Gaming PC for £500-£600 quid :)

Megahurtz400 · 2 Mar 2011 at 19:56

Hi guys,

After a gaming machine for a friend, playing mainly RTS's and maybe a few FPS (L4D, BC2, Maybe BF3).

Not too fussed on everything on full, so just need nice bang for buck

After just the main comp, no monitor or anything

Cheers,

Dan

smiley1987 · 2 Mar 2011 at 20:03

MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
(£174.99) £209.99
(£174.99)
Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £154.99
(£129.16) £154.99
(£129.16)
Foxconn H67A-S Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM 1yr Warranty (ST31000528AS) £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Coolermaster Elite 370 Case - Black £33.70
(£28.08) £33.70
(£28.08)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
(£9.99) £11.99
(£9.99)
Sub Total : £505.51
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £103.20
Total : £619.21

You could opt for a gtx 480 instead of the ati 6950

jakejacob0 · 2 Mar 2011 at 20:05

have to use a p67 MB for an dedicated GPU

smiley1987 · 2 Mar 2011 at 20:26

jakejacob0 said:
have to use a p67 MB for an dedicated GPU

em no you don't as long as the mb you select has a PCI-e slot then you can have a dedicated gpu