Budget Gaming PC

[matt2403]

Hi, im in need of an upgrade, as my computer really does suck playing games atm. 12FPS on shogun 2 on medium -.-

anyway, straight to it.

CPU: AMD Phenom X4 955 BE £104 (Overclock to ~3.8ghz quad core) OR I3 550 £97 (Overclock to ~4.4ghz but is dual core)

Motherboard: ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO (AMD) OR ?? (if I get an intel)

RAM: 4GB Patriot Gamer Series (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit £40

CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212+

Case: unsure at the moment, looking at <£40.

PSU: Coolermaster GX 650W

Hard Drive(NOT NEEDED): have a seagate 320GB which will do for the moment. due to budget will upgrade later.

CD Drive(NOT NEEDED): already have

GPU: Have a 9500GT at the moment, which will needed to be upgraded at some stage (1-2 months). was thinking either 460GTX or 6850.

Operating system (NOT NEEDED): already have Windows 7 Ultimate

Im planning to buy the products within 2 weeks. My budget for the CPU,MOBO,RAM,CPU Cooler,PSU and Case is between £300 and £400. any help, suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Matt

 

[I Hunta x]

Your e4500 shouldnt be to bad at games realy, its more than likely your 9500gt letting you down,

Personaly id get the graphics card and powersuply first as generaly that gives much better performance gains unless the rest of your system is something like a low end singlecore with 1/2-1gb ram

 

[sg12004]

i would recomend that you get a corsair psu thay are much better

 

[matt2403]

Ah ok, however I am running it on a Packard Bell motherboard, with 2gb of ram at 333.3MHz -.-

 

[ruthless_villain]

go for the Casecom 6788 case its under £30 its a mid-tower and has awesome features for a cheap case..

(all black, psu bottom, tool less bays, cable routing holes, motherboard cut out etc etc...

look at this Bundle:

http://www.aria.co.uk/Systems/Bundl...Pre-Built+Overclocked+Bundle+?productId=43812

thats the cpu, mobo, ram, heat sink = out the way = £220

CaseCom 6788= £30

HD 6850 = £120

600W corsair builder series = £50

Total = £420

and thats a good gaming pc, dont think i missed anything out?

PRICES TAKEN FROM ARIA.CO.UK

 

[matt2403]

go for the Casecom 6788 case its under £30 its a mid-tower and has awesome features for a cheap case..

(all black, psu bottom, tool less bays, cable routing holes, motherboard cut out etc etc...

look at this Bundle:

http://www.aria.co.uk/Systems/Bundl...Pre-Built+Overclocked+Bundle+?productId=43812

thats the cpu, mobo, ram, heat sink = out the way = £220

CaseCom 6788= £30

HD 6850 = £120

600W corsair builder series = £50

Total = £420

and thats a good gaming pc, dont think i missed anything out?

PRICES TAKEN FROM ARIA.CO.UK

I was looking at that psu, and bundle for a long time. The only thing i question about this is that its a dual core processor, therefore would the AMD 955 BE be better, especially for the future? thanks

 

[tinytomlogan]

A 460 or a 6850 would be spot on for a budget GAMING rig.

The Aria i3 bundle is pukka, look for the £600 gaming rig I did recently as a guide/article.

 

[dugdiamond]

^ditto

you cannot go wrong the specs and the price that aria has

 

[ruthless_villain]

I was looking at that psu, and bundle for a long time. The only thing i question about this is that its a dual core processor, therefore would the AMD 955 BE be better, especially for the future? thanks

i3's EAT amd quads... dont bother with amd... i3 is way better especially at 4.4Ghz

 

[Karlos_the_n00b]

Tbh, I'll go for AMD over Intel when the times right but at the moment nearly everybody is saying that the i3 is the one to now go for out of the two. Also, for the extra money it'll cost ya I'd go for some 1600 MHz memory over the 1333.

The Mushkin Blackline is only £5 nore than the memory you where looking at: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR3/Dual+Channel+1600MHz/4GB+Mushkin+Blackline+%23996659B+%282x2GB%29+DDR3+1600MHz+9-9-9-24+?productId=41791