Gaming PC £600 Budget

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Hey guys can someone spec me a gaming PC with a max price of £600 including OS, i don't need a monitor or other peripherals.

i did post yesterday but my friend is selling me his monitor now so my budget has droped to £600 and i do need an OS. Thanks

I generally play World Of Warcraft but i have just sold my Xbox 360 so i would like my new PC to be able to play the new games so i don't miss out.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Vapor-X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £55.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Zalman Z3-Plus Midi-Tower - White £39.95
1 x Akasa AK-CC4013EP01 Nero 3 V2 Premier CPU Cooler £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £602.28 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 280 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £189.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Gigabyte B85M-D2V Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £42.95
1 x Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £41.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR) £35.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Silver £29.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £603.41 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
stulid said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Vapor-X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £55.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Zalman Z3-Plus Midi-Tower - White £39.95
1 x Akasa AK-CC4013EP01 Nero 3 V2 Premier CPU Cooler £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £602.28 (includes shipping : £17.85).

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Would this system work with an 8CoreCpu ?
 
jamemoff951 said:
Would this system work with an 8CoreCpu ?
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I wouldn't recommend it.

The 8320/8350 (same chip) outputs more power than the 6300 and the motherboard needs good power regulation and phase cooling to deal with it. So the motherboard would be your sticking point, as it only has 4+1 phase cooling, which will cope with a 8320 but may struggle if you ever run it at 100% for a fair peroid of time (an hour) or start overclocking it.

For an extra £17 i'd suggest this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
Total : £76.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).




It has great cooling and 8+2 phase cooling, which is better than all others in the price bracket. Gigabyte boards are well made too. :)
 
stulid said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Vapor-X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £55.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Zalman Z3-Plus Midi-Tower - White £39.95
1 x Akasa AK-CC4013EP01 Nero 3 V2 Premier CPU Cooler £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £602.28 (includes shipping : £17.85).

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I would get an R9 270 as the 270X is about £20 more and is basically just a higher clocked card which can be done through OC software.
 
stulid said:
I would get whatever the budget allows;)
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Well the £20 saving could be spent on something better :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £125.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £113.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Gold £29.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £611.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).



- 8 core CPU, quite a bit better than the 6300's specced and with a better mobo with VRM cooling and 8+2 phase design for good OC'ing.
 
Shivy011 said:
Well the £20 saving could be spent on something better :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £125.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £113.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Gold £29.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £611.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).



- 8 core CPU, quite a bit better than the 6300's specced and with a better mobo with VRM cooling and 8+2 phase design for good OC'ing.
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No OS

Case is 3 weeks away from being in stock.
 
Ah fail okay, use Win8.1 trial for 3 months? :)

Something a bit more in range but £50 over still;

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £125.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £113.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
1 x Crucial M500 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT120M500SSD1) £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0500-KR) £39.95
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Gold £29.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £649.44 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
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I've included everything as requested and on budget.

@OP, if you want an 8 core CPU, as Doom said you need to up the board to one that can cope, so that will take you to £650,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Vapor-X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £113.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £55.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Zalman Z3-Plus Midi-Tower - White £39.95
1 x Akasa AK-CC4013EP01 Nero 3 V2 Premier CPU Cooler £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £649.28 (includes shipping : £17.85).



The Zalman Z3 is possibly the best case under £40, it includes 4 fans.

The NZXT is made by Superflower and Gold rated.
 
an alternative, non-oc i5 build?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Vapor-X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £149.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4460 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £134.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x Asus H81M-E Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £37.99
1 x Zalman T1U3 Mini-Tower USB 3.0 - Black £20.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs Zaward OEM 120mm Golf Ball Fan £2.99
Total : £603.35 (includes shipping : £11.25).



warcraft uses quite an old engine which does not use multi thread as well as newer engines, you'd probably find an i5 with its higher ipc better than an amd
hybrid sshd included
matx board + case
 
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