Budget Gaming Rig

[sakil7395]

Hi Folks

I've have narrowed down these products to create a budget gaming machine. Are they a good combination and if they're not what could be done to make it better. I'm on a budget of £450 and planning to buy everything from scan or any other good retailer.

Please don't be harsh, I suck at hardware and have been told to come to the great 'Overclock3d' forums

Thanks in advance

Samsung 1Tb Spinpoint F3 Hard Drive - HDD

Hypertec 2GB DDR3 1333 Mhz CAS 9 Single Channel Desktop Memory

MSI GTX460 OC NVIDIA Graphics Card - 1GB

Coolermaster Elite 430 Black Computer Chassis with 500W PSU

AMD CPU Phenom II 955 Black Edition Quad Core Processor

Asus M4A88T-M AMD 880G AM3 Motherboard

SATA DVDRW IHAS122-18 LiteOn

 

[Karlos_the_n00b]

Tbh mate, for £450 it doesn't look a bad rig

People might be able to advise you better though if you put prices next to the parts.

Aria do some good bundles, one of them based around a 955, that might be of better value or get you a little more for your money than buying it all from scan but you'd need to take a look. Here's the link http://www.aria.co.uk/Systems/Bundles/

Hope this is of some help,

 

[ruthless_villain]

i would go for this

gladiator core i3 540 4.4ghz overclocked bundle - £191 + VAT

Samsung dvd rw - £10.50 + VAT

XFX Ati radeon 6870 - £105 + VAT

500GB Seagate 7200RPM - £24 + VAT

500W cooler master OEM psu - £23 + VAT

Xigmatek Pure asgard BE gaming case - £24 + VAT

and i dont think i missed anything out = prices from aria

 

[sakil7395]

500GB HDD and 4GB ram instead?

I have large movie collection and the price gap between 500gb and 1tb is little, worth the extra.

Thanks for the reply

 

[sakil7395]

Tbh mate, for £450 it doesn't look a bad rig

People might be able to advise you better though if you put prices next to the parts.

Aria do some good bundles, one of them based around a 955, that might be of better value or get you a little more for your money than buying it all from scan but you'd need to take a look. Here's the link http://www.aria.co.uk/Systems/Bundles/

Hope this is of some help,

Like this basket then

Thanks for the reply

 

[sakil7395]

 

[ruthless_villain]

i just edited my eariler post have a quick look comes about £15 cheaper so you could get a better case or the 1tb hdd

 

[sakil7395]

i just edited my eariler post have a quick look comes about £15 cheaper so you could get a better case or the 1tb hdd

Hi sorry to sound like a dumb ass but the i3 540 only has 2 cores, the amd 955 has 4, if you have more cores doesn't it mean its faster.

 

[ruthless_villain]

Hi sorry to sound like a dumb ass but the i3 540 only has 2 cores, the amd 955 has 4, if you have more cores doesn't it mean its faster.

IMHO the i3 is better, Tom even used it in his budget rig

 

[Karlos_the_n00b]

Hi sorry to sound like a dumb ass but the i3 540 only has 2 cores, the amd 955 has 4, if you have more cores doesn't it mean its faster.

No, it means it has more cores to do the work. The i3 540 is actually faster than the 955.

But it really depends on how many cores the games you play use. For games that only use 2 cores then the I3 will be better where games that take advantage from any extra cores may favour the 955.

Really though it's the graphics card you need to focus on in a gaming rig as it's that that's going to do most the work.

 

[Grizzly]

Samsung 1Tb Spinpoint F3 Hard Drive - HDD : Perfectly good, Seagate are my preference but I've heard Samsung F3s are good drives anyway.

Hypertec 2GB DDR3 1333 Mhz CAS 9 Single Channel Desktop Memory : 4GB is often the norm for a gaming build, you can get 4GB Mushkin Silverline from Aria for £29.

MSI GTX460 OC NVIDIA Graphics Card - 1GB : An older card but as this is on a tight budget it'll do.

Coolermaster Elite 430 Black Computer Chassis with 500W PSU : Case is good for a budget, PSU isn't. Coolermaster AFAIK are not a reliable PSU brand, you could get a 520W Seasonic from Aria for £63 or £70 Modular.

AMD CPU Phenom II 955 Black Edition Quad Core Processor : Perfectly good CPU for gaming, as others have said the i3 isn't a bad choice but you can't overclock unless you got 1156. What Karlos said about the bundles as well, OC3D have reviewed a couple which have both been good and with most you get a guaranteed overclock.

Asus M4A88T-M AMD 880G AM3 Motherboard : Dunno a lot about AMD motherboards.

SATA DVDRW IHAS122-18 LiteOn : It's a DVD burner, therefore it's OK.

 

[AdrianD2]

Looks pretty good to me, but I would personally be more comfortable with 4gb of RAM.

 

[Mad_Dane]

This is from scan as you suggested, I´m not from UK so not sure where the best bundles are. but this is what i came up with, it has more RAM, better GFX, can be upgraded to buldozer AM3+, cut down on HDD space its easy to upgrade later, also if u have a collection i guess its already stored so just chug that drive in the build. Also since mobo is M-ATX i would change to a fractal design core 1000 case, it should be available very soon at scan. Its around the same price range.

Fractal can be seen here

http://www.fractal-design.com/?view=product&category=2&prod=61

Also if you all worry the PSU is made by FSP, a respected brand as can be seen here.

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page1354.htm

NEW Asus M5A78L-M LX, AMD 760G, AM3+, PCI-E (x16), DDR3 1866(OC), SATA 3Gb/s, RAID, mATX, VGA

£42.94 inc VAT

HOT SELLER AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition, S AM3, 3.4GHz, 8MB Cache, 125W, Retail

£99.55 inc VAT

HOT SELLER Coolermaster Elite 430, Black, Mid Tower Case with side Window 120mm Front LED Blue Fan, w/o PSU

£33.58 inc VAT

HOT SELLER 4GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.65V

£34.99 inc VAT

530W Be Quiet BN106 Pure Power L7, 80 PLUS, SLI/CrossFire, 120mm Fan, Dual Rail, ATX12V v2.3

£41.99 inc VAT

HOT SELLER Be Quiet! Dark Rock Advanced BK014 CPU Cooler LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM2+/ AM3/754/940

£40.78 inc VAT

1GB MSI GTX 550 Ti OC, 40nm, 4300MHz GDDR5, GPU 950MHz, Shader 1900MHz, 192 Cores, DL DVI-I/ mHDMI

£102.66 inc VAT

HOT SELLER 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX Caviar Blue, SATA 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache, 8ms

£29.27 inc VAT

NEW HOT SELLER LiteOn IHAS122-18 22x DVD±R, 8x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, DVD-RAM x12, SATA, Black, OEM

£13.91 inc VAT

Sub Total (inc VAT)

Delivery Charge

£439.67

£16.78

Checkout

Total (inc VAT)

£456.45

 

[Karlos_the_n00b]

I'd try and scrap another 20 notes togeather and go for a 6870 from Aria instead of a 550 which also comes with 2 games but thats still a good rig for the money mate

Thumbs up from me

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...+of+Pripyat+&+Shogun+2+Games+?productId=44533