gaming pc £550 budget

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R-tulip

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im after a new pc with these components in the badboy-
case
mobo
cpu
ram
psu
gpu
cpu cooler
ssd
hdd
mouse
wireless card
dvd drive

any advice would be welcomed, i was hoping to fit an i5 in there but its literally half the budget by the time you get an equivalent mobo,

cheers
 
Bit of a struggle to get an i5 in there, but I've managed with a B-Grade mobo and HDD (May be open box, but full warranty). PSU isn't awesome, but will do the job. didn't include a cooler as the CPU isn't overclockable.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3330 3.00GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £143.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £134.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-120G) £64.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £40
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-364-GI) £35
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
1 x Steelseries Kinzu V2 3200 DPI Rubberised Black Gaming Mouse (62022) £17.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £10.98
Total : £566.99 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
 
Cheers mate

Its a nice build. I wasnt too bothered about overclocking in any case. Everything i tried to put together myself ended up being £700+

Ive never looked at AMD or any of the i3s. Not to sure if any of these would be better but an i5 seems to be better for gaming for what i have read.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £134.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £53.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £49.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard III Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x Blaze BL-M0603 Gaming Laser Mouse - Red/Snake £9.98
Total : £621.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).




All brand new components , B- grade only carry 90 day warranty and the z68 mobo with ivybridge cpu may need a bios update.

This can only be done with a sandybridge processor installed.
 
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mickyflinn said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £134.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £53.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £49.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard III Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x Blaze BL-M0603 Gaming Laser Mouse - Red/Snake £9.98
Total : £621.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).




All brand new components , B- grade only carry 90 day warranty and the z68 mobo with ivybridge cpu may need a bios update.

This can only be done with a sandybridge processor installed.
Click to expand...

I do prefer this build as if it does give me more scope to overclock in the future if i decide to ugrade etc. Ill most likely end up mix and matching components from each proposed build depending on my how my budget changes over the next few weeks.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £155.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £60
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £53.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £40
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x **B Grade** Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £26.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x Blaze BL-M0603 Gaming Laser Mouse - Red/Snake £9.98
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps High Gain Wireless-N USB Adapter - with Cradle (TL-WN722NC) £9.98
Total : £543.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).



lots of b-grade items, may need to check with ocuk for what's missing
 
mickyflinn said:
All brand new components , B- grade only carry 90 day warranty and the z68 mobo with ivybridge cpu may need a bios update.

This can only be done with a sandybridge processor installed.
Click to expand...

I think the "B" grade items come with OCUK 90day warranty and after that, it`s down to whatever warranty(manufacturer) is remaining.
 
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