Gaming PC - £450

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Gaming PC - £450 - £600ish

Title says it all. It's either build one myself or get one off ebay that is used. Most likely going to need a monitor. I can probably get £100 more for selling some more stuff(Not guaranteed though. I don't mind Nvidia or AMD too.

EDIT: Going to be playing TF2, COD4, Dungeon Defenders, Torchlight 2, Tribes Ascend etc...
 
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I Suggest you sell some things the only way your going to get a DECENT gaming machine including a moniter and everything you will need is if you do.

But i did a good job! and it all goes into a absoloutly sexy case too looks good works good is good. :) For what you want anyway.

If anyone here spots anything missing please just fix it for me or him.

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Grand Total : £541.24
 
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Ram will underclock that motherboard as it supports 1333 so does the cpu so he needs 1333mhz ram. Also yeah you could the case for a cheaper one and get a better moniter yes but then you have a micro atx motherboard in a ATX sized case.
 
Allnamestaken said:
I Suggest you sell some things the only way your going to get a DECENT gaming machine including a moniter and everything you will need is if you do.

But i did a good job! and it all goes into a absoloutly sexy case too looks good works good is good. :) For what you want anyway.

If anyone here spots anything missing please just fix it for me or him.

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Grand Total : £541.24
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I'm probably going to be able to stretch it a bit: Tell me if mine has gone horribly wrong, I am but an amateur at this stuff.
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Total: £597.80
 
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The only real problem is the CPU.

First its designed to be overclocked but only Z68 and Z77 boards can do that.
Second the OEM CPU doesn't come with a heat sink so you will need to purchase an after market one.
 
Yeah as above, if you could stretch up to a Z77 ideally or at least a Z68 (they had a few cheapish B grade ones previously) and stick in an Alpenföhn Matterhorn you will have an great PC which should last you a decent length of time.
 
SouthEastBlue said:
Yeah as above, if you could stretch up to a Z77 ideally or at least a Z68 (they had a few cheapish B grade ones previously) and stick in an Alpenföhn Matterhorn you will have an great PC which should last you a decent length of time.
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I'll stick with the i3 2120 for now, then upgrade later. There is a 5850 in the clearance - anyone have any experience with the used GPUs from OC?
 
The B grade cards only come with 3 months warranty, and possibly missing accessories or different box. Not ever bought one myself, but you still have a small warranty period with OCUK should something go wrong/or it not work when you receive it.
 
I wouldn't stick with the i3, i don't think it is good value for £100 when i5's are about £140.
If you plan to upgrade later then buy a Celeron G530 for about £30 or a Pentium for £40-50
 
I wouldn't really advise getting anything lower than an i3 unless its temporary for a very very short time period, although you could possibly look at the second hand market as 1155 socket i3's go for between about £55 - 75 on auction from what I can remember when I checked (got mine for £60). An i5 would have course be a much better investment if you have the money though!
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Samsung S22A200B 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £95.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £66.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £65.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.12
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £637.93 (includes shipping : £19.10).



This has a i5 CPU which can be overclocked, there is no dedicated GPU but you could run the onboard video and save up to get a video card at a later time. Personally I would rather do this than skimp on the CPU to get a video card now. Also if you got the retail version of the CPU then you would get a stock Intel cooler which you could use until you got a better one.

Stoner81.
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked FTW 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1363-KR) £124.99
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £99.95
1 x Samsung S22A200B 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £95.99
1 x MSI 970A-G46 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £64.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £40.00
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x Arctic F12 Pro Case Fan - 120mm £3.98
Total : £595.78 (includes shipping : £19.10).



I wanted to go with the GPU because I think my retinas will kill themselves if everything had to be played on low - medium and just 30FPS. £630 is over my limit too. I know the 460 is just a tiny bit slower than a 560 and to SLI the 460 is relatively cheap.
 
I still think you should go the intel route as you can easily just change out the chip to an Ivy bridge when you want.. with this build you need to change the motherboard too.
 
Rather than the 460 I would go for a 6870, is only £114 so cheaper and faster than the 460 according to Anandtech Bench

If you definitely want Nvidia then I'd spend a fiver more and get a non-Ti standard 560 which again is faster across the board, quite significantly in some games, see here.
 
If I sold more stuff...(I may do so)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £227.99
1 x Samsung S22A200B 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £95.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 "Dual Fan Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x **B Grade** MSI Z68A-GD65 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** FREE MS (MB-183-MS) £50.00
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £40.00
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x Arctic F12 Pro Case Fan - 120mm £3.98
Total : £667.82 (includes shipping : £19.10).


Or I can just stick to the i3 build:P
 
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Why the i7?? You will see no bonus in games.
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99
1 x Samsung S22A200B 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £95.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 "Dual Fan Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x **B Grade** MSI Z68A-GD65 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** FREE MS (MB-183-MS) £50.00
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £40.00
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £30.98
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x Arctic F12 Pro Case Fan - 120mm £3.98
Total : £632.81 (includes shipping : £19.10).


I may just revert back to the Phenom or i3.
 
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