Gaming Rig (400 - 500 £)

[BubbaGump94]

hey

i was wondering what the best gaming rig would be, i have a budget of £400 - £500

either, pre built (if you can find), custome build, or i could build

 

[bogo663]

You see that search bar up there? Use it. Not wanting to be mean or anything, but ALOT of build suggestions have been previously answered for all price ranges. I suggest you search in USD though, seems to be the more popular currency used in this forum.

 

[stickmansam]

^ dude lives in the UK likely and pricing constantly fluctuates

I did not include an OS Run linux until you can save up to get windows 7 or raise your budget by 65 pounds to get windows 7, otherwise you compromise too much with the build and drop in terms of price perf

FX6300 over an i3 due to better overall performance (once you consider a wider range than the usually tested ones) and more "futureproof" and arguably better upgrade path with Steamroller (B75 with i5 cannot OC while the 8350 can OC on the 970 to reach i5 levels[debatable])
7870XT due to 7950/660ti like performance at a price cheaper than the regular 7870/660
1tb HDD (2tb is only 15 pounds more so consider that as well)
Quality PSU and case with USB 3 (not really more expensive than non USB 3 cases)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£95.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£51.78 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Patriot Intel Extreme Master, Limited Ed 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£36.23 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.00 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Club 3D Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card (£171.62 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Silverstone SST-RL01B-USB 3.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£35.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£35.28 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS90 DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Novatech)
Total: £491.05
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-20 07:00 GMT+0000)

In budget version with OS using an FX6300 but lower level mb (but similar level to the selected Intel one)
and a 7850 which is worse than 7870XT but can OC to reach 7870 levels
only a 500GB HDD

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£95.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Patriot Intel Extreme Master, Limited Ed 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£36.23 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.85 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card (£142.28 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Silverstone SST-RL01B-USB 3.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£35.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£35.28 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS90 DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Novatech)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£65.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £501.76
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-20 07:09 GMT+0000)

In budget version with OS using the i3
same 7850 and 500GB hdd

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor (£86.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B75MA-E33 Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£42.84 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Patriot Intel Extreme Master, Limited Ed 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£36.23 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.85 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card (£142.28 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Silverstone SST-RL01B-USB 3.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£35.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£35.28 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS90 DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Novatech)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£65.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £499.61
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-20 07:07 GMT+0000)