£500 Gaming PC

[FormidableRed]

Alright.. So I did ask around a month ago I think, but I know prices can change fast and new stuff comes out, and I plan on buying it/most of it on Thursday.. So basically I'm after a Gaming PC for around £500/£550.. I have a monitor/mouse etc, so just need the PC and a OS. Anyone got any final builds for me?

Thanks!

 

[Yoann Teodosieff]

What games you are going to play are important, too.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£74.34 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£31.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£65.84 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£56.91 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Kingston Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£129.95 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.09 @ Aria PC)
Total: £512.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-18 21:10 GMT+0000

Instead of that cooler you can change it to 212 EVO. I recommend the 6300 build instead of the i3 build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£78.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£56.91 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Kingston Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£129.95 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.09 @ Aria PC)
Total: £480.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-18 21:13 GMT+0000

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

[badboyrog2]

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Lsf2YJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Lsf2YJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£49.14 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 Guard-Pro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£74.66 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£62.40 @ Kustom PCs)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 280 3GB royalKing Video Card (£145.50 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.09 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.35 @ Aria PC)
Total: £513.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-18 21:33 GMT+0000

 

[K-Hype]

AMD PC Build:
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284&cm_re=FX_8350-_-19-113-284-_-Product
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131872&cm_re=Am3_motherboard-_-13-131-872-_-Product
Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231689&cm_re=DDR3_2133-_-20-231-689-_-Product
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438025&cm_re=750_Watt_PSU-_-17-438-025-_-Product
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131533
Storage: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840&cm_re=1_TB_HDD-_-22-148-840-_-Product
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146190&cm_re=NZXT-_-11-146-190-_-Product
OS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416776
Total Cost: $831.94 or £549.32

Intel PC Build:
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117372
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128667
Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438025
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131545
Storage: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146190
OS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416776
Total Cost: $807.93 or £533.46

 

[sora]

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Lsf2YJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Lsf2YJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£49.14 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 Guard-Pro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£74.66 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£62.40 @ Kustom PCs)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 280 3GB royalKing Video Card (£145.50 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.09 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.35 @ Aria PC)
Total: £513.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-18 21:33 GMT+0000

+1 to this build although I would rather go with a more "known" R9 280 card.

 

[FormidableRed]

How good is that CPU? (Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor) Would a quad-core one not be better? (if you can get one around the same price/a bit more)

 

[badboyrog2]

you have all the intel here..just compare and choose one
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/intel-haswell-refresh_4.html#sect0

http://media.bestofmicro.com/W/T/440525/original/bf4-fr.png

http://www.techpowerup.com/img/14-07-16/GIGABYTE_Pentium_G3258_OC_01.jpg

 

[dasulman]

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/kykRRB
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/kykRRB/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£78.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£59.94 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£43.54 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£109.52 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£37.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.99 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.35 @ Aria PC)
Total: £495.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-20 01:52 GMT+0000

a balanced and reliable build.
you do not have the budget to have a quad core - like an I5, however the I3's hyperthreading will create virtual cores to act as cores 3 and 4 which will be supported fully by DX12 which will be released within this year. The I3 is more than enough for most games for now.
The pentium has no hyperthreading but it can be overclocked to potentially match an I3 in single core performance. but the added cost of an aftermarket cooler effectively increases the price of a pentum g3258 build as the same as the I3.

 

[turbopiki]

Alright.. So I did ask around a month ago I think, but I know prices can change fast and new stuff comes out, and I plan on buying it/most of it on Thursday.. So basically I'm after a Gaming PC for around £500/£550.. I have a monitor/mouse etc, so just need the PC and a OS. Anyone got any final builds for me?

Thanks!

I would get this if i were you

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£130.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£62.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£43.54 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£129.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.99 @ Novatech)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.35 @ Aria PC)
Total: £549.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-20 02:18 GMT+0000