Budget PC for the upcoming DayZ standalone.

[HarryFox]

Looking for some help creating a new gaming PC on a budget betwenn £500 and £600
As I am new to PC gaming I don't have any major knowledge on what components are compatible with each other and what will give me the best performance possible for the my budget.

Any help with a setup betwenn £500 and £600 would be greatly appreciated and this excludes the operating system, Thanks

 

[AMD Radeon]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£162.74 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro4-M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£69.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£35.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£67.80 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card (£130.54 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£31.12 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.98 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£12.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £585.37
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-03 17:57 GMT+0000)

those are the best you can get

here is the cheapest one lol

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor (£81.65 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H77MA-G43 Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£56.12 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£31.76 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£57.96 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card (£81.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Xigmatek Asgard II Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.31 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: XFX 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£12.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £389.73
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-03 17:57 GMT+0000)

 

[wanderer11]

If I was you I would take AMD's first build and drop to an i5-3470, drop the evo, upgrade the 7850. 7870, 660ti, etc.

 

[AMD Radeon]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H77M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£60.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£35.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£67.80 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card (£179.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£31.12 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.98 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£12.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £581.38
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-03 18:08 GMT+0000)

 

[HarryFox]

The first build is very similar to what I was looking for, would changing the GPU to an EVGA 2GB 650ti be a better option than the card you suggested as I was looking at it previously and it is a very similar price. Thanks for the replies.

 

[wanderer11]

The new build from AMD looks great to me. The 7870 is more powerful than a 650 ti.

 

[AMD Radeon]

650ti is worst than 7850...

for nvidia card, go at least gtx 660 or gtx 660 ti if you can afford it

gt 650 is only 128 bit card...

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

Also the 7850 is a good card if you are on a tight budget. I've got one in my system and it runs quite nicely.

 

[camohanna]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/vM6e
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/vM6e/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/vM6e/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B75MA-P45 Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£45.30 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£34.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.99 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card (£191.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Antec Three Hundred Two ATX Mid Tower Case (£51.97 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.98 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS90 DVD/CD Writer (£13.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £585.94
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-04 04:02 GMT+0000)