Spec me £500-600 gaming PC

[tjlld]

I need some recommendations for a new gaming computer I want to build. I am prepared to overclock but have no experience at doing it. I also need a OS, keyboard and mouse. I already have a screen and will look at getting a new one at a later date.
I want it to last as long a possible but not be too expensive. (budget as title says around £500-£600)
Thanks for any help

 

[fozzybear]

Slightly over but you can get basic keyboard and mouse to lower price.

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £129.99
(£110.63) £129.99
(£110.63)
Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £84.99
(£72.33) £84.99
(£72.33)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99
(£68.08) £79.99
(£68.08)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-10666 1333MHz Dual Channel (PVS34G1333ELK) £70.49
(£59.99) £70.49
(£59.99)
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 440 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £58.99
(£50.20) £58.99
(£50.20)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £56.99
(£48.50) £56.99
(£48.50)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £31.71
(£26.99) £31.71
(£26.99)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97) £26.99
(£22.97)
Microsoft Reclusa Advanced Gaming Keyboard - Black (9VU-00004) £24.99
(£21.27) £24.99
(£21.27)
Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (910-000616) £24.99
(£21.27) £24.99
(£21.27)
Samsung SH-S223L/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.76) £14.99
(£12.76)
Sub Total : £514.99
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £92.18
Total : £618.92

 

[Marvin]

Firstly, what resolution is the screen, and secondly:

I've done two builds here, one is AMD and the other is Intel. The AMD build gives you a true Quad-core CPU, whilst the Intel is a dual that has hyperthreading (so is a little like a 'fake' quad-core if you like). The Intel will overclock very well, though you'd need to upgrade the cooler a little first, otherwise temperatures will get a little high, and the fans a bit noisy.

The AMD build does have a superior graphics card to the Intel, but the Intel build does have £8 of wiggle room, so you could upgrade to the same for a little over budget.

AMD:

Intel:

 

[tjlld]

Sorry for bringing this topic back but just came back from holiday and am still looking to buy a new pc. I can now increase my budget to £650. So would like suggestions on what to spend this extra money on. More specs if possible please.
Thanks

 

[Jony27]

marvins amd build but buy a different psu
corsair vx550 or be quiet e7 600
then maybe upgrade the 500gb to 1tb of samsung F3

 

[stulid]

this.

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Product Name Qty Price Line
Total
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5
PCI-Express Graphics Card £143.98
(£122.54)
£143.98
(£122.54)
Asus M4A87TD/USB3 AMD 870 (Socket AM3)
DDR3 Motherboard £86.99
(£74.03)
£86.99
(£74.03)
OCZ Reaper Low-Latency 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3
12800C6 (1600MHz) Dual-Channel
(OCZ3RPR1600C6LV4GK) £86.94
(£73.99)
£86.94
(£73.99)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 635 2.90GHz
(Socket AM3) - Retail £82.24
(£69.99)
£82.24
(£69.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit -
OEM (GFC-00599) £81.06
(£68.99)
£81.06
(£68.99)
Be Quiet! Straight Power E7 600W Power
Supply £56.99
(£48.50)
£56.99
(£48.50)
Silverstone SST-PS03B Precision Midi Tower
Case - Black £42.99
(£36.59)
£42.99
(£36.59)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II
16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
(£25.52)
£29.99
(£25.52)
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 700 v2
(M7A-00027) £23.49
(£19.99)
£23.49
(£19.99)
Sub
Total : £540.14
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland
with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout)
Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £96.58
Total : £648.47

 

[Redmint]

Stulid's build but save £10 with this RAM:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-087-GL&groupid=595&catid=685&subcat=

And try to find a few quid extra for this card:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-140-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1830

 

[stulid]

ah! cheers Redmint, was looking for that ram, for the above spec, but completely forgot it was in the clearance section.

 

[tjlld]

I have bought Stulid's build but have now found that it did not include a Cd drive.
Was that a mistake or intentional; and does it mean I need to buy one to be able to install windows + drivers?

 

[stulid]

that was an error on my part, sorry.

15pounds for a DVD rewriter from anywhere will do.

 

[tjlld]

well suppose I could go down to a shop today, so nothing is lost just means the computer costs more than I thought it did.