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callum · 25 Dec 2011 at 15:54

Hey guys, decided to make a full new build as I have moved house. will need a monitor, mouse etc. So basically need everything minus OS hoping to get something that could play most games at a decent level, and hopefully WOW on high settings. Thanks guys and merry christmas.
Hoping this would be achieveable on a budget of 600 as money is quite tight atm

though hopefully there would be room for upgrade and i could add upgrades as the months go on.

95thrifles · 25 Dec 2011 at 17:01

If you input the code AG15 on checkout you save £13

Still a bit over, you could drop mobo back to a H61 but it gives you less room for upgrade, so £640 was best I could manage with mouse/kb and monitor

YOUR BASKET
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2208HDD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £107.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £46.99
1 x Antec VP450P 450W Continuous Power Supply £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £19.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x Logitech K200 Media Keyboard (920-002733) £11.99
1 x Blaze M0603 Gaming 1600DPI Laser Mouse - Black/Snake £10.99
Total : £655.79 (includes shipping : £19.10).

fowler002 · 25 Dec 2011 at 17:28

95thrifles said:
If you input the code AG15 on checkout you save £13

Still a bit over, you could drop mobo back to a H61 but it gives you less room for upgrade, so £640 was best I could manage with mouse/kb and monitor

YOUR BASKET
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2208HDD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £107.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £46.99
1 x Antec VP450P 450W Continuous Power Supply £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £19.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x Logitech K200 Media Keyboard (920-002733) £11.99
1 x Blaze M0603 Gaming 1600DPI Laser Mouse - Black/Snake £10.99
Total : £655.79 (includes shipping : £19.10).

if buying by 11.59pm tomorrow night then the current 5% off + free shipping offer will save more than the £13 the ag15 code will save him

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18355464

would really want a better psu for future upgrades or will need to be upgraded in the future.

95thrifles · 25 Dec 2011 at 17:30

True, forgot about that
Re PSU yes did cross my mind but it pushes price higher (already over budget), plus that PSU should be OK for another mid range card later down line, it just wont run anything high end

fowler002 · 25 Dec 2011 at 17:31

are you sure you don't have an old sata hard disk you can reuse? will allow you to use the £90 to improve the other bits in the spec.

callum · 25 Dec 2011 at 17:55

thanks for the input guys. Unfortunately I don't have an old hdd, however, if i increased my budget to 700 would that allow for a better PSU?

95thrifles · 25 Dec 2011 at 18:28

Yes, go with something like an Antec Truepower in that case, you could also up the gfx card a bit then too, an NVidia 560Ti maybe

callum · 25 Dec 2011 at 20:18

95thrifles said:
Yes, go with something like an Antec Truepower in that case, you could also up the gfx card a bit then too, an NVidia 560Ti maybe

hmm i think a 560Ti would be pushing it how does the 550Ti compare to the graphics card in the originally proposed build?

fowler002 · 25 Dec 2011 at 20:38

callum said:
hmm i think a 560Ti would be pushing it how does the 550Ti compare to the graphics card in the originally proposed build?

crap basically

callum · 25 Dec 2011 at 21:11

what power supply would you recommend so that the build is more future proof?