Gaming rig for under £600

[MiniIrv]

Hey people of OC3D Forums, like some other people these days, in this financial situation, i am on a budget of £600. I know its possible because i've watched TTL's video about budget systems. So i've been looking around and i figured out a system that i think might be okay, but i'm not sure, so i'm asking you guys will it be okay for gaming? List below;

Case; InWin BW135

CPU; Intel Core i3 2100

Motherboard; EVGA 120-SB-E682-KR

Ram; 4GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333Mhz

GPU; MSI 1GB 560

HDD; 500GB Seagate ST500DM002

PSU; 650W OCZ ZT Series

Total Price; £526.50

The list btw is parts from Scan. If there is anywhere better i could get them please say

Thanks peeps

Tim

 

[sheroo]

You could easily get away with a 500W PSU for that setup, and OCZ don't have the best rep for PSU build quality. Corsair or BeQuiet are worth a look.

 

[MiniIrv]

Changed the PSU to a 530W Be Quiet Pure Power L8 BN181 and GPU to 1280MB GTX 560 Ti (448 cores instead of 336)

Total Price; £558.76

Would that system be good enough to gaming?

 

[xdaax]

the graphics will probably more than enough.

what brand have you choosen?

530 watts should also be fine

 

[MiniIrv]

Also changed case to NZXT Source 210 Elite - because i like white

 

[sheroo]

Have you looked at the Z77 Motherboards? They are compatible with the i3 2100.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigabyte-ga-z77m-d3h-intel-z77-s-1155-ddr3-sata-6gb-s-sata-raid-pcie-30-d-sub-dvi-hdmi-micro-atx

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-p8z77-m-intel-z77-s-1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-pcie-30-%28x16%29-d-sub-%28vga%29-dvi-d-hdmi-micro-atx

If you went for the Gigabyte one, it would save you another £19. You'd then have enough left over to buy an SSD for a boot drive.

How about:-

500W Corsair Builder Series

Mushkin Chronos 60GB

 

[MiniIrv]

It's a Palit GPU

 

[Rastalovich]

Not a recommendation, but I messed on Scan for a bit and, seeing as I care very little for cases, I figured I'd match your components, and went over by 57p (despite taking out the Noctua I wanted), and reckon I'd get this, clock the living crap out of it - AND it'd play games magnificently.

.... of course there are bits missing from a full rig, I'd not even buy some of the bits, but you only spec'd 7 things, and I'd not sign my name against any of these components, it's just to see which I could melt first.

Spec me another... £100 and it'd rock ! lol