Spec me a gaming PC - £700

Rockbottom · 14 Apr 2012 at 01:51

Hi guys

My house mate has asked me to build her a gaming PC and she has a budget of around £700. For this she will need a monitor as well but no PSU as she has a 650W PSU which I think will be fine to use.

No need to include a Windows license in the budget either.

She mainly plays WoW but it needs to be able to run newer games as well, such as SWTOR.

I was thinking of going with an Intel i5 CPU, please can you recommend some specs?

Cheers
Steve

Fragil1ty · 14 Apr 2012 at 04:13

Any preference on case?

Does it have to be a "gaming case" and what not? or?

Krono5 · 14 Apr 2012 at 05:44

Tough to fit both a good monitor and GFX card in. I left out a case incase you had any preference so will go slightly over budget with one

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £143.99
1 x Sapphire HD 6850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £58.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £680.92 (includes shipping : FREE).

olivier renault · 14 Apr 2012 at 09:03

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 560Ti "Phantom" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Samsung S24A300BL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black **GET THE VAT BACK** £134.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77M-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £86.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £58.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £29.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-D163C/BEBE SATA 16x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £720.83 (includes shipping : £19.10).

Sorry,a bit over budget with shipping.

Was also thinking this

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £94.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77M-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £86.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £58.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-D163C/BEBE SATA 16x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £511.34 (includes shipping : £17.85).

with another case option and the sapphire HD7850, which is too popular for its own good. The MSI 7850 Twin Frozr also great, but also over budget.

In any case, shop around.

CinderzFTW · 14 Apr 2012 at 15:42

Krono5 said:
1 x Sapphire HD 6850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £139.99

really THAT 6850???

you can get an ASUS one for £85... that price is heading for the GTX560 and 6870... do you wear glasses? or need a brain transplant?

ok it has 2gb memory but for WOW and SW:TOR you only need a 1gb card.

I would opt for this one: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-269-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866

newbieclocker · 14 Apr 2012 at 15:47

Remember ivy bridge...

Ollie1132 · 14 Apr 2012 at 15:52

Yeah Ivy Bridge should in logic cause SB parts to drop in price at least a little...

opstrat · 14 Apr 2012 at 16:51

point of note though, the fore mentiond asus 6850 offer runs out on monday.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.98
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x Asus HD 6850 DirectCU V2 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £84.95
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A2000C9) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £58.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £52.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £687.70 (includes shipping : £23.20).