Planning for a £165 Budget Build?

[oli75uk]

I used to have like a £500 Budget PC Build, now it's decreased down to £165. I need something good for the price, and coming in at £158.92, would this be a Good Deal?

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHZ

Intel Stock Cooler LGA 775 (Copper Core)

Abit IP35 Pro ATX Motherboard

8GB DDR2-800MHZ 4x2 RAM

Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHZ Edition 1GB OC

Kingston SSDNOW 300 120GB SSD (Budget SSD)

Unbranded ATX Case

Unbranded 700W PSU

Would this be good enough for 720p High/Ultra or 1080p Low/Medium Gaming?

Thanks!

-tok.

[AdamBGames]

2 minutes ago, oli75uk said:

I used to have like a £500 Budget PC Build, now it's decreased down to £165. I need something good for the price, and coming in at £158.92, would this be a Good Deal?

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHZ

Intel Stock Cooler LGA 775 (Copper Core)

Abit IP35 Pro ATX Motherboard

8GB DDR2-800MHZ 4x2 RAM

Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHZ Edition 1GB OC

Kingston SSDNOW 300 120GB SSD (Budget SSD)

Unbranded ATX Case

Unbranded 700W PSU

Would this be good enough for 720p High/Ultra or 1080p Low/Medium Gaming?

Thanks!

-tok.

Would it be possible to break down the prices for each part, it will be easier to find things better for the price. Not saying this isnt a bad build but this community is great at finding deals

[oli75uk]

12 minutes ago, AdamBGames said:

Would it be possible to break down the prices for each part, it will be easier to find things better for the price. Not saying this isnt a bad build but this community is great at finding deals

sure!

the q6600 and motherboard and ram is a bundle, £44.99.

case and psu is also a bundle, £38.99.

hd 7770, also £38.99.

the ssd, £22.00

stock cooler, £19.99 (because copper core stock cooler lga 775's are rare.)

 

 

[Ashleyyyy]

how much would it cost you to go up to a Q9550?

it would be a lot faster and cpu's this old are basically the same price second hand where i live. 

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core2-Quad-Q9550-vs-Intel-Core2-Quad-Q6600/m334vs1980

 

according to this your board would support it:

http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-ABIT/IP35_Pro.html

 

however i've had a few of them and they can run quite hot. can you get a better cooler than an intel stock cooler by any chance?

 

15 minutes ago, oli75uk said:

Would this be good enough for 720p High/Ultra or 1080p Low/Medium Gaming?

depends on the game. that gpu is quite slow by today's standards, and even a Q9550 isn't that fast either. 

 

here's a Q9550 and a hd 7770 compared to modern budget options:

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core2-Quad-Q9550-vs-Intel-Core-i3-8100/m334vs3942

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1050-Ti-vs-AMD-HD-7770/3649vsm7710

so don't expect the best performance out of it. 

 

Just now, oli75uk said:

the q6600 and motherboard and ram is a bundle, £44.99.

try to get a Q9550 then. basically the same price for a bundle depending on if the seller is asking reasonable prices. 

 

1 minute ago, oli75uk said:

hd 7770, also £38.99.

looking online i found gtx 660's for that or cheaper. 

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-660-vs-AMD-HD-7770/2162vsm7710

 

4 minutes ago, oli75uk said:

stock cooler, £19.99 (because copper core stock cooler lga 775's are rare.)

get a used hyper 212 evo. make sure it has all the mounting stuff. 

 

5 minutes ago, oli75uk said:

case and psu is also a bundle, £38.99.

what psu is it? 

[Herman Mcpootis]

look for a used i5/1366 xeon prebuilt and add in a GPU instead.

[Herman Mcpootis]

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenovo-ThinkStation-S20-Tower-Xeon-Quad-4-x-2-66GHz-8GB-500GB-DVD-RW-PC-Computer/392092825792?hash=item5b4a8db8c0%3Ag%3AKYYAAOSwnspbTkBw&LH_BIN=1 100 pounds

https://uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=sgraatixfxf79503gba&categoryName=pci-express-graphics-cards&superCatName=computing&title=ati-radeon-hd-7950-3gb-gddr5 60 pounds