Hey guys,
I am pretty new here. I am buying a new desktop as my laptop died. I dont have the need of a lappy any more so I thought I would build a rig. I have done it before back in the day. I had a P4 Prescott, msi mobo, 2 gb corsair ram, 64gb raptor and 250gb Maxtor. Not to mention my gfx card. Was a sweet rig but i really needed a laptop so it had to go.
No I want to set up a budget gaming rig as my laptop has died. I have been doing my research and I have come up with to promising options. Both rigs have price for with or w/o monitor.
Number one is an i5 rig. I love the i5 but because of the baseline cost of a setup it has meant shaving costs on other parts.
Core i5 Build – OCUK and ****** with GPU (Cheap as Possible)
Gigabyte GA-P55-US3L P55 Socket 1156 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
£73.86 – eb
Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - OEM
£139.99 – ocuk
Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz i5 Memory Kit CL9 1.5V
£78.10 – eb
Arctic Cooling Alpine 11 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 1156)
£7.99 – ocuk
Western Digital WD5001AALS 500GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache - OEM Caviar Black
£43.01 – eb
Coolermaster Elite 330 Case With Coolermaster eXtreme Power 460W PSU
£49.98 – eb
ASUS HD 4670 512MB DDR3 DVI VGA HDMI Out PCI-E Graphics Card
£48.04 – eb
Sony AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM Internal SATA Black Bare Drive - OEM
£16.42 - eb
Philips 230C1HSB 23" Full HD LCD Monitor 1920x1080 12000:1 (Dynamic) 300cd/m2 5ms VGA/DVI-D/HDMI/USB Multimedia Glossy Black
£149.99 – eb
Total 457.57 – Tower only (+ Monitor £607.96)
Number 2 is an AMD Phenom II x2 rig. Bear in mind that with the setup I have used (i.e. sb710 chipset) I can unlock the the two other cores on the CPU and will basically have a quad core with a stock clock of 3.1ghz. Also, there are three options here, two with different gfx cards, one with no gfx as the mobo has built in Ati Radeon HD 3300 graphics.
AMD build – OCUK and ****** (Cheap as possible)
Asus M4A785TD-V EVO Socket AM3 onboard DVI VGA HDMI 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard
£67.95 - eb
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 3.1GHz 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 Retail Boxed Processor
£69.27 - eb
Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz Memory Kit Unbuffered
£83.00 – eb
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 Socket 775, 1156, 1366, AM2, AM3 Heatpipe CPU Cooler
176157
£16.22 – eb
Western Digital WD5001AALS 500GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache - OEM Caviar Black
£43.01 - eb
Coolermaster Elite 330 Case With Coolermaster eXtreme Power 460W PSU
£49.98 – eb
Sony AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM Internal SATA Black Bare Drive – OEM
£16.42 - eb
Options:
1. Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5750 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.99 - ocuk
2. ASUS HD 4670 512MB DDR3 DVI VGA HDMI Out PCI-E Graphics Card £48.04 - eb
Philips 230C1HSB 23" Full HD LCD Monitor 1920x1080 12000:1 (Dynamic) 300cd/m2 5ms VGA/DVI-D/HDMI/USB Multimedia Glossy Black £149.99 - eb
Total:
With GPU1 £445.84(+ Monitor 595.83)
With GPU2 £393.89 (+ Monitor 543.88)
W/O GPU £345.85 (+ Monitor £ 495.84)
Which is the best build and can an improvements be made with relatively little change is costs that will help improve performance.
Chris
I am pretty new here. I am buying a new desktop as my laptop died. I dont have the need of a lappy any more so I thought I would build a rig. I have done it before back in the day. I had a P4 Prescott, msi mobo, 2 gb corsair ram, 64gb raptor and 250gb Maxtor. Not to mention my gfx card. Was a sweet rig but i really needed a laptop so it had to go.
No I want to set up a budget gaming rig as my laptop has died. I have been doing my research and I have come up with to promising options. Both rigs have price for with or w/o monitor.
Number one is an i5 rig. I love the i5 but because of the baseline cost of a setup it has meant shaving costs on other parts.
Core i5 Build – OCUK and ****** with GPU (Cheap as Possible)
Gigabyte GA-P55-US3L P55 Socket 1156 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
£73.86 – eb
Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - OEM
£139.99 – ocuk
Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz i5 Memory Kit CL9 1.5V
£78.10 – eb
Arctic Cooling Alpine 11 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 1156)
£7.99 – ocuk
Western Digital WD5001AALS 500GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache - OEM Caviar Black
£43.01 – eb
Coolermaster Elite 330 Case With Coolermaster eXtreme Power 460W PSU
£49.98 – eb
ASUS HD 4670 512MB DDR3 DVI VGA HDMI Out PCI-E Graphics Card
£48.04 – eb
Sony AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM Internal SATA Black Bare Drive - OEM
£16.42 - eb
Philips 230C1HSB 23" Full HD LCD Monitor 1920x1080 12000:1 (Dynamic) 300cd/m2 5ms VGA/DVI-D/HDMI/USB Multimedia Glossy Black
£149.99 – eb
Total 457.57 – Tower only (+ Monitor £607.96)
Number 2 is an AMD Phenom II x2 rig. Bear in mind that with the setup I have used (i.e. sb710 chipset) I can unlock the the two other cores on the CPU and will basically have a quad core with a stock clock of 3.1ghz. Also, there are three options here, two with different gfx cards, one with no gfx as the mobo has built in Ati Radeon HD 3300 graphics.
AMD build – OCUK and ****** (Cheap as possible)
Asus M4A785TD-V EVO Socket AM3 onboard DVI VGA HDMI 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard
£67.95 - eb
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 3.1GHz 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 Retail Boxed Processor
£69.27 - eb
Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz Memory Kit Unbuffered
£83.00 – eb
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 Socket 775, 1156, 1366, AM2, AM3 Heatpipe CPU Cooler
176157
£16.22 – eb
Western Digital WD5001AALS 500GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache - OEM Caviar Black
£43.01 - eb
Coolermaster Elite 330 Case With Coolermaster eXtreme Power 460W PSU
£49.98 – eb
Sony AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM Internal SATA Black Bare Drive – OEM
£16.42 - eb
Options:
1. Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5750 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.99 - ocuk
2. ASUS HD 4670 512MB DDR3 DVI VGA HDMI Out PCI-E Graphics Card £48.04 - eb
Philips 230C1HSB 23" Full HD LCD Monitor 1920x1080 12000:1 (Dynamic) 300cd/m2 5ms VGA/DVI-D/HDMI/USB Multimedia Glossy Black £149.99 - eb
Total:
With GPU1 £445.84(+ Monitor 595.83)
With GPU2 £393.89 (+ Monitor 543.88)
W/O GPU £345.85 (+ Monitor £ 495.84)
Which is the best build and can an improvements be made with relatively little change is costs that will help improve performance.
Chris
