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Subject: budget gaming pc
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frekaz0i 3.12.12 - 07:59pm
hi i have a 700quid budget for gaming pc can go maybe 800. will this function well for latest games on mid to high settings? never made one before any advice is really appreciated. already have mouse n keyboard. thanks. * +

frekaz0i 3.12.12 - 07:59pm
Intel Core i5 3570K Corsair Vengance 8GB DDR3 1333Mhz Intel Z77 Chipset Motherboard Gaming Tower Case 500W PSU ASUS GeