£500 Budget Gaming PC | First Build!

Discussion in 'Console & PC Gaming' started by Jayden, Jul 29, 2012.

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  1. Jayden Active Member

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    Hey everyone!

    I need help with my first gaming PC Build so that I am able to run games like Team Fortress, CoD MW3, MineCraft etc on Med/High all in under a budget of £500.

    This is what I have so far:

    Motherboard: ASUS M5A99X
    £105.10

    Graphics Card: NVIDIA GTX 560 Ti
    £129

    Hard Drive: 1TB Seagate Barracuda SATA3
    £56.55

    Power Supply: Xigmatek 600W
    £36

    RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB 2x4
    £36.99

    Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 645 Quad Core AM3
    £99.99

    Optical Drive: 22x DVD+RW
    £11.94

    Case: Zalman Z11 Plus
    £51.75

    I think I may have gone over budget, I think I have everything there is. If there isn't then please let me know
    Jayden, Jul 29, 2012
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  2. samw40 Well-Known Member

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    You went about 10-30 over (don't feel like counting lol, too early in the morning). It looks pretty good.
    samw40, Jul 29, 2012
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  3. Cwazywazy Well-Known Member

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    the total is 527.32...
    Cwazywazy, Jul 29, 2012
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  4. pineapple juice Well-Known Member

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    If you're only going to be playing the games you listed, you could cut back on the GPU and get a 6850 or a GTX 560 (non ti).
    pineapple juice, Jul 29, 2012
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  5. samw40 Well-Known Member

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    Or you could just skip the power supply and buy a hamster to power it. That'll put you under $500.
    samw40, Jul 29, 2012
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  6. Jayden Active Member

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    What would a hamster do?
    Jayden, Jul 29, 2012
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  7. Will3942 Member

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    Please, this is another one of your Gaming PC threads.

    Anyway, I would go Intel. i3 if you need something cheap but good. A nice Gigabyte motherboard (I believe they're fairly cheap). A 560 (Non-ti) if you want the games listed. Ti to play BF3 on Ultra.

    Hold on and I'll make a pricelist.
    Will3942, Jul 29, 2012
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  8. Will3942 Member

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    Intel i3-2100 Quad-Core - £89.37 (Amazon)

    Palit GTX 560 Ti - £129 (wherever you found it for that)
    Gigabyte XKT-1155 Z68AP-D3 Motherboard: £71.57 (Amazon)

    Xigmatek 600W (wherever you found it) - £36
    1TB Seagate Barracuda SATA3 - £56.55
    Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 XMS3 8GB - £36.51

    22x DVD+RW - (the one you listed) £11.94
    Case: Zalman Z11 Plus - (the one you listed) £51.75

    Total: ~£483

    There...under budget :)
    Will3942, Jul 29, 2012
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  9. XxRedRumxX Well-Known Member

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    spin a wheel that then provides electricity to the computer.
    XxRedRumxX, Jul 29, 2012
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  10. pineapple juice Well-Known Member

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    Quad-core i3s don't exist.
    pineapple juice, Jul 29, 2012
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