Help With A First Build

I just don't want to get a pc that for the budget AMD could do pretty well than getting Intel and as soon as I get it count down the days until I can afford to upgrade the CPU because it's not performing on the games as well as I'd like
 
the cpu is not very good tbh, prolly wont be able to run bf3 on ultra settings and will bottleneck the 7850
but its a placeholder for a better cpu, you could use the rest of the budget to get the g620 instead of the g540, that'll will give better results.
tomshardware processor hierarchy chart gives a general indication on where it stands (as a rule of thumb)
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html
basically the g540/g620 is tier 6, the fx4 4100 is tier 5.
but what you want is to jump from tier 6 to tier 1 when you upgrade (to the 3570k)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £45.98
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £27.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £467.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
tough budget
craigus i think in ur sig you mean 8gb memory unless u are running windows 3.11 or something
 
That does make sense, How does this weight up as an alternative?

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail
MSI GeForce GTX 650 OC Power Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply
BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)
Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

£476.02 Including Delivery

Would the GPU be up to the job?
 
it's not as good no but its a compromise between the earlier system you suggested or is it really not worth getting a gpu for around £100?
 
no its not honestly, 650 is a horrible gaming card
nvidia shuld b slapped on the ear for that one

um any idea res?
 
Mei said:
tough budget
craigus i think in ur sig you mean 8gb memory unless u are running windows 3.11 or something
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Oh yeah, thanks!

adamnuk said:
That does make sense, How does this weight up as an alternative?

Spec

£476.02 Including Delivery

Would the GPU be up to the job?
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You're missing a HDD. What about this?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £134.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £45.98
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40.00
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £492.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
Haha got you Mei :)

Well I have re jiggled and think I can just about push my budget to the £500 mark but thats the tightest I can go would you say the following is a good setup?

HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £167.99
Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM £45.98
OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £34.99
BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £27.98
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99

£513.96 Delivered

Anything where cost could be shaved off anywhere for equally performing cheap components?

Thanks for the help so far guys much appreciated
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £167.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £87.59
1 x ASRock H77 Pro4-M Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £45.98
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £34.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £27.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £485.60 (includes shipping : £11.75).



not much difference between the 2120 and the 3220 (worth the extra 15 quid, idk, you to you i guess)
went with a h77 board rather than the z77 board cuz of i3 = no overclocking. limits upgrading though.
cheaper ram (by 2 quid)
 
adamnuk said:
That does make sense, How does this weight up as an alternative?

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail
MSI GeForce GTX 650 OC Power Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply
BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)
Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

£476.02 Including Delivery

Would the GPU be up to the job?
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Do you have a hdd you can use, as you hav`nt included one.
 
 
I do have OS.

Are AMD processors really that bad?

I can remember the first pc I ever built and it had the socket 949 AMD 64 bit processor and that was fine have things changed since then?
 
Idleman said:
Do you have an OS.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £134.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £45.98
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £34.99
1 x **B Grade** Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £26.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £477.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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+1

Except spend an extra £9 on getting the brand new xigmatek pro gaming case £35 (unless b* grade dosent bother you? i'm not sure what the quality of b* grade parts are)
 
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