£50 1TB hardware recommendation for a gaming pc

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/hitachi-internal-hard-drive-hds721010cla332

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/toshiba-internal-hard-drive-dt01aca100

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10eucx

All reputable manufacturers.

They'll all perform roughly the same.

The first one is the cheapest one I believe.

For added speed, you could get an SSD to go with your HDD

if your budget allows.

Save the money and get a slower cheaper drive for mass storage and an SSD for games and OS.

Trust me it makes a difference

Because it's fun to spend 20GB of your 120GB SSD on the OS.

And then anywhere between 30-10GB on games. You'll soon be out of space surely ^^

If cost is a concern I would cut back on the CPU/GPU, perhaps use an APU instead. Most MBs nowdays include a network interface so I wouldn't be concerned. I'm not positive about the prices in the UK but a quick check shows £930 should buy some pretty decent hardware including HDD/SDD.

Or you could buy a 256GB SSD for not much more (relatively speaking) and not run into the problem. Or you could only use it for the most frequently used or resource intensive games. SSDs give a significantly different experience when it comes to computers.

So what's your budget exactly, for the entire setup?

Overkill on the CPU, CPU cooler, and paste. Unless your overclocking the stuff in the box is fine. For 1080 gaming a 7850 will do the job quite well. Looking through the HDs though I noticed that a lot of drives aren't listed, specifically a lot 5400 RPM drives, so you may want to go directly to Amazon or one of the others to see if you can get a better deal. Keeping most of the same components you can drop the price substantially and get a hefty system out of it.

[PCPartPicker part list](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1175o) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1175o/by_merchant/) / [Benchmarks](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1175o/benchmarks/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd6350frhkbox) | £100.39 @ Aria PC
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga990xaud3) | £91.06 @ CCL Computers
**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmz8gx3m1a1600c10b) | £36.58 @ Amazon UK
**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003) | £46.79 @ Aria PC
**Video Card** | [XFX Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-fx785acnjc) | £141.62 @ CCL Computers
**Case** | [Zalman Z9 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/zalman-case-z9plus) | £41.99 @ Novatech
**Power Supply** | [OCZ ZT 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/ocz-power-supply-oczzt650w) | £71.97 @ Dabs
**Optical Drive** | [Lite-On iHOS104-06 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/lite-on-optical-drive-ihos10406) | £22.98 @ Ebuyer
**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-gfc02050) | £65.99 @ Aria PC
**Monitor** | [Asus VE247H 23.6" Monitor](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-ve247h) | £139.97 @ Amazon UK
**Keyboard** | [Gigabyte GK-K6800 Wired Standard Keyboard](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-keyboard-gkk6800) | £8.50 @ Ebuyer
**Mouse** | [Logitech M505 Wireless Laser Mouse](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/logitech-mouse-910001326) | £14.99 @ Amazon UK
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | £782.83
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-29 22:46 BST+0100 |