman · 17 Oct 2012 at 21:28

The mobo is out of stock at the moment, so you would need to check with Customer Services as to when it might be available.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte HD 7770 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £69.98
1 x Intel Pentium G850 2.90GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £50.39
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £47.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black ** OcUK Exclusive ** £24.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £426.85 (includes shipping : £10.50).