is this a good gaming system for the price ?

[doglad12]

2nd Generation Intel® Core? i3 2120 3.3GHz Socket LGA1155 - Retail.



Novatech Prowler Midi Case V2



Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2PV Intel H61 (Socket 1155) Motherboard



Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 16MB Cache Hard Drive SATA 6Gb/s <8.9ms 7200rpm - OEM



Novatech 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit



Novatech PowerStation Gaming 400W Silent ATX2 Modular Power Supply



MSI AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB GDDR5

£344.88

i am building this rig for a friend he wants a really cheap system good enough to play games at medium hes not much of a graphics nut and the only demanding he will play is bf3​

his budget is 350 so this is what i came up with.​

i was just wondering if this is a good starter system for him.

 

[seumasbeathan]

Yeah that is a pretty good system, although you will want to get a better power supply, here is a corsair 600w unit for only £20 more - http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/powersupplies/cmpsu-600cxv2uk.html

 

[AverageNinja]

That's pretty good! But as Seumasbeathan said, you might want to invest in a better PSU

 

[jamesriley94]

BF3 will really struggle on that.

For a £350 budget I dont really know what else to suggest though. I couldnt do much better for £350 but at the same time I wouldnt even try to build a gaming system for that.

Only advice i could say would be go for an AMD, maybe phenom or llano build, save money on the cpu and then upgrade the graphics to a 7770 or a 6850/6870, but that may break the budget limit.

Also, the psu probably wouldnt be enough, and I wouldnt ever use an unbranded one. Other than look for second hand parts on ebay, I dont know what to suggest

 

[doglad12]

thx for the advice on the psu ill have to see if my friend can squeeze out the extra 20.

 

[doglad12]

i found a 6850 for 90 pounds ill use that instead of a 6770 ill use some of my own money to stretch the budget to 400 which is kinda hard to do since i am only 14

 

[seumasbeathan]

A 6770 should manage fine on med settings on Battlefield 3

EDIT - I meant 6770 not 5770

 

[doglad12]

would a 5770 be better than a 6850 ?

 

[jamesriley94]

No, a 5770 is exactly the same chip as a 6770, just rebranded. the 6850 is a step up from that, but it wont make that much difference.

 

[seumasbeathan]

A 6850 is better than a 5770 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/538?vs=539

 

[Jadarite]

This would be my suggestion to you for this build

　

Best Value 777 T-BIRD-Blue Gaming Case (No PSU) £20.98

OEM-777-T-BIRD-BLUE

Corsair 600W Builder Series CX V2 ATX PSU £49.99

CMPSU-600CXV2UK

Gigabyte Z77-DS3H S1155 Intel Z77 DDR3 ATX £69.99

GA-Z77-DS3H

Intel Core i5-3450S S1155 2.8GHz 6MB £143.98

BX80637I53450S

Western Digital 500GB Caviar Blue 7200RPM 16MB SATA 6Gb/s £56.98

WD5000AAKX

Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) HyperX DDR3 1600MHz DIMM XMP X2 CL9 (Genesis Special Edition Grey) £21.99

KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX

Delivery costs £1.26

with discount of £10

Total £355.17

Dont forget that 3rd gen i5's give you HD2500 graphics which is good for low seting

 

[jamesriley94]

This would be my suggestion to you for this build

　

Best Value 777 T-BIRD-Blue Gaming Case (No PSU) £20.98

OEM-777-T-BIRD-BLUE

Corsair 600W Builder Series CX V2 ATX PSU £49.99

CMPSU-600CXV2UK

Gigabyte Z77-DS3H S1155 Intel Z77 DDR3 ATX £69.99

GA-Z77-DS3H

Intel Core i5-3450S S1155 2.8GHz 6MB £143.98

BX80637I53450S

Western Digital 500GB Caviar Blue 7200RPM 16MB SATA 6Gb/s £56.98

WD5000AAKX

Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) HyperX DDR3 1600MHz DIMM XMP X2 CL9 (Genesis Special Edition Grey) £21.99

KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX

Delivery costs £1.26

with discount of £10

Total £355.17

Dont forget that 3rd gen i5's give you HD2500 graphics which is good for low seting

No way - you'd never get away with BF3 on intergrated graphics...

 

[seumasbeathan]

This would be my suggestion to you for this build

　

Best Value 777 T-BIRD-Blue Gaming Case (No PSU) £20.98

OEM-777-T-BIRD-BLUE

Corsair 600W Builder Series CX V2 ATX PSU £49.99

CMPSU-600CXV2UK

Gigabyte Z77-DS3H S1155 Intel Z77 DDR3 ATX £69.99

GA-Z77-DS3H

Intel Core i5-3450S S1155 2.8GHz 6MB £143.98

BX80637I53450S

Western Digital 500GB Caviar Blue 7200RPM 16MB SATA 6Gb/s £56.98

WD5000AAKX

Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) HyperX DDR3 1600MHz DIMM XMP X2 CL9 (Genesis Special Edition Grey) £21.99

KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX

Delivery costs £1.26

with discount of £10

Total £355.17

Dont forget that 3rd gen i5's give you HD2500 graphics which is good for low seting

Very good system, but his friend said that it needs to play battleifeld 3 at med settings

 

[PetrolHead247]

Yeah you'd struggle soooo much with BF3 with HD2500 graphics, i'd defo stick with the OP's build now he said he's gonna opt for a 6850

 

[Jadarite]

No way - you'd never get away with BF3 on intergrated graphics...

Very good system, but his friend said that it needs to play battleifeld 3 at med settings

I'd be very surprise if you could build a system for £350 that could that said if you had a budget of £400 then you could add a Asus GeForce GT 630 810MHz 2GB PCI-Express HDMI to the build list i have posted

[media]http://youtu.be/mgIVgJaoJpk[/media]​

http://youtu.be/Tehncg_tFbo​

 

[seumasbeathan]

A 6770 can play it a at med settings and get about 40fps

 

[SavageCupcake]

if hes not playing at 1080p then the 6770 should handle it well as my firends 6770 plays it at medium/ high at 780p

. i used to have an i3 before the 2500k and it handles bf3 fine

just change the psu and your fine

had a lot of friend have pc's die due to crappy psus.

 

[AverageNinja]

i found a 6850 for 90 pounds ill use that instead of a 6770 ill use some of my own money to stretch the budget to 400 which is kinda hard to do since i am only 14

Ah, good to see that I'm not the youngest member around here

But you should absolutely go for the 6850

 

[doglad12]

one thing i didnt mention is my friend will be playing at 1366x768 resolution.

 

[seumasbeathan]

one thing i didnt mention is my friend will be playing at 1366x768 resolution.

Well then a 5770 should be more than enough