Gaming setup for £450 (CPU, MB, RAM, GPU only)

[saitrix]

Hi,

I am after a gaming setup to play at 1080p as my current setup (e7200, 4850) is really feeling old now! For £450 what cpu, motherboard, ram and gpu should I get?

When I am out of games I do like to have a quiet pc so I'd be wanting a cpu or gpu which doesn't produce too much heat. Also with the gpu I would be looking at the upgraded coolers that say like Asus do.

 

[Sycho]

Bit over but nice cpu, good amount of ram, motherboard looks fine and the gpu is pretty powerful with a good cooler.


Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Asus HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card Asus HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
ASRock Z77 Pro4-M Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard ASRock Z77 Pro4-M Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £77.99
(£64.99) £77.99
(£64.99)
TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £19.99
(£16.66) £19.99
(£16.66)
Sub Total : £388.29
Shipping cost based on delivery to Credit/debit card billing address, UB6 9TP with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £77.66
Total : £465.95

 

[nightrider1470]

nice spec!

 

[saitrix]

Thanks for the spec, don't worry about being over as I don't need a cpu cooler so it works out well! Is it worth spending a little more for a better gpu or not much of a gain?

 

[Sycho]

Thanks for the spec, don't worry about being over as I don't need a cpu cooler so it works out well! Is it worth spending a little more for a better gpu or not much of a gain?

To be honest it's only worth it if you are going to go for a 7950/GTX670 or so....or if you on 120hz at 1080p(you never stated so not sure if you are ) however the 7850 will manage games maxed at that res fairly easy unless you are putting huge amounts of anti-aliasing on which isn't really worth it in my view as 4xmsaa is usually enough.

 

[saitrix]

Fair enough there, and no not 120Hz! I see it is a K version too so I can overclock, I wonder how these new haswells undervolt.