Gaming system for £600?

dhill · 30 Dec 2013 at 17:34

I'm looking at putting a PC together for my step-daughter, max budget £600.

It's mainly going to be used for Uni work, but she also want's to play World of Warcraft on it as well. I can provide the OS for it (Windows 8.1 64bit) and Microsoft Office 2010, but I will need a monitor, keyboard and mouse.

Now I've looked around lots of various sites for pre-built systems, and whilst I can find a half decent system for around the £600 mark I can't find one with an OS and monitor for the money.

Ideally she will be able to play WoW at at least medium settings, but obviously the higher the better if possible for this budget.

Any help/advice/specs would be greatly appreciated

Idleman · 30 Dec 2013 at 17:56

Does` she need speakers?

dhill · 30 Dec 2013 at 17:59

Idleman said:
Does` she need speakers?

Am hoping that the monitor might have speakers built into it for the time being. Failing that, just a cheap stereo pair will do.

Idleman · 30 Dec 2013 at 18:00

The case is on pre-order, so you would need to check in CS when they expect it in stock.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC E2450SWDAK 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £109.99
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £76.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Asus A88XM-A AMD A88X Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - White £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £17.99
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K350M Gaming Keyboard £9.98
Total : £590.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).

RJC · 30 Dec 2013 at 18:00

A little over:

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GW2265HM 22" Widescreen LED Flicker-Free Multimedia Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £101.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £76.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £56.99
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 £47.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £41.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Black Midi-Tower - Black £37.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
1 x Gigabyte M6880 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £10.99
1 x OcUK USB Keyboard - Black £4.99
Total : £631.38 (includes shipping : £11.25).

dhill · 30 Dec 2013 at 18:05

Idleman said:
The case is on pre-order, so you would need to check in CS when they expect it in stock.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC E2450SWDAK 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £109.99
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £76.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Asus A88XM-A AMD A88X Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - White £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £17.99
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K350M Gaming Keyboard £9.98
Total : £590.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).

I can't see a video card in this spec...or am I being stupid!?

dhill · 30 Dec 2013 at 18:06

RJC said:
A little over:

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GW2265HM 22" Widescreen LED Flicker-Free Multimedia Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £101.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £76.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £56.99
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 £47.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £41.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Black Midi-Tower - Black £37.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
1 x Gigabyte M6880 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £10.99
1 x OcUK USB Keyboard - Black £4.99
Total : £631.38 (includes shipping : £11.25).

What are the AMD chips like for gaming these days? I have no idea as I am Intel only myself these days.

RJC · 30 Dec 2013 at 18:06

dhill said:
I can't see a video card in this spec...or am I being stupid!?

Onboard the CPU

RJC · 30 Dec 2013 at 18:07

dhill said:
What are the AMD chips like for gaming these days? I have no idea as I am Intel only myself these days.

For the budget system you can't go wrong with the 6300, also have a external GPU

dhill · 30 Dec 2013 at 18:07

RJC said:
Onboard the CPU

I did wonder if that was the case, what sort of performance would one expect from the onboard CPU one for WoW?

Idleman · 30 Dec 2013 at 18:08

Smaller screen with speakers, so leaves a little money to improve on the keyboard and mouse.

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GW2265HM 22" Widescreen LED Flicker-Free Multimedia Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £101.99
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £76.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Asus A88XM-A AMD A88X Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - White £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £17.99
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K350M Gaming Keyboard £9.98
Total : £577.44 (includes shipping : £8.00).

RJC · 30 Dec 2013 at 18:11

dhill said:
I did wonder if that was the case, what sort of performance would one expect from the onboard CPU one for WoW?

Integrated will be able to run without issue, the external GPU would give a little extra performance boost.

Idleman · 30 Dec 2013 at 18:13

dhill said:
I did wonder if that was the case, what sort of performance would one expect from the onboard CPU one for WoW?

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/a10-5800k-a8-5600k-a6-5400k,3224-16.html

dhill · 30 Dec 2013 at 19:06

Cheers for the help and advice Idleman & RJC, very much appreciated chaps