first gaming pc build

[M T Balmer]

I'm looking to build my first gaming pc and have no clue about parts etc. I'm looking to spend about £500-600. The types of games I play are Age of empires, command & conquer etc. If someone could give me some tips on the best parts to get it would be a great help ! Thanks

 

[stulid]

Hi and welcome.

What do you need?

Base unit obviously.

Monitor?
Keyboard?
Mouse?
OS?

 

[Doomedspeed]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £59.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £49.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £44.99
1 x Xigmatek Pantheon Mid Tower Case - Black £35.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £31.19
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £595.06 (includes shipping : £12.50).



if your looking for just a tower.

Z77 motherboard so can upgrade to an i5 and overclock.

If you don't want to upgrade/overclock, you can save money by choosing a H61 motherboard (and a sandybridge i3 CPU)

 

[Bacon?]

I would stay away from the builder series to be honest. They aren't made by seasonic and have quite a few reviews against them.