UK Mid Range Gaming - £600-700

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So im looking to build a good gaming rig.

I want it to run most games in HD , I have nothing so far. I could do with everything fitting into this budget.

Can anyone give me a good solid build including monitor keyboard and mouse for around this price?

Is this budget enough to run most games on HD ? Im more interested in titles such as MMO,s and MOBA's.League of Legends in my main game.

Maybe the odd FPS.

Please help I want to order my parts and get this RIG going :) thanks

I came up with this:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1prWk

maybe im spending money in the wrong places or am spending on a part which you can improve for less? any help is greatly appreciated.I dont have any peripherals in this , or monitor :/
 
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You don't need that cooler - the 3350p can't be overclocked, so the stock Intel one will be fine.

Sticking to MicroATX over ATX might be better as well, to reduce the cost.

To cut the costs even further, using a B75 chipset motherboard instead of H77 is an option.

Go for a Western Digital Caviar Blue, or a Seagate Barracuda for the HDD.

Go for a Corsair or XFX PSU - they're cheaper than Antec, but still good quality, arguably better.

If you need Wi-Fi, a cheaper adaptor is an option, or buying a motherboard with integrated Wi-Fi, such as the gigabyte GA-H77N-Wifi, which costs £85, which sounds expensive, but is cheaper than buying a wi-fi card for a different motherboard. The Gigabyte Motherboard is Mini-ITX, however.

 
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Try this -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3330 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£131.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H77N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1155 Motherboard (£85.97 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£52.00 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.59 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card (£150.96 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master NSE-200-KKN1 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£32.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£35.56 @ Dabs)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£68.39 @ Aria PC)
Total: £603.45

Leaves you about £100 for a monitor.
 
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To be honest, the motherboard doesn't really make a difference when it comes to gaming. There's not really such thing as a "good gaming motherboard". There is such thing as a good overclocking motherboard, but not gaming. I suppose MOSFET heatsinks are nice to have, but don't really make a difference when it comes to gaming.

If you buy a cheaper motherboard, you can invest more into a better CPU or GPU, which will affect gaming much more than a more expensive motherboard.
 
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JTAtk94 can you possibly build me the best PC you would make yourself if you were building for under 600 ? I would really appreciate it , its strictly for gaming and surfing the net :)
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3330 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£131.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H77N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1155 Motherboard (£85.97 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£52.00 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.59 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card (£139.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master NSE-200-KKN1 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£32.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£35.56 @ Dabs)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£68.39 @ Aria PC)
Total: £592.48

There you go. Same as the last one, but with a cheaper GPU. :p
 
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will it all fit into that case and will my performance be good on most games ? future proof ?or ? and also will it still be easy to install my components this is my first build ever

oh and will it be cool enough :p
 
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Again, personal preference. The 3350p is slightly more powerful, and usually only about £3 to £5 more. It doesn't have an integrated graphics chip though, meaning that if your GPU dies, you can't use your PC until you get a new GPU. For these reasons, I'd take the 3330 over the 3350p. If you have a spare GPU knocking around, it's safe to buy the 3350p (if your GPU dies, you can just use your spare one).
 
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Hey i saw post thought give my thoughts on your build

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1q2ak

that is a link of your build but modified. Firstly i believe it is worth extra £30 for you to go up to a 3570k especially for gaming that overclocking ability can really boost the performance with heatsink you choose.

Secondly I changed your motherboard to similar price ATX board still Asus though and a good board. I also changed your ram to 1 stick corsair of XMS which is nice ram and with 1 stick slightly better lantency, it is worth noting the ram you choose says £38 on pc part picker but when you veiw it ccl computer it is a dead link, which makes amazon the next cheapest at £60 so i saved you money but choosing xms ram.

Lastly i changed you powersupply to a 600watt for same price as that 520 for some extra headroom.

it slightly more exsenpsive build but i picked parts i trust and know to be good I have can also link to my build to give an idea of what i use.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

worth noting i use a £280 customer waterloop from OcUK there expert kit. I hope this gives you some ideas
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£179.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£80.63 @ Aria PC)
Memory: PNY XLR8 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£37.92 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£65.00 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (£185.75 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 370 ATX Mid Tower Case (£25.61 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.86 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£12.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£68.39 @ Aria PC)
Total: £706.14
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-09 21:27 BST+0100)
 
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