New general computer under 600 pounds!

[CreMafia]

My friend is in search of components to make up his pc:

I am looking to buy a custom computer that is under 600 pounds. It does not really need the best, just enough for it to run usual games like Minecraft without any problems, but also if possible goood games like MW3, even if i have to use Low Settings though. I already have a mouse, a keyboard, case, and a monitor. I just need the components really.


Tks for all the help

 

[tjlld]

Do you need an OS?

 

[beejjacobs]

oops... didn't read it correctly.

 

[CreMafia]

tks, an OS is not needed by the way

 

[CreMafia]

Without an OS:



and with:

he does not need a case

 

[beejjacobs]

he does not need a case

Sorry I did read your post I must just be tired

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
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 £84.98
1 x Adata S510 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - Retail with Acronis True Image £64.99
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £43.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £28
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £573.88 (includes shipping : £10.00).

You can fit an i5 in the budget but based on the uses, if he's not after huge performance I'd stick with an i3 and get an SSD.

 

[stulid]

I reckon the £20 odd pound saving could get an aftermarket cooler, what you reckon?

 

[tjlld]

i5 but no SSD
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ / ST1000DM005) £67.99
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £28
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £607.93 (includes shipping : £0).


Good option to buy a aftermarket cooler and overclock in the future.

SSD but i3:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Crucial V4 256GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive £99.95
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 £84.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ / ST1000DM005) £67.99
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £28
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £622.83 (includes shipping : £0).



Much closer to £600 if you take out the optical drive, which you may well not want.
I know the SSD is SATA-II but doubt you will notice the difference, its the access time that you really want it for.
256GB for £100 is a really good price, but 128GB is fine if you don't have large games you want to load faster.
Speced a HDD with 1TB storage, please say if 500GB is all thats needed.

 

[CreMafia]

Me and my friend have consulted about your builds and we came up with this. What do you think?


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £159.29
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £98.28
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.57
1 x Adata S510 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - Retail with Acronis True Image £63.91
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £62.92
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £43.26
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £27.53
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.76
Total : £626.72 (includes shipping : £62.89).

 

[WeedRamen]

hmm..... I stay off these forums for a while and ssd's undergo a massive price drop. Yippee.

 

[tjlld]

Me and my friend have consulted about your builds and we came up with this. What do you think?


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £159.29
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £98.28
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.57
1 x Adata S510 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - Retail with Acronis True Image £63.91
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £62.92
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £43.26
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £27.53
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.76
Total : £626.72 (includes shipping : £62.89).

Something seems to have gone wrong with the shipping costs.
This hard drive has a 3 year warranty, but costs an extra £8.
That spec looks pretty good for the price.

One other option is to spend the spare money on a non overclockable i5 for £40 more.

 

[areksnumbr1sxylady]

Me and my friend have consulted about your builds and we came up with this. What do you think?


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £159.29
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £98.28
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.57
1 x Adata S510 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - Retail with Acronis True Image £63.91
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £62.92
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £43.26
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £27.53
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.76
Total : £626.72 (includes shipping : £62.89).

Dont get SSD, get i5 3570K instead... as time goes you can always pop in an SSD which will get cheaper and cheaper... While you would have to chuck out old CPU to put new one... + you can have fun overclocking with 3570

 

[Idleman]

A little over budget. Smaller SSD.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £45.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 412S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/1156/1155/775/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £28.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £28.00
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £604.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 

[Bacon?]

A little over budget. Smaller SSD.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £45.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 412S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/1156/1155/775/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £28.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £28.00
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £604.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).

And whats powering it

 

[Idleman]

And whats powering it

Fans. Hav`nt you heard of wind power.

 

[Idleman]

Over budget and no cooler.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £45.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £43.99
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £26.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £624.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 

[CreMafia]

Something seems to have gone wrong with the shipping costs.
This hard drive has a 3 year warranty, but costs an extra £8.
That spec looks pretty good for the price.

One other option is to spend the spare money on a non overclockable i5 for £40 more.

Me and my friend live in Malta so those shipping costs are right for us. We just calculated the price of 600 pounds excluding the shipping price because in actual fact his budget is 650.