budget build advice

[Stephen_]

I want to make a 'good' budget gaming pc to run quite demanding games on medium/high, with a budget of £500-600 ($800-950 USD/CAD)

[Stephen_]

I mean this in total, I want to know best graphics card, I could get in this price range including the system. So I can work out how much to spend on other parts.

[XiaoPigs]

Best graphics card for medium to high is Nvidia's GTX 660ti or AMD's 7870. But if you want more bang for your buck i'd go for the AMD 7870. Either way you get good performance + you can overclock them to get even more performance :) Hope this helped

[MrWatch]

http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/wdL9

This system will be able to run most games on high on a 1080p screen at your budget. Good luck!

[Helltech]

Do you need an ODD, OS, monitor, keyboard, mouse, deadset? It would help if we knew exactly what parts you needed, or if you just need the tower itself.

[Emkryan]

What Helltech said, if it's just the rig that'll be great

[Stephen_]

I only need a mobo, GPU, PSU, CPU, Memory, HHD/SSD and a disk drive.

[Glenwing]

ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ($128) [Newegg]

Intel Core i5-3570K ($220) [NCIX]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 ($230) [Newegg]

SeaSonic SSR-550RM 80 PLUS GOLD ($86) [Newegg]

G.Skill Sniper 8GB [2x4GB] DDR3 1600 ($45) [Newegg]

Western Digital Black 1TB ($91) [NCIX]

120/128GB SSD ($100-120)

For SSD, get any of these, whichever is cheapest when you buy the rig; they're all great: Intel 520 series, Samsung 840 Pro (non-pro is meh), ADATA XPG SX900, Kingston V+200, OCZ Vertex 4, OCZ Vector, G.Skill Phoenix III.

Phoenix III and Kingston V+200 seem to be the best value right now. Outstanding performance.

The prices listed above are approximate/"usual" prices. If you shop around you can probably get some cheaper.

[Glenwing]

ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ($128) [Newegg]

Intel Core i5-3570K ($220) [NCIX]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 ($230) [Newegg]

SeaSonic SSR-550RM 80 PLUS GOLD ($86) [Newegg]

G.Skill Sniper 8GB [2x4GB] DDR3 1600 ($45) [Newegg]

Western Digital Black 1TB ($91) [NCIX]

120/128GB SSD ($100-120)

For SSD, get any of these, whichever is cheapest when you buy the rig; they're all great: Intel 520 series, Samsung 840 Pro (non-pro is meh), ADATA XPG SX900, Kingston V+200, OCZ Vertex 4, OCZ Vector, G.Skill Phoenix III.

Phoenix III and Kingston V+200 seem to be the best value right now. Outstanding performance.

The prices listed above are approximate/"usual" prices. If you shop around you can probably get some cheaper.

Forgot optical drive. $20. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

No BBCode/HTML in comments D:

[Stephen_]

ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ($128) [Newegg]

Intel Core i5-3570K ($220) [NCIX]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 ($230) [Newegg]

SeaSonic SSR-550RM 80 PLUS GOLD ($86) [Newegg]

G.Skill Sniper 8GB [2x4GB] DDR3 1600 ($45) [Newegg]

Western Digital Black 1TB ($91) [NCIX]

120/128GB SSD ($100-120)

For SSD, get any of these, whichever is cheapest when you buy the rig; they're all great: Intel 520 series, Samsung 840 Pro (non-pro is meh), ADATA XPG SX900, Kingston V+200, OCZ Vertex 4, OCZ Vector, G.Skill Phoenix III.

Phoenix III and Kingston V+200 seem to be the best value right now. Outstanding performance.

The prices listed above are approximate/"usual" prices. If you shop around you can probably get some cheaper.

is there anywhere else than Newegg as I don't think they ship to the UK, if they do thanks for the feedback.

[Glenwing]

ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ($128) [Newegg]

Intel Core i5-3570K ($220) [NCIX]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 ($230) [Newegg]

SeaSonic SSR-550RM 80 PLUS GOLD ($86) [Newegg]

G.Skill Sniper 8GB [2x4GB] DDR3 1600 ($45) [Newegg]

Western Digital Black 1TB ($91) [NCIX]

120/128GB SSD ($100-120)

For SSD, get any of these, whichever is cheapest when you buy the rig; they're all great: Intel 520 series, Samsung 840 Pro (non-pro is meh), ADATA XPG SX900, Kingston V+200, OCZ Vertex 4, OCZ Vector, G.Skill Phoenix III.

Phoenix III and Kingston V+200 seem to be the best value right now. Outstanding performance.

The prices listed above are approximate/"usual" prices. If you shop around you can probably get some cheaper.

