Recommended budget - gaming pc?

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Hi guys, it's me again! I'm sure you all absolutely love my boring questions but still, I'm going to keep asking them until somebody tells me to shut up!

Anyway, on to the actual question! How high do you think my budget should be for an average gaming PC? (in GBP if possible please). Thanks in advance if you choose to answer my question. :D
 
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[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1LUHY) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1LUHY/by_merchant/) / [Benchmarks](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1LUHY/benchmarks/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd6300wmhkbox) | $119.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-970ag43) | $72.91 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cml8gx3m2a1866c9b) | $64.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard...
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Nope
Yep
Yep
medium/high is absolutely fine
The computer? No.
Not really.

Any others?

 
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Build nr.1

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1LUHY) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1LUHY/by_merchant/) / [Benchmarks](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1LUHY/benchmarks/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd6300wmhkbox) | $119.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-970ag43) | $72.91 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cml8gx3m2a1866c9b) | $64.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd1002faex) | $84.98 @ Outlet PC
**Video Card** | [Asus Radeon HD 7790 1GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-hd7790dc2oc1gd5) | $113.98 @ Newegg
**Case** | [Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-case-rc431pkwn2) | $34.00 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** | [Corsair CX 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx500m) | $35.99 @ Newegg
**Optical Drive** | [Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-optical-drive-drw24b1stblkbas) | $18.49 @ Amazon
**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-gfc02050) | $85.87 @ Outlet PC
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $611.20
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-07 11:30 EDT-0400 |

This is a great build which should be just sufficient for you needs, it can be further cut down if you go with a caviar blue or barracuda instead of caviar black but since you don't have an SSD the slowest part in this build will be unfortunately the HDD so that's why i went with the better one. The performance boost isn't noticable but it might be more futureproof but i'm not sure. Would be bad to get a new HDD just because the old one got slow. You can however get a caviar blue or a barracuda one one if you think of upgrading with an SSD in the future, so that way you can use the blue one as storing data that isn't being used and OS, programs, apps and games or anything that you use.

Pros: Cheap, high price performance and perfect for lightweight gaming in high/ultra settings.

Cons: Won't work with ultra settings at stable fps on latest high demanding games such as Metro: last light or BF4.
I don't know about the build quality on the components but it's not a 7 year future proof build as what I can say at least because something will surely fail after a long period of time.
 
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MrCommand

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Thank you very much but I have one final question. What do you mean by "lightweight gaming"?
 
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Digestive97

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($72.91 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($153.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Zalman Z9 ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.49 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($85.87 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $739.18
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-07 11:49 EDT-0400)

For a normal budget around 700-800$ which is pretty standard as of today then i strongly suggest build that look similar to this one.
If invested really well you can afford to get an SSD with the build but build around 700-800$ are most p/p when you overclock them to make them feel like an 1200$ and the SSD will help boost that feeling alot. BUT! Since you won't be overclocking this build be not the best example and less ideal to you. So yea you should be looking for a build like the one i showed before for a cheaper price.

Pros: High p/p, good budget range for gaming builds(IMO), you get what you pay for: Performance, stability and quality.

Cons: No OC which is preferred by most people but is not essential but good for squeezing some extra speed juice out of your CPU.

 
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Digestive97

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That is unfortunataly true but for his needs it should be sufficient. He won't OC on the motherboard so it's no need for him to go with the 100$ ones, I know the MSI one is shit but he saves alot of money on it instead of going with a better one. I'd recommend Asus m5a97 r2.0 or the Gigabyte ga-970a-ud3 if he was overclocking. If you find a better one feel free to show.
I have the CX600m and it has worked just fine and dandy on me but maybe that has to do with me living in Sweden there are different models of the same PSU so the cx500 might be a different version. But not all CX ones are bad but mostly the line is overall bad. It's very cheap though which is it's BIG pro.

 
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This is a much better build. change the GPU to a 7950 for $20 more and get a case from a store that ships things. Microcenter is in-store only.
 
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The 7870 XT is basically a 7900 series card or as you could say a 7930-7950 dunno why they didn't name it 7930 though. It's just as a 7950 because it has same features and technology as the 7950 except that it has less VRAM, bandwidth and lower memory bus. But the diffrence isn't that big. In terms of gaming performance they should be about equal they both have their pros and cons but i dont believe it's worth the extra 20$ infact the 7870xt might be even better when clocked at a really high speeds but that prob puts the fans on 100% so it might be really noisy. But if you have the money i'd recommend the 7950 but if you want to stick to the budget 7870xt is just perfect. Either way there both on a $30 discount and both include 2 free games so it's a really good deal if you ask me.

EDIT: I forgot to mention there is no big noticable difference btw the 2 cards because both work just as good on a (ATTENTION)|||||||1080x920p||||||| RESOLUTION. The BIG question is are you willing to pay 3GB instead of 2GB vram by adding 20$ which is the only thing you should really be concerned about with theese card as all the other things are just minor differences that don't really matter. There both 7900 cards one a 7930 2gb boost and the other one a 7950 3gb(Yes from now on I am going to call it 7930 and not a 7870 XT edition because it really is the same as a 7900 card). So it's more about which resolution you run at. If you're going to be playing BF4 which is heavily AMD optimized compared to the prior NVIDIA optimized BF3 then the 3gb is going to be an better option. Am i talking to much?
 
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