'Gaming' PC for less than £280

ooch · 4 Dec 2011 at 14:08

I think this is the rig I will build for my wife. It may be used for world of warcraft and other normal PC use. Can any one see any problems? (apart from poor image quality below lol)Seems a lot of pc for the money.
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £68.99
Asus ATI Radeon HD 6670 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card Asus ATI Radeon HD 6670 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £59.99
Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £52.99
MSI H61M-P23 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** MSI H61M-P23 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £47.99
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £39.98
Cooler Master Elite 335 Case - Black Cooler Master Elite 335 Case - Black £32.99
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £20.99
Sub Total : £269.93

This build has changed from the original post due to advice taken. Thanks. I have also given up on my photobucket imgs. Final price is more like £330.

My spec is a bit higher.
Antec 1200 case. MSI Z68A-GD80-G3 board . i7 -2700K @4.2 GHZ. GTX 580 OC twin FrozR II 1536 Mb Graphics.Corsair Vengeance 16 GB PC3-12800C9 1600MHz RAM. Cooler Master Hyper 212+ CPU cooler. Crucial SSD M4 128 GB SATA 6Gb/ x2 in RAID 0. 500 GB HDD. Crucial SSD M4 60GB.1200W PSU. ASUS Xonar D2X sound card.

honosuseri · 4 Dec 2011 at 14:15

I can't see it full stop! lol Image is a bit small

It's all good i found a magnifying glass

You would be better off with the h61 or 67 intel mobo and the pentium 1555 G620

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/121?vs=406

That psu included with the case will most likely be garbage but might be ok running a low spec system

ooch · 4 Dec 2011 at 14:29

Look at it as a free eye test.

honosuseri · 4 Dec 2011 at 14:36

Wow is intel and nvidia biased.

There is a nvidia 460 in the clearance section for £80 (one still left) i would take that over the amd 6670 and go with the h61/67 and pentium G CPU. My previous link shows the difference in performance and both setups are priced roughly the same.

Pohly · 4 Dec 2011 at 14:38

humm not sure if i would risk that psu

Pohly · 4 Dec 2011 at 14:39

honosuseri said:
Wow is intel and nvidia biased.

There is a nvidia 460 in the clearance section for £80 (one still left) .

they are all gone now :/ just checked

Pohly · 4 Dec 2011 at 14:42

if i where you i would spend another £30 and get a setup like this

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002)
£68.99
(£57.49)

Asus ATI Radeon HD 6670 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£59.99
(£49.99)

Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
£52.99
(£44.16)

MSI H61M-E33 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION**
£46.99
(£39.16)

BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply
£39.98
(£33.32)

Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G)
£20.99
(£17.49)

OcUK Black Knight Micro ATX Case
£19.99
(£16.66)

Sub Total : £258.27

Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout)

Shipping : £10.00

VAT is being charged at 20.00%

VAT : £53.65

Total : £321.92

edit* this case is better http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-016-FD&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=1556

will be faster and has a much better psu to allow you to install a new gpu if needs be and run a lot more efficiently

jamesfreddie · 4 Dec 2011 at 14:44

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H AMD A75 (Socket FM1) DDR3 Motherboard £69.38
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £68.99
1 x AMD Llano A4-3400 2.70GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3400OJGXBOX) £53.99
1 x OcUK Black Knight Micro ATX Case £19.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Single-Channel Module (CMX4GX3M1A1333C9) £19.99
Total : £244.34 (includes shipping : £10.00).

The APU should easily play WOW. And if you add a 6670 you can do dual GPU.

jamesfreddie · 4 Dec 2011 at 14:45

Pohly said:
they are all gone now :/ just checked

Also there are known compatibility problems with the GTX 460 and 700 series chipsets.

ooch · 4 Dec 2011 at 15:31

changed first img.

I think this could be the winner then.

Reaper 392 · 4 Dec 2011 at 15:37

Pohly said:
they are all gone now :/ just checked

still there for me:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-192-MS&groupid=595&catid=683&subcat=

scrlk · 4 Dec 2011 at 15:57

ooch said:
I think this could be the winner then.

Title of the thread:

'Gaming' PC for less than £280

jamesfreddie · 4 Dec 2011 at 16:07

ooch said:
I think this could be the winner then.

Rather than using ridiculously large images will you try the chrome addin for overclockers basket. it is much easier to read and see. And not SOOOOO Big.

ooch · 4 Dec 2011 at 16:10

£50 over the original budget. The psu,case,processor all upgraded.
'Gaming' PC for less than £330... still ok.

scrlk · 4 Dec 2011 at 16:17

ooch said:
£50 over the original budget. The psu,case,processor all upgraded.
'Gaming' PC for less than £330... still ok.

Thats what you would get for your money in the high street.

Better remove your competitor link quick before you get a holiday!

honosuseri · 4 Dec 2011 at 16:54

Reaper 392 said:
still there for me:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-192-MS&groupid=595&catid=683&subcat=

Yip I still see it there and this is quite sometime after my last post.

Not sure what james means about the 460 and the 700 series. If he means the am3 mobos i wouldnt have suggested getting that socket anyway :/

I see the OP has changed the spec, and improved the PSU which is good! I just thought the 460 for that price was ideal seeing as it will add cuda to the rig as well as pretty decent performance. Guess we all have to draw a line in the sand somewhere.

Pohly · 4 Dec 2011 at 16:57

Reaper 392 said:
still there for me:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-192-MS&groupid=595&catid=683&subcat=

yeh but their is not eta so you cannot order it unless they are expecting some more in

jamesfreddie · 4 Dec 2011 at 17:03

honosuseri said:
Yip I still see it there and this is quite sometime after my last post.

Not sure what james means about the 460 and the 700 series. If he means the am3 mobos i wouldnt have suggested getting that socket anyway :/

I see the OP has changed the spec, and improved the PSU which is good! I just thought the 460 for that price was ideal seeing as it will add cuda to the rig as well as pretty decent performance. Guess we all have to draw a line in the sand somewhere.

OK, i was talking about the AM3 700 series. At first he was talking about getting a 700 series board. So i was just saying incase he went with that and then found it didn't work.

danewesley · 4 Dec 2011 at 17:07

i wouldnt bother with the hdd right now, you can get a 60gb ssd for the same price, install your os and wow on it, then buy a hdd when prices come down.

heres what i would get.

danewesley · 4 Dec 2011 at 17:11

the other option is to go for something like the i3 2100 and a h61 board, use integrated for a bit, save the £35 from the budget and buy a good gpu in a few weeks.