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[Guest Robertz]

Hi, My friend is after his first build, was going to spend £550 on a gaming laptop but I advised a desktop would be far better. (I struggled to find many laptops with a dedicated graphics card in at that price, that weren't either lower than 1080p or that were about 14" screen size)

 

He is after a build to play cs:go/dayz/H1Z1 and games of similar levels. He needs an OS and there are 2 builds I was thinking could be good. I have an Nvidia 660ti he can use in his build or he can buy his own GPU,

 

I think the 660ti would play the games he wants though, not maxed out but on medium should be fine. Was thinking an i3 processor would be fine and then either use the 660ti or buy his own. I'd sell him the 660ti for about £40 so should save him money on that side.

 

Does anybody have any ideas on specific parts so I can send him a pc part picker link of some sort?

 

Any help is appreciated

[Guest Robertz]

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£141.22 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£45.81 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.91 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  (£28.30 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£51.21 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£10.06 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit)  (£67.95 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £444.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-14 09:28 BST+0100

 

 

 

How bad is this? If the 660ti goes in it.

[Prömetheus]

this, and put the 660ti (I reccomend this one) 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£177.00 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.95 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Plus ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£98.90 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£41.64 @ Dabs) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£73.80 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.91 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£49.19 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£46.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £552.38

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-14 09:56 BST+0100

 

This, 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£88.92 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£69.29 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£41.64 @ Dabs) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.91 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£241.69 @ More Computers) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1300 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£36.69 @ Ebuyer) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£46.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £565.13

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-14 09:52 BST+0100

 

Or this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£141.22 @ More Computers) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£69.29 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£41.64 @ Dabs) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.91 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£177.55 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1300 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£36.69 @ Ebuyer) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£46.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £553.29

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-14 09:50 BST+0100

 

get the windows from reddit, it's cheap and good (buy it from the user s5ean)

http://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/comments/3brpyn/h_windows_7_8_81_servers_office_visio_project/