A question about gaming PC's

[Mr Green]

Is it possible to build a gaming PC for £500-£600?

[alphabetagamma]

I originally built my computer for 450 CAD and over the years spent another 250 on a GPU and some overpriced DDR2. It's worked great for me and I'm not thinking about replacing it for another year or so. It was never the best, but it was and is a good computer.

 

You won't get top of the line for £600, but with patience for sales and other deals you can get yourself something quite respectable.

[Lu]

Yes you can, the real question here is ''What's the best my money can get me?'' and for your budget it's quite decent... IWhere do you plan to buy the components?

[Mr Green]

I'm not sure which of these websites i should buy from:

overclockers

dabs

scan

can someone tell me which is best please?

[Lu]

Not sure about England but in the US newegg and amazon are the most used and some of the best.

[Mr Green]

I just found this guide:

http://www.geforce.com/Optimize/Guides/how-to-build-a-kick-ass-crysis-2-pc-for-under-600

Should i use this guide?

[BTGBullseye]

I just found this guide:

http://www.geforce.com/Optimize/Guides/how-to-build-a-kick-ass-crysis-2-pc-for-under-600

Should i use this guide?

Not exactly... There are better components out there for less. (like the 1155 chipset processors)

 

Give me a day or two, and I'll have a build for your budget.

[BTGBullseye]

Ok, here's a preliminary build for you...

 

Gigabyte H61 Socket 1155 Motherboard £59.67

 

Intel Core i5-2300 Processor £142.31

 

Asus GeForce GTX 550 Ti Video Card £98.74

 

Kingston 4GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM £17.99 (get 2, so £35.98)

 

WD 500GB 3.5" SATA 6Gb/s Caviar Blue Hard Drive £59.99

 

Casecom Black Mid Tower Case £19.98

 

CIT 550w Power supply £23.24

 

Samsung DVD burner £11.98

 

Total price is about £450.

 

 

Or you can get a better video card to increase the price...

 

Gainward GTX 560 2GB GDDR5 Video Card £174.89 (+£76)

 

Inno3D GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 Video Card £239.99 (+£141)