Gaming PC €600-€800

TheoremOreo

I'm looking to buy a good gaming PC that can run games like Left 4 Dead, Minecraft, Skyrim, half life, dead rising, etc. I was wondering where a good place to buy one or make my own but I'm kinda new this stuff so wouldn't know what to do when making one. I guess that's why I'm here. My budget is around €600 but I can go up to €800 if necessary. Thanks Also a laptop is more preferable but if the desktop can be wireless (I'm 3 rooms from the modem) then I would prefer desktop.

yoyo

Much better off building your own machine. Of course a Desktop can do wireless .
Moved to PC Building & Upgrading for ya where you'll get great advice.

Nick

Tij da feen

Answer these questions first so we know exactly what you need

TheoremOreo

1. What is your budget? [€500-€800]

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? [Gaming/Most Valve games, Amnesia, Skyrim, Deadrisings, maybe Black ops, etc)

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? [Yes]

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? (no)

5. Do you need a monitor? [Yes]

5a. If yes, what size do you need. [What ever size is suitable for gaming]

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future?

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? [Keyboard/Mouse/Speakers/wireless if it a desktop)

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? [Don't know what that is]

8. How can you pay? [Paypal]

9. When are you purchasing? [Next 3 months around]

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? [Cork, Baltimore, Lough Hyne.]

iDementia

it's best to start your build around the time you are planning to purchase. Alot can change in 3 months.

IrishMetalhead

Well here's what you could get now as a full set-up excluding the speakers and keybaord cause the monitor has builded in speakers which would probably be as good as a cheap pair and your better off buying your keyboard locally cause you'll want that to be in irish/uk qwerty layout, I also included there build service which means they'll build it for you so all you need to do is install Windows and the drivers:

Item|Price
Total build cost: €773.10 + €18.99 shipping
MSI B75MA-P45, Intel B75, mATX, DDR3|€57.56
Seagate Barracuda 7200 2000GB, SATA 6Gb/s|€102.63
Rechner - Zusammenbau|€20.00
Sapphire HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 PCI-Express|€118.89
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit (SB-Version)|€77.78
FRACTAL DESIGN Gehäuse Core 1000 black|€32.23
AOC e950Swda|€83.64
LiteOn iHAS122-18 schwarz SATA|€16.58
Gigabyte GM-M6880 Laser Gaming Maus|€10.49
4GB-Kit Corsair Vengeance schwarz PC3-12800U CL9|€25.49
LogiLink Wireless LAN 300 Mbps PCI Karte 802.11n 2T2R|€16.01
Intel Core i5-2320 Box, LGA1155|€156.53
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 550W|€55.27


I included a 2TB drive cause there pretty much the sweet spot for price per GB and felt it'd be a waste of money getting anything smaller altho if space isn't an issue say if you have an external HDD for storage I'd advice you to swap the 2TB HDD for a 128GB SSD cause there phenomenally fast and make a huge difference:
http://www1.hardwareversand.de/Solid-State-Disk/46110/Crucial+M4+128GB+SSD+6%2C4cm+%282%2C5%29.article

Of course alot will change between now and 3 months so we'll use this as a starting point and tweak along the way.

Edit: only noticed I added the wrong copy of Windows to the basket, heres the English version instead which only costs €10 more altho I think the other one can be installed in English aswell but I'm not 100% sure:
http://www1.hardwareversand.de/OEM-Software/29180/MS+Windows+7+Home+Premium+32bit+SB-Version+Englisch.article