Budget Gaming/Rendering PC

[flump9]

Hey guys, I have £550 to make a gaming pc that can also render videos in sony vegas. I am going to be playing at 1920 x 1080 and I will be playing most high-end games(Battlefield 3, Arma 2 etc) so I need some good graphic performance. I can play games with anti-aliasing or the graphics set lower if need will be. I am coming from a console o I dont know that much.

Thanks in advance,
Jack

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£145.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4-M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£66.11 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£31.39 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£56.94 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card (£140.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 335 Upgraded ATX Mid Tower Case (£32.87 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.98 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£12.92 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £535.73
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-12-05 17:53 GMT+0000)

I would do something like this. I included an i5 for video editing purposes and the 7850 should play most games on high-ish settings without problem.

 

[flump9]

Thanks for this