Spec me a core system for £600

Lt. Manlove · 10 Sep 2011 at 12:24

Greetings.

I really would love to max out Battlefield 3 / Diablo 3 / MW3 at 1920x1200 with smooth / capped FPS but I understand this might not be possible with my budget.

I have just purchased a Dell U2410 monitor and I already have an Antec 300 case and DVD drive. So all I need is someone to spec me:

PSU
CPU
Motherboard
RAM
GFX

Budget is £600.

Thanks for help.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, would prefer 8GB RAM, and would prefer a modular PSU.

Jony27 · 10 Sep 2011 at 12:30

need any peripherals or OS?

i would be looking at something like this.
you can always drop the GPU to a GTX560Ti so you could get an aftermarket cooler, but i think the 2GB Vram will help.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 & Deus Ex PC Games £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** LOWEST UK PRICE ** £99.98
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £74.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
Total : £602.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).

PS. do you need a hard drive?

Lt. Manlove · 10 Sep 2011 at 12:36

Jony27 said:
need any peripherals or OS?

Just the core system :-)

Would a 550w PSU be sufficient?

EDIT:

Is http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-063-OE&groupid=43&catid=2053&subcat= good value with 8GB?

olivier renault · 10 Sep 2011 at 13:24

Usually you can get the bundles cheaper if you hand pick components and build it yourself. Worth running a compare. I wouldn't bother the price of overclocking, it's easy enough to do yourself.

550W 'would' be enough, but a good unit. I would only consider the Antec TruePower New 550W for that rig. And not bother with OCZ cheapos, the TP-550 imo is a much better unit even with the lower advertised wattage. It a cracking entry level PSU.

Ak!ta · 10 Sep 2011 at 13:32

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 TOXIC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex Games £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
1 x Asrock Z68 PRO3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £59.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £597.94 (includes shipping : FREE).

RJC · 10 Sep 2011 at 13:38

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 & Deus Ex PC Games £199.99
(£166.66) £199.99
(£166.66)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** LOWEST UK PRICE ** £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Antec TruePower New Modular 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £85.99
(£71.66) £85.99
(£71.66)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Sub Total : £501.62
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : Free
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £102.32
Total : £603.94

Should be £603 with free delivery, and the motherboard and psu can take crossfire if needed.