Spec me a £500 - £600 gaming rig.

[cal93]

Spec me a £800 gaming rig.

So my friend wants to get into PC gaming which is great but his struggling to find a good build. The price is up to £800 with an operating system. He wants to play games such as CS:GO, H1Z1 & BF4.

Cheers!

 

[mickyflinn]

Does he need a monitor ,etc ?

 

[cal93]

Does he need a monitor ,etc ?

no monitor or no peripherals.

 

[mickyflinn]

This is what i would get but if its a little over budget.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.99
• 1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £36.95
• 1 x Zalman T1 Plus Mini-Tower USB 3.0 - Black= £19.99
• 1 x Team Group Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (TPKD48GM2400HC16DC0= £26.99
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHSS37A/240GB)= £55.99
• 1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 960 Phantom 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £155.99
• 1 x XFX XT Series 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £36.95
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6400 2.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £155.99
• 1 x Asus H110M-K Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £46.99

Total: £636.93
(includes shipping: £11.10)

 

[mickyflinn]

Was you looking for a pre built system ?

 

[cal93]

Was you looking for a pre built system ?

sorry was busy to reply last night & not really because I can build it for him. He's told me since that he can go up to around about £800.

 

[mickyflinn]

With the extra budget gone for a 390, better motherboard and power supply Case wise its a personal choice but just picked.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.99
• 1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £36.95
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHSS37A/240GB)= £55.99
• 1 x Team Group Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (TPKD48GM2400HC16DC0= £26.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6400 2.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £155.99
• 1 x MSI H170 Gaming M3 Intel H170 (Socket H170) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £88.99
• 1 x Kolink Aviator Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black= £42.95
• 1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 390 PCS+ 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (AXR9 390 8GBD5-PPDHE)= £239.99
• 1 x Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £59.99

Total: £811.03
(includes shipping: £13.20)​

 

[cal93]

Wouldn't he need a bigger PSU for the 390?

 

[mickyflinn]

Wouldn't he need a bigger PSU for the 390?

The 550w superflower is a quality unit as is more than enough for the 390 i have used a psu calculator.

http://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

Check it out if you like.

You could go with a gtx 970 and a 450w psu but the 390 just edges it in terms of performance.

 

[Threepwood]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£20 Saving**= £298.98
• 1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 390 PCS+ 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (AXR9 390 8GBD5-PPDHE)= £239.99
• 1 x Panram Ninja-V 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (PUD42400C154G2NJK)= £23.99
• 1 x Samsung PM951 256GB M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive (MZVLV256HCHP-00000)= £65.99
• 1 x Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £59.99
• 1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm= £19.99
• 1 x Raijintek Arcadia Mid Tower USB 3.0 Case - Black= £24.95

Total: £837.07
(includes shipping: £13.20)
​

 

[cal93]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£20 Saving**= £298.98
• 1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 390 PCS+ 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (AXR9 390 8GBD5-PPDHE)= £239.99
• 1 x Panram Ninja-V 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (PUD42400C154G2NJK)= £23.99
• 1 x Samsung PM951 256GB M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive (MZVLV256HCHP-00000)= £65.99
• 1 x Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £59.99
• 1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm= £19.99
• 1 x Raijintek Arcadia Mid Tower USB 3.0 Case - Black= £24.95

Total: £837.07
(includes shipping: £13.20)
​

no optical drive?

 

[Threepwood]

no optical drive?

Don't really need one any more. The OS comes on a USB.