£600 Gaming Rig (PC building newb in distress!

[Kootchy]

Hey all, I would really like to build a budget gaming rig, problem is, I only have £600, I intend on playing a plethora of games (not just minecraft) so I will need something that can churn out 40 - 60 FPS on high - ultra.

Thanks in advance you lovely building pro!

 

[andreas_vak]

can you be more specific??like what res*,do you need an OS???peripherals??any preferences?

 

[Kootchy]

can you be more specific??like what res*,do you need an OS???peripherals??any preferences?

I would like to use windows, my monitor is around 1280x768/18" I have all the peripherals and I'm all open to any brands

 

[andreas_vak]

I would like to use windows, my monitor is around 1280x768/18" I have all the peripherals and I'm all open to any brands

pcpartpicker

CPU Intel Core i3-2100 3.1GHz Dual-Core £86.23
Motherboard ASRock B75 PRO3-M Micro ATX LGA1155 £55.99
Memory Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 £30.96
Storage Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM £56.10
Video Card MSI Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB £215.98 total:£626
Case Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower £48.71
Power Supply XFX 550W ATX12V / EPS12V £49.98
Optical Drive Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer £11.96
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit) £71.28


sorry if its not good but i am not very good....f*cking university

 

[sam_p_lay]

If you wanted to trim that setup down to £600, a GTX660 is near enough the same speed as the Radeon but a bit cheaper. You could also trim off a bit on the case.

 

[slatanek]

I would strongly suggest an SSD as your system drive (its a night and day difference comparing to mechanical drive in everyday use, it also significantly reduces games loading times, although you would have to go with something like 120GB to install more than 2 games on it along your system). Go for i5 as well, much more future proof option. Also 7870 is a big overkill for resolutions under 1080p. Go for 2gb 7850 instead. This build (no Windows included) is a much more rounded option, it will basically do (almost) anything you can throw at it (including BlueRay playback, high to ultra details gaming up to 1080p). Just my suggestions. Good luck!

Intel Core i5-3470
£145.38


ASRock B75 PRO3-M
£55.99


Corsair 8GB
£29.59


Intel 60GB SSD
£50.97

Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM
£56.94


Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850
£160.54


Fractal Design Core 1000
£32.38


OCZ 500W
£56.50


Lite-On iHOS104-06
£25.88



Total: £614.17

(http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/qoge)


Estimated Wattage:
301W

 

[sam_p_lay]

For the same price as the Radeon mentioned above, you could pick up a GTX660 - slightly faster and gives the added benefits you get with nVidia hardware of FXAA, TXAA, adaptive v-sync, PhysX etc. That's what I'd do. The CPU recommendation and especially the SSD are excellent advice - I'd recommend stepping up to a 120GB drive though. I have an 80GB SSD and it's a bit of a squeeze to have more than two games installed. You'll want to be setting aside 15-20% of the capacity for TRIM anyway (background process SSDs perform to maintain performance, bit like ongoing defrag since you don't defrag SSDs).