Pre-build under £600 inc

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Not expecting anything spectacular, so long as it can run most games (GW2, WOT, BF3 or TS3 when OH is in) comfortably / not too noisy under load

Just the tower to deal with, monitor and peripherals carry over. £600 is about the top-end as I'm just after something to tidy me over for some months
(capable of self-assembly just don't fancy it at the moment)
 
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If you build yourself £600 will get you:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £185.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £143.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £48.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £47.95
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £45.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £43.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Silverstone Argon SST-AR01 CPU Cooler - 120mm (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1150 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £28.99
Total : £598.36 (includes shipping : £10.50).



Where as if you want a simluar rig pre-built it'll cost you:

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan 8700i Pulse" Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Ivybridge Gaming PC £485.02
1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0
1 x No Operating System £0
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £46.68
1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0
1 x No Hard Drive Upgrade £0
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £48.95
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £149.99
Total : £751.64 (includes shipping : £17.50).



This is porably the best pre-build you'd get under £600

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Intel i3 Ivy Raid" Intel Core i3 3220 Ivybridge Dual Core Gaming System £239.02
1 x NO OPERATING SYSTEM £0
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £65.99
1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £48.95
1 x No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost) £0
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £149.99
Total : £522.55 (includes shipping : £15.50).

 
Thanks for the reply (grr @ no "thank you" button )

I know I could get more for less with the self build route but we've got some work being done on the home and its not really ideal environment for that
Otherwise I'd add a 2x4gb memory kit, HD7750 video card and 400w modular psu (can run a basic system comfortably enough) to the "carry overs"

Nano Quartz XE seems decent enough aside from the lack of a video card, I could either order one with it, or add the one I have at a later stage

Will sleep on it, think I'll see about raising the budget a bit
 
Just over budget, but should do what you want:

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan 8000a Krypt" AMD Bulldozer FX-4 4100 3.60GHz DDR3 Quad Core System £298.00
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0.00
- 1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
- 1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £149.99
- 1 x No Operating System £0.00
- 1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £56.28
- 1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £48.95
- 1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £74.99
Total : £649.21 (includes shipping : £17.50).



Could save £48.95 and be under budget if you think the 120GB SSD will tide you over for now and remove the 1TB HDD.
 
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Just over budget, but should do what you want:

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan 8000a Krypt" AMD Bulldozer FX-4 4100 3.60GHz DDR3 Quad Core System £298.00
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0.00
- 1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
- 1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £149.99
- 1 x No Operating System £0.00
- 1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £56.28
- 1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £48.95
- 1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £74.99
Total : £649.21 (includes shipping : £17.50).



Could save £48.95 and be under budget if you think the 120GB SSD will tide you over for now and remove the 1TB HDD.
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I would not get that,

The 4100 is a very poor CPU easily out-performed by the i3 3220.

If you could get a 6300 build under budget thats another good idea... but steer clear of the 4100.
 
Personally I'd much rather the 4100 with an SSD over an i3 3220 without, especially as most games are far more dependant on the GPU than the CPU.

Either way the OP would be much better off building a rig to suit his needs.
 
The 4300 would be ok on a very low budget (it's a better performer than any APU), but the 4100 is quite a bit weaker. The i3 is pretty crap too looking forward -- it's likely most upcoming big games won't be playable on it.
 
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The OP wants something to tide him over for some months, so either should be ok for that in my opinion.

I'd not chose any pre-built for gaming personally though.
 
I can't get anything reasonable really, nothing I'd buy. This is the closest:

OcUK Gamer F50a AMD AM3 Mid-Tower - Gaming PC Configurator

Options applied to the above product:
- Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard
- No Upgrade - AMD Stock Cooler (None overclocked systems)
- AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail
- Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K)
- BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black
- Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD
- No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost)
- OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
- No Sound Card Upgrade
- XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply

£654

It'd be a lot cheaper self built, and I'd choose some different components.
 
Thanks again for the replies/feedback I have not forgotten the thread just as formentioned I am incredibly busy at present so the idea went on a temperary backburner

(hence my preference for pre-build its not out of lazyness I've built plenty of machines but transfering my files across and loading it up afresh will take time enough so am happy to pay a little extra to remove that hassle, plus it would turn up already stress tested/working by OCuk, their customer service is second to none which means less time messing about if I make a BOO-BOO during assembly)

I'm leaning towards the Titan 400i Dagger or Ignition express nothing special but they have what I am looking for and are both just above the £600 mark respectively and are both more than adequate to run what I need, will likely end up using it a bit longer than intended so I have a nice budget to work with later for the self build when the time comes
(probably be more new tech out by then)

Thanks again you lot are awesome
 
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