Good gaming PC for £600

Liamandrews

Commendable
Aug 8, 2016
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Looking to get a good gaming PC for £600 I already have a 248gb ssd and a copy of Windows 7 + all perphirals needed so basically just need a tower (this is £600gbp)

I'd like a see an Intel build and an and built with some funky graphic cards
 

logainofhades

Titan
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£165.85 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£65.93 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£34.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.75 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£199.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case (£24.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£69.49 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £600.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-09 15:16 BST+0100
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£177.90 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock B150M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£57.03 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£32.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.75 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£199.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£43.76 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Antec 550W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £600.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-09 15:55 BST+0100


Not really any point putting an amd build together mate when you can do a 6500 for your budget.

Should the sapphire nitro 480 4gb ever come in stock anywhere at £199 it would be a viable card instead of the 970.

 
how about a 6500 with an 8GB 480?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£177.90 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock B150M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£52.43 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£32.87 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.69 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB XXX OC Video Card (£227.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£23.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX XT 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£42.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £599.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-09 16:41 BST+0100