£575 Budget PC

Bassi

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Approximate Purchase Date: End of this week

Budget Range: £575

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Primarily for gaming.

Are you buying a monitor: No


Parts to Upgrade: Everything apart from case (Zalman z11 Plus)

Do you need to buy OS: No

Location: City, State/Region, Country - England

Parts Preferences: Any

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Preferably not

Your Monitor Resolution:1680x1050

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My current computer doesn't even have a separate graphics card.

The budget is not a solid one, if anything excels in performance I am willing to pay up to £600 but would not prefer it. I have been looking at parts and currently a FX6300 plus gtx 760 looks like the best option. Since I am in England it would be good for you to use uk.pcpartpicker.com. Also how long would you expect this build to last (1650x1080 High Settings/Medium Settings)? Could you also point out any "special" things about your components. I thank you in advanced.
 

chulex67

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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1n30d
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1n30d/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1n30d/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£71.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£65.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.97 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£65.00 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£197.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£58.66 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £518.55
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-01 16:12 BST+0100)

You can go and use the heatsink of the FX 6300 for a while and pick a gaming keyboard and mouse. this build is supossed to max anything at that resolution.
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£116.39 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£22.85 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£65.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.96 @ Dabs)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£44.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£206.15 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.86 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £564.19
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-01 16:17 BST+0100)

Get this built
 

ps3hacker12

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.93 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£71.96 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: PNY XLR8 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£37.92 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£44.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£194.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£49.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer (£12.97 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £587.74
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-01 16:19 BST+0100)

You could possibly get more from an FX6300 based system, ill post one of them later too.

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AMD based rig:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£71.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 PRO3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£56.59 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: PNY XLR8 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£37.92 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£44.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card (£279.95 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£58.66 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £550.05
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-01 16:25 BST+0100)

Its got a 7970 rather than a GTX760:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/770?vs=854

If you want to OC, a nice cooler like this would help:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2

Be sure to check if it will fit in your case first though.
 
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