Gaming PC budget €500-600

Kevnaylor

I need some advice on the components to buy for a good Gaming PC this will be my first build some i am still unsure what i need. I want to spend between €450-550 but would be willing to pay €600. I want something that could play games like skyrim with a reasonable high FPS any advice would be great

1. What is your budget? 450-600

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming[Skyrim, Arkham city] and in the future video and photo editing

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? No

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? N0

5. Do you need a monitor? No

5a. If yes, what size do you need. N/A

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? 1366 x 768 maybe

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? I need keyboard/wireless card

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? Probably not

8. How can you pay? Credit Card

9. When are you purchasing? As soon as possible

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? I shouldnt need help

Procrastastudy

Item|Price
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€37.24
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 450W|€42.18
Intel Core i3-2120 Box, LGA1155|€113.29
BitFenix Merc Beta|€33.20
Club 3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen, 1GB GDDR5|€199.49
ASRock B75 Pro3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€72.07
Toshiba DT01ACA Series 500GB, SATA 6Gb/s|€60.71
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€577.17

Every cent makes a difference at this budget so have a look at each component and see if a fiver will get you more - HDD is a great example of where a few quid will get you double.

Thats a very low resolution so you could come down on the GPU to a 6850. That siad a 20" 1680 x 1050 monitor second hand are peanuts. a 7850 will max out Skyrim at 1680x1050.

Kevnaylor

GCDLawstudent wrote: »

Item|Price
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€37.24
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 450W|€42.18
Intel Core i3-2120 Box, LGA1155|€113.29
BitFenix Merc Beta|€33.20
Club 3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen, 1GB GDDR5|€199.49
ASRock B75 Pro3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€72.07
Toshiba DT01ACA Series 500GB, SATA 6Gb/s|€60.71
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€577.17

Every cent makes a difference at this budget so have a look at each component and see if a fiver will get you more - HDD is a great example of where a few quid will get you double.

Thats a very low resolution so you could come down on the GPU to a 6850. That siad a 20" 1680 x 1050 monitor second hand are peanuts. a 7850 will max out Skyrim at 1680x1050.

Thanks for the suggestions Here is what i am going to get
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 450W
ASRock B75 Pro3, Sockel 1155, ATX
BitFenix Merc Beta
Toshiba DT01ACA Series 500GB, SATA 6Gb/s

But i have decided to go for XFX Radeon HD 7750 Black Edition, 1GB GDDR5 rather then the Club 3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen, 1GB GDDR5 to give me more money to spend on a heatsink fan.
and i am unsure whether to get the Intel core i3 2120 or the 2120t version.

One last think what do i need for wireless internet

Monotype

There's an enormous difference between the 7750 and the 7850. You don't need a heatsink for your CPU, there's one in the box. Not an especially good one in terms of noise, but it's not essential to spend money here.
If you want to chop off some money there's a few reasonably okay H61 boards for cheaper. Not as good as the one above, but you won't be overclocking anyway, and you still get a few SATA 6Gbps ports and USB3.

http://www2.hardwareversand.de/DDR3/50849/MSI+H61MA-E35+(B3)%2C+Intel+H61%2C+mATX%2C+DDR3.article
http://www2.hardwareversand.de/DDR3/46918/ASRock+H61M+U3S3+(B3)%2C+Sockel+1155%2C+mATX.article

If you thought that you'd like to upgrade, you could spend more and get a Z77 board now and upgrade to an overclockable CPU later on.

The 2120T is just a lower voltage, more power efficient one - i.e., slower.

Wireless:
http://www2.hardwareversand.de/PCI-Express/30773/TP-Link+TL-WN781N%2C+150Mbps%2C+PCIe+x1.article

You'd be better off with homeplugs though:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-PA211KIT-200Mbps-Powerline-Ethernet/dp/B004INVKP4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343946404&sr=8-1

Proper wired connection is the best though.

I've heard that Toshiba drives weren't the best for reliability, although I've never really looked into them much - I suppose they can't be much worse than others.

Kevnaylor

How good is hardwareversand is it trustwothy

Procrastastudy

Yes but don't use the assembly service.

Kevnaylor

how long would delivery be?

Procrastastudy

Not sure heard reports from 2 - 17 days. They have an odd way of taking payment though bank transfer. I dunno Germans...

omerin

GCDLawstudent wrote: »

Yes but don't use the assembly service.

Why, I did and no problems

Procrastastudy

omerin wrote: »

Why, I did and no problems

Firstly offer any of the lads here €20 they'll build it to a much better standard, install the OS and show you where you can get an unlimited supply of free po... potential. Most would do that for free

Second a fair few reports of damage in transit - basic physics to be fair to HWVS

Thirdly - its good for you to build it yourself!