I need help building a Gaming PC

[Joshyboy]

Hello, I'm a console gamer and I want to switch to PC gaming but have little knowledge of parts. My budget is around £500 so could someone help me with parts? I want to play Skyrim at high to ultra settings with no lag. I would prefer it if I had the Radeon 7870 graphics card or the GTX 660 ti. Thanks for the help!

 

[Brett928S2]

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[Metwingie]

With the GPU your wanting you have killed almost halve your budget already and Skyrim is quite CPU intensive so you'd be wanting to go for a good I3 at least.

Do you have some PC parts you can already use from an old system?

 

[Joshyboy]

Yeah sorry Brett I didn't mean too and Metwingie, I have found the Radeon 7870 for £165 online so could you suggest some parts?

 

[Joshyboy]

Oh and no,co have no parts.

 

[Metwingie]

CPU I3 3220 £90 - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i3-3220-s-1155-ivy-bridge-dual-core-33ghz-3mb-smart-cache-retail

MB Crossfire only £75 - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi-z77a-g43-intel-z77-s-1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-sata-raid-pcie-30-(x16)-d-sub-dvi-d-hdmi-atx

Ram £35 - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(2x4gb)-corsair-ddr3-vengeance-jet-black-lp-pc3-12800-(1600)-non-ecc-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-15v

HDD £55 - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb-seagate-st1000dm003-barracuda-720014-sata-6gb-s-7200rpm-64mb-cache-8ms-ncq-oem

PSU £70 - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/750w-corsair-builder-series-cx-85-eff-80-plus-bronze-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx-v231-psu

Case £46 - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/aerocool-x-predator-x1-devil-red-gaming-case-black-interior-12cm-red-led-fan

Drive £13 - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/liteon-ihas124-04-24x-dvdr-8x-dvddl-dvdplusrw-x8-rw-x6-dvd-ram-x12-sata-black-oem

With your GPU = £550 with out windows and not including postage

 

[Joshyboy]

Thanks and would this run games at max settings?

 

[Metwingie]

Yeah you will be fine with this setup with the choice of upgrading your CPU and adding a second 7870 in the future