Help me make a Gaming pc

[Blacknova]

hey i have a budget if £500-£600 make me a gaming pc plz :D

[Helltech]

Do you need an operating system, monitor, keyboard, mouse, and headphones?

[Sean]

Just off the top of my head I'd say i3- 3220 for CPU, CX600 for PSU, ASRock Z77 Pro3 for the motherboard, WD Blue 500GB for a storage drive, any ~$40 RAM (2 x4GB, 1600MHz, there is a ton of choices there), Carbide 400r case, any ~$20 optical drive (optional, but I use mine a lot and it's cheap), and dump the rest on your GPU. I'd recommend the 7850 if you can afford it, 660 would be the next step down.

This is also assuming that you already have your peripherals and monitor

[Blacknova]

• • Intel® Coreâ„¢ i5-3570K Quad Core
  
• • 8GB PC12800 DDR3/1600mhz RAM
  
• • AMD HD 7750 2GB Video
  
• • GigaByte Z77 USB3 & SATA3 MB
  
• • 1TB SATA-III Hard Drive
  
• • 24X Double DVD±R/±RW
  
• • CoolerMaster Elite 430 Case
  
• thats good right?
  

[Max Storm]

Yeah that's good, but like Sean said, I'd really recommend the 7850 if you can afford it.

good luck

[Dave :)]

• • Intel® Coreâ„¢ i5-3570K Quad Core
  
• • 8GB PC12800 DDR3/1600mhz RAM
  
• • AMD HD 7750 2GB Video
  
• • GigaByte Z77 USB3 & SATA3 MB
  
• • 1TB SATA-III Hard Drive
  
• • 24X Double DVD±R/±RW
  
• • CoolerMaster Elite 430 Case
  
• thats good right?
  

Drop the 1TB HDD, pick up a 500GB. Drop the disk drive ( unless you really need it ), drop the 7750, 4GB RAM would be enough for this budget. Considering it's a gaming rig, your priority should lie with the graphics card, see if you can get a 7850 for around £150, some can be found for less, like This one

[Spite]

I would probably opt out for a different case as the CoolerMaster Elite 430 case has little to no cable routing options. I would recommend you go with something like an NZXT Source 210 Elite (£39) -- it has adequate options for cable routing and has good airflow. Seen as it's a gaming rig I would try and push for at least a 6850 or 6870 if you can. You can find them for around £100, possibly less. They will play games at respectable settings. If you did get an extra £50 or so definitely go with a 7850 as it'll give you a decent performance boost.

[kristianbo82]

Get a amd 965 Black edition, for that Price range you can't beat this cpu in Price/perfomance :)

[Guest]

Just off the top of my head I'd say i3- 3220 for CPU, CX600 for PSU, ASRock Z77 Pro3 for the motherboard, WD Blue 500GB for a storage drive, any ~$40 RAM (2 x4GB, 1600MHz, there is a ton of choices there), Carbide 400r case, any ~$20 optical drive (optional, but I use mine a lot and it's cheap), and dump the rest on your GPU. I'd recommend the 7850 if you can afford it, 660 would be the next step down.

This is also assuming that you already have your peripherals and monitor

Why Z77 on an i3?

[Sean]

Just off the top of my head I'd say i3- 3220 for CPU, CX600 for PSU, ASRock Z77 Pro3 for the motherboard, WD Blue 500GB for a storage drive, any ~$40 RAM (2 x4GB, 1600MHz, there is a ton of choices there), Carbide 400r case, any ~$20 optical drive (optional, but I use mine a lot and it's cheap), and dump the rest on your GPU. I'd recommend the 7850 if you can afford it, 660 would be the next step down.

This is also assuming that you already have your peripherals and monitor

H77 would be an option I suppose, again this is just what came to mind first. But the Pro3 fits this budget pretty well at ~$90, so why not? :P

[Sean]

Get a amd 965 Black edition, for that Price range you can't beat this cpu in Price/perfomance :)

I wouldn't recommend any AMD processor for gaming. Even a G860 will do a better job for single thread games. It does have great performance for the price, but not for gaming

[Blacknova]

http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/saving/show.aspx?id=548358

hows that

[WaspishVyper]

http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/saving/show.aspx?id=548358

hows that

Looks pretty good : )

[Willson94]

• • Intel® Coreâ„¢ i5-3570K Quad Core
  
• • 8GB PC12800 DDR3/1600mhz RAM
  
• • AMD HD 7750 2GB Video
  
• • GigaByte Z77 USB3 & SATA3 MB
  
• • 1TB SATA-III Hard Drive
  
• • 24X Double DVD±R/±RW
  
• • CoolerMaster Elite 430 Case
  
• thats good right?
  

7750 is just not good value for money as everyone else is saying 7850 is where you wanna start

[Fun.]

http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/saving/show.aspx?id=548358

hows that

looks great!

[RailfanS]

http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/saving/show.aspx?id=548358

hows that

I think it looks pretty good to. The 7870 is a great mid-high end GPU that handles most games pretty well. The 8350 is a good CPU for everyday multitasking, and it games pretty well to, although not as good as some of Intel's more expensive options. The only thing you might want to do if you can squeeze it into your budget is add an SSD. It makes a huge difference in the responsiveness of the OS and other programs you have installed on it, not to mention what it does to boot times. Just something to consider.

[Willson94]

On that budget I came up with this haven't price checked... all part prices from ebuyer

Antec 302 OR Antec One OR Corsair 200R £45-50

Asrock H77 Pro4 £63.18

i3 3220 £88.50

8GB Crucial 1600MHz £34.98

MSI 7870 2GB (dual fan) £175.30

gs600 swap out for cx600m from scan just picked parts available at ebuyer to get idea of price

seagate 1tb barracuda £55

windows at £69.99

totals £586.86 will also be a pretty nice looking build with these parts

http://www.ebuyer.com/lists/list/135471