BrownBear Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I've been looking into building a new PC, I'd like to be able to play new high end games and I have a budget of about £500-600. Is this realistic? Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn 7 five 11 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 (edited) Know any other good sites? I just chose Scan. Alright, here is a rough build i slapped together just to give an approximate idea, this isn't necessarily the best value for money, just to get a price range. CPU - Intel i5 3570K 3.4Ghz Overclockable 177.80 Inc VAT MOBO - MSI Z68 1155 107.62 Inc VAT - 2 x PCI (32 bit) - 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 - 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 - 3 x PCIe x1 - 4 x USB 2.0 - 2 x USB 3.0 - SLI/Crossfire, supports OC. GPU - 2GB XFX Radeon 7870. 203.74 Inc VAT -1Ghz - 2GB - 256Bit - 4.8Ghz memory clock Silverstone 500Watt 45 Inc VAT - Max. Output +12V:34 A I don't think the pin is right though it says molex pin, could someone check that for me? Seagate 1TB 7200RPM 59.87 Inc VAT 2x2GB 2000Mhz Corsair Memory/RAM 26.88 Inc VAT 24x DVD Sony 13 Inc VAT Total = 644.10 Not perfect but it's a pretty good build will run newer games very well, it went over budget and it doesn't have a case because i am terrible with cases, so now we cut-back or you rise up. I will do some more research on FPS on the card 7870 because that's where you will probably cut back if you want to save money. And i cannot for the life of me find the f*cking pound symbol. Edited August 16, 2012 by finn4life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cursed Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Corsair Carbide 300R Case Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz Socket 1155 Asus P8H61-MX USB3 Socket 1155 Kingston 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz Corsair 600W CX Series V2 PSU Seagate 1TB Barracuda 3.5" SATA-III Asus GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB GDDR5 Total: £599.94 http://www.ebuyer.com/lists/list/35297 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn 7 five 11 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Corsair Carbide 300R CaseIntel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz Socket 1155 Asus P8H61-MX USB3 Socket 1155 Kingston 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz Corsair 600W CX Series V2 PSU Seagate 1TB Barracuda 3.5" SATA-III Asus GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB GDDR5 Total: £599.94 http://www.ebuyer.com/lists/list/35297 Terrible MOBO. The H61 doesn't allow any Overclocking, and it has a SATA II only interface. I considered the 560Ti as well, but i figured a newer card would be better, there isn't a whole heap of difference though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cursed Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Terrible MOBO.The H61 doesn't allow any Overclocking, and it has a SATA II only interface. I'm not sure whether the OP is interested in overclocking. The ASUS board does have a utility for overclocking though. If they do need something better then it makes more sense to go with the Z77 chipset than Z68 for native Ivy Bridge support. Adding the Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H Socket 1155 will bring the price to £636.02. http://www.ebuyer.com/lists/list/35297 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCPD Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 I would suggest to shop for parts at Amazon and Overclockers. You'll probably find a lot of parts much cheaper there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoječ Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I'm not sure whether the OP is interested in overclocking. So why did you include i5-3570k in your rig, which has unlocked multiplier for OCing? That makes no sense at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cursed Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 So why did you include i5-3570k in your rig, which has unlocked multiplier for OCing? That makes no sense at all. Because the H61 board has some overclocking ability and the Z77 board allows full overclocking. The 'k' version is only slightly more expensive than the regular 3570 so if they were interested in overclocking they'd have the unlocked multiplier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoječ Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 H61 allow OCing by raising the BCLK bus only, which yields very poor results, ~5% at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn 7 five 11 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 (edited) H61 allow OCing by raising the BCLK bus only, which yields very poor results, ~5% at best. Not to mention Sata II interface, what if he decides to pick up a solid state drive? If you're going to OC you want to do a good overclock not 200mhz, it's pointless. Edited August 19, 2012 by finn4life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cursed Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Not to mention Sata II interface, what if he decides to pick up a solid state drive?If you're going to OC you want to do a good overclock not 200mhz, it's pointless. In which case simply go with a Z77 motherboard like the Gigabyte one I linked to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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