Gaming PC base for £500-550

madindehead · 13 Sep 2011 at 14:43

Hey guys,

A friend of mine has asked to spec him a gaming PC for about £500-500. All he needs is the tower:

So far, as I have come up with this:

Only problem is, I'm not sure what is best regarding GPUs

The PC will mainly be used for TF2 and L4D2, and some other games too. But the best possible card that can be bought within that budget.

Thanks

stulid · 13 Sep 2011 at 14:49

The Bequiet L7 530W PSU isnt very good, look at this months CustomPC mag for a verdict

Also the Z68 board is wasted as you cant overclock the non-K CPU.

So heres what I would do,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.98
(£41.65) £49.98
(£41.65)
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £19.18
(£15.98) £19.18
(£15.98)
Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £464.24
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £19.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £96.67
Total : £580.01

£557 if you buy it as you get free delivery.

stulid · 13 Sep 2011 at 14:53

£500 build?

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £124.98
(£104.15) £124.98
(£104.15)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.98
(£41.65) £49.98
(£41.65)
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £19.18
(£15.98) £19.18
(£15.98)
Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £418.40
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £19.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £87.50
Total : £525.00

£505.08

Same as before, just with a different card.

The case/PSU etc are quality parts and not worth dropping to something inferior.

madindehead · 13 Sep 2011 at 15:00

Ace, thanks stulid

Exactly what I was looking for

stulid · 13 Sep 2011 at 15:07

Lastly,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £124.98
(£104.15) £124.98
(£104.15)
Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £74.99
(£62.49) £74.99
(£62.49)
OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.98
(£41.65) £49.98
(£41.65)
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £24.98
(£20.82) £24.98
(£20.82)
Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £446.57
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £19.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £93.13
Total : £558.80

This has the option to overclock, 1600MHz RAM is now in as the motherboard can use it, the H67/61 chipsets only run at a max of 1333MHz

madindehead · 13 Sep 2011 at 16:14

Thanks again man