Would this £500 build be decent for gaming?

[michael.tj.elli]

Hi, I was wondering if this build that my friend made for me would be decent for gaming, namely Guild Wars 2 to begin with but also with the potential for upgrades in future should I want to play games with higher specs.

No graphics card included because I'm buying one off said friend for £70 (AMD HD 6950). Let me know if I've missed any other components.

I'm not looking to spend more, if anything I'd like to spend less but if there are components that could be swapped for something a lot better for a small price then I am willing to do so. If any of the components are too good and can be changed for something cheaper for now then I'd be very happy.


Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £73.99

Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX316C10FBK2/8) £65.99

**B Grade** AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £59.99

Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99

Zalman Z12 Midi Tower Case - Black £49.99

Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD5003AZEX) HDD £49.99

Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £43.99

LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99

Creative SB X-FI Xtreme Audio Soundcard (70SB057002007) £9.95

TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £8.95

Total cost of shown parts are £427.82

 

[ShivP]

To be honest for £500 without a GPU you can do much better

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £252.58
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX21C11BRK2/8-OC) £67.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £46.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £38.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps High Gain Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN722N) £9.49
Total : £530.98 (includes shipping : ).






That has an i5 4690k (considerably better performance in most apps/all apps than the 6300)

Better PSU

Soundcard not needed, especially a £10 jobbie, inbuilt motherboard solutions are excellent
SLI ready motherboard
You can drop the CPU/mobo possibly and add an SSD if you wanted (SSDs are great)

Scratch that, didn't realise the budget included the GPU

Here's a rethink

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX21C11BRK2/8-OC) £67.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £46.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £38.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps High Gain Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN722N) £9.49
Total : £440.38 (includes shipping : ).



This would be better in most aspects than your build, better CPU, better RAM, better HDD, better PSU, no soundcard as the onboard sound should be better than that £10 jobbie

 

[Resa69]

What he said^

Fx processors are dead

 

[ShivP]

What he said^

Fx processors are dead

FX Processors are definitely not dead In fact, they represent very good value for money when it comes to budget builds, in newer titles such as BF4 etc, the 8320 CPU holds it's own against the more expensive i5 4670k/4690k very well - sure, single core performance is not nearly as fast, but the value for money cannot be missed in these circumstances

For the OPs budget, the 8320 would do very well. However, an Intel option

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-4350 3.60GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £104.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX21C11BRK2/8-OC) £67.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £46.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £38.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps High Gain Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN722N) £9.49
Total : £449.38 (includes shipping : ).



i3 probably isn't as good for gaming generally as an 8320

 

[michael.tj.elli]

Thanks for the quick replies, these both look better than what my friend made, hardly more expensive either. I'll have to do some more research into each part, but this is a great help

 

[joeyjojo]

The above are both good builds.

Just want to add that your friend is overcharging you (IMO) on that 6950. I bought a 7850 for £50 recently which is a bit faster and uses a lot less power than the 6950. Get haggling!