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BUILD Request - Gaming PC - Budget of $850 / £500

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June 20, 2014 3:01:18 AM

Hello, I only know the very basics of PC components such as RAM and Hard drives etc. However, I know nothing about compatibility and whatnot.

Anyway, this is the first time I will be building a PC and I need some recommendations and if anyone could build a PC with the following requirements that would be great help.

Information:

    - I live in the UK
    - I tend to play a lot of games. I would like to play games such as DayZ, Battlefield etc. at high frame frame rates and high quality.
    - I multitask a lot. I tend to download / watch videos and play games at the same time.
    - I use my PC for school work as well such as programming / general essay writing etc.
    - Surfing the internet.

More about : build request gaming budget 850 500

a b 4 Gaming
June 20, 2014 3:15:54 AM

do you need a monitor and OS and any other peripherals?
preference on intel or AMD?
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a b 4 Gaming
June 20, 2014 3:19:25 AM

Check this build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£152.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£78.92 @ PC World Business)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£209.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£63.72 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£79.89 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £718.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-20 11:19 BST+0100
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June 20, 2014 3:21:27 AM

Budget £500/$850 in title
That budget won't get you far in high quality settings of battlfield, though would suffice for lower quality settings of gaming and ofourse multitask demanding general use
I am in the UK too, try this pc configurator http://www.overclockers.co.uk/syscon_int.php?prodid=FS-...
Opt for an Intel Core i5 cpu, cpu cooler other than stock, Radeon R7 250 GPU, 8bg RAM, 1TB SATA HDD, H81M-A motherboard, it will keep you under £500 and give great performance. Then ofcourse you can shop around different websites/stores for price comparisons, once you have a build set/know all your parts needed, to suit your budget
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June 20, 2014 3:23:15 AM

EasyLover said:
Check this build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£152.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£78.92 @ PC World Business)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£209.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£63.72 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£79.89 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £718.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-20 11:19 BST+0100


Have not yet learnt to use this format of posting a build, but for starters, it's £220 over budget of £500
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a c 283 4 Gaming
June 20, 2014 3:23:45 AM

Or try PartPicker UK per EasyLover
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June 20, 2014 3:31:43 AM

My apologies, I forgot to mention

I don't need an operating system as I already have a copy of Windows 8. I also don't need mouse / keyboard, but I do need a monitor.

I don't mind intel or AMD.
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a b 4 Gaming
June 20, 2014 3:32:07 AM

chris_shadez said:
EasyLover said:
Check this build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£152.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£78.92 @ PC World Business)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£209.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£63.72 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£79.89 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £718.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-20 11:19 BST+0100


Have not yet learnt to use this format of posting a build, but for starters, it's £220 over budget of £500


Sorry, My bad. use this website pcpartpicker.com to post such builds
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a b 4 Gaming
June 20, 2014 3:37:17 AM

Very tough with monitor. I've tried to stick with the budget but couldn't

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£127.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£62.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£127.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.00 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Monitor: AOC E2060SWDA 60Hz 19.5" Monitor (£79.49 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £564.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-20 11:36 BST+0100
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a c 283 4 Gaming
June 20, 2014 3:41:05 AM

Rather a 500W+ psu eg XFX 550W - more headroom.

Everything else needs more budget.
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a b 4 Gaming
June 20, 2014 3:52:39 AM

Agreed with i7Baby. Very difficult to give such a tight budget build including monitor. I've to change the ATX form factor to microATX even then the build crossed the 500 budget.
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a b 4 Gaming
June 20, 2014 4:33:26 AM

There is hardly 3-4 pund difference between 500GB and 1TB. You'll not be benefited here. Even with R7 260x the build is over your budget with the difference of 9 pounds.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£127.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£62.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X 1GB Video Card (£84.16 @ CCL Computers)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.00 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Monitor: Hannspree HL205ABB 60Hz 19.5" Monitor (£67.82 @ Aria PC)
Total: £509.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-20 12:32 BST+0100
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June 20, 2014 5:53:19 AM

dasulman said:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/kYCvqs
£10 over but such overclocks and future crossfire.
also 24' 2ms monitor at 1080p


You've made a major downgrade here in CPU from the quadcore i5 down to a dual core @( hence the price achieved compared to all other posted attempts
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a b 4 Gaming
June 20, 2014 7:08:30 PM

Dear,

If the OP gets i5 with 9 pounds more than his budget then OP must consider the build.
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