I'm not familiar with what vendors are common in the UK; if you can name some I'll look around. Does Amazon ship to UK?

[Stephen_]

ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ($128) [Newegg]

Intel Core i5-3570K ($220) [NCIX]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 ($230) [Newegg]

SeaSonic SSR-550RM 80 PLUS GOLD ($86) [Newegg]

G.Skill Sniper 8GB [2x4GB] DDR3 1600 ($45) [Newegg]

Western Digital Black 1TB ($91) [NCIX]

120/128GB SSD ($100-120)

For SSD, get any of these, whichever is cheapest when you buy the rig; they're all great: Intel 520 series, Samsung 840 Pro (non-pro is meh), ADATA XPG SX900, Kingston V+200, OCZ Vertex 4, OCZ Vector, G.Skill Phoenix III.

Phoenix III and Kingston V+200 seem to be the best value right now. Outstanding performance.

The prices listed above are approximate/"usual" prices. If you shop around you can probably get some cheaper.

yeah amazon does, the only problme i get in to is knowing what a good deal is

[Nit3Rid3R]

^ That build is pretty good, I'd change the Motherboard to a P8Z77-V LX to save an extra few. I believe you can just get Kingston Hyper X memory (not sure about the price difference between the G.Skill sniper.) If it's possible try to squeeze a 660ti into the build! :D

Also, do you have a monitor yet? And if so, what resolutions are you running at?

[Glenwing]

XD Everything is more expensive in the UK :P

I'll try again though:

Intel Core i5-3570K (£164) [Amazon]

ASRock Z77 Pro4-M (£70) [Amazon]

EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti (£120) [Amazon]

SeaSonic SSR-550RM (£82) [Amazon]

G.SKILL NT 8GB DDR3 1600 (£29) [Amazon]

Western Digital Blue 500GB (£46) [Amazon]

Kingston 120GB V+200 SSD (£72) [Amazon]

[Benjii54]

ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ($128) [Newegg]

Intel Core i5-3570K ($220) [NCIX]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 ($230) [Newegg]

SeaSonic SSR-550RM 80 PLUS GOLD ($86) [Newegg]

G.Skill Sniper 8GB [2x4GB] DDR3 1600 ($45) [Newegg]

Western Digital Black 1TB ($91) [NCIX]

120/128GB SSD ($100-120)

For SSD, get any of these, whichever is cheapest when you buy the rig; they're all great: Intel 520 series, Samsung 840 Pro (non-pro is meh), ADATA XPG SX900, Kingston V+200, OCZ Vertex 4, OCZ Vector, G.Skill Phoenix III.

Phoenix III and Kingston V+200 seem to be the best value right now. Outstanding performance.

The prices listed above are approximate/"usual" prices. If you shop around you can probably get some cheaper.

try ebuyer or overclockersuk

[Stephen_]

^ That build is pretty good, I'd change the Motherboard to a P8Z77-V LX to save an extra few. I believe you can just get Kingston Hyper X memory (not sure about the price difference between the G.Skill sniper.) If it's possible try to squeeze a 660ti into the build! :D

Also, do you have a monitor yet? And if so, what resolutions are you running at?

i have my resolution at 1280 x 1024 at 75hz

[Nit3Rid3R]

^ That build is pretty good, I'd change the Motherboard to a P8Z77-V LX to save an extra few. I believe you can just get Kingston Hyper X memory (not sure about the price difference between the G.Skill sniper.) If it's possible try to squeeze a 660ti into the build! :D

Also, do you have a monitor yet? And if so, what resolutions are you running at?

With a resolution like that you won't need a very powerful GPU, unless you're planning to upgrade it sometime soon.

[Ghost]

XD Everything is more expensive in the UK :P

I'll try again though:

Intel Core i5-3570K (£164) [Amazon]

ASRock Z77 Pro4-M (£70) [Amazon]

EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti (£120) [Amazon]

SeaSonic SSR-550RM (£82) [Amazon]

G.SKILL NT 8GB DDR3 1600 (£29) [Amazon]

Western Digital Blue 500GB (£46) [Amazon]

Kingston 120GB V+200 SSD (£72) [Amazon]

Yes it is. Its horrible. We don't even get a black friday....

[Stephen_]

XD Everything is more expensive in the UK :P

I'll try again though:

Intel Core i5-3570K (£164) [Amazon]

ASRock Z77 Pro4-M (£70) [Amazon]

EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti (£120) [Amazon]

SeaSonic SSR-550RM (£82) [Amazon]

G.SKILL NT 8GB DDR3 1600 (£29) [Amazon]

Western Digital Blue 500GB (£46) [Amazon]

Kingston 120GB V+200 SSD (£72) [Amazon]

but we get boxing day sales