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Tongeyy

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I have roughly £350 to build a gaming pc and I have 3 options between cpu and gpu:

Option 1 - core i3 and MSI 6670 (upgrade to a 7770 when money is available)

Option 2 - Pentium g2120 and XFX 7750 (upgrade to core i3)

Option 3 - 5800k with 8 gigs of ram

Games I will most play will be Skyrim, Minecraft, MMOs and BF3.

PLEASE NOTE my screen is 720p at the moment so can a 6670 handle this?? Also I will be getting a higher resolution monitor soon.

Also, please dont say stuff like 'Just save up and get an i5+ 7850 because I need the PC now on this budget.

Thanks
 
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JRAtk94
the 760k would be better for gaming, because it's a quad-core. the i3 won't be good for gaming soon, since PC gaming is starting to shift primarily to quad-cores.
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See if you can get a HD 7730 instead - it's better than the 6670, but costs around the same. They're quite hard to find in the UK though, at a decent price (some stores sell them for the same price as a HD 7750 :sarcastic:).

Personally, I'd go with the Pentium with the 7750, then upgrade to an i5 later on - upgrading to an i3 isn't a great idea, because dual-cores are getting insufficient for gaming.

However, you're probably better off building an AMD-based system rather than Intel, considering your budget. I know Intel is nice to have, but on a budget like that, you can't really do it in a viable way.
 
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Sangeet Khatri

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Lets see.. for 350 pounds you can build this beast right here. I mean it is better than everything you selected. Isn't it?
If you want a good gaming rig for that budget and this is the one you should go for. It is a very good build for 350 dollars.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£58.50 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard (£45.30 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£40.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£48.12 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card (£80.50 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£34.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £346.37
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-06 14:38 BST+0100)

I hope this helps. Take a look at the build and tell me what are your opinions on it and it that good for you. Your feedback would be appreciated.
 
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So perhaps an Athlon x4 760k (its basically a 5800k without the gpu) and 7730? The only problem is there is not much better you can upgrade on an FM2 socket cpu. Would this combo perhaps beat the pentium + 7750 option? Thanks again
 
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Thanks but I'll need an OS and a DVD drive to install it haha. Would perhaps a 750k and a 6670/7730 with 4 gigs instead do the trick for 720p games??



 
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Sangeet Khatri

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Okay, so this was the cheapest possible I was able to fit into your budget, actually I am 15 pounds above the budget, but you should not go any lower than this. I mean this is a really good build for the price. The components are reliable and you can easily bump up the RAM to 8GB anytime you feel like, hence you should be really good with this build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£58.50 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75MA-P33 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard (£38.63 @ Aria PC)
Memory: GeIL Value PLUS 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£19.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.39 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 7750 1GB Video Card (£69.90 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£19.14 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£13.02 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.59 @ Aria PC)
Total: £365.14
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-06 15:46 BST+0100)

I hope this helps. I would love to hear your opinions on it.
 
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