£400-450 GTX 660 build?

Lord Cameron

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Hey Tom's hardware,

Is it possible to build a GTX 660 (or radeon 7870) machine for £400-450? I don't need anything but the PC itself.

If not what would be the best build for my budget, that would run games such as ARMA 3, DayZ Standalone, BF3 and next gen titles? Or is it simply not possible?

Also I'm going to be adding non-essential things such as SSDs later on.


Thanks
 

Kurifox

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor (£99.59 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£22.85 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£50.97 @ Dabs)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£48.36 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB Video Card (£130.00 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 370 ATX Mid Tower Case (£25.61 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£34.99 @ Maplin Electronics)
Total: £471.37
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-09 17:10 BST+0100)

I could not possibly find a way to place a 660 here, but you get a 650ti boost, wich is a beast card.
The fx6350 is preety good (i really wanted the i5 but + the mobo would be 80pounds more)
8gigs is plenty and with this build you should play anything at high settings without a problem, its a fantastic card.