Spec: Barebones Upgrade (£350)

[SteelerRob]

Hi all,

Ive built computers in the past but since my last upgrade I haven't kept up with the tech side of things and am complementary confused by the whole i3, i5 and i7 processors so I'm hoping you can throw a few specs at me!

I currently have an OK Monitor, Case, Hard Drive, PSU (500w), Speakers, Keyboard, DVD-RW and Mouse etc, so I'm basically after a new Motherboard, Processor, RAM and GPU, Ill be selling my Laptop to fund some of the build.

The main use will be gaming, I've been away from the gaming side of things for a long time and have decided to stop putting myself out, and do something that will make me happy! all work and no play has made this big kid rather unhappy!

I like to play everything full whack I enjoy pretty environments just as much as a challenging game!

Initial budget is £350 but i could possibly go £50 either way as long as its worth it, I'm also not bothered is It's B-Grade stuff (whatever that means, if someone could enlighten me? I assume returns or damaged packing etc)

Quiet is good! I don't mind overclocking if the gains make it worth it.

Thanks!

 

[mickyflinn]

You would have to spend another £90 if you want the quad core 3570k or you coud get a lower spec quad core.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £149.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £91.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
Total : £364.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 

[linwelin]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x **B Grade** KFA2 GeForce GTX 650 EX OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £91.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £60.00
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £39.95
Total : £393.29 (includes shipping : £9.50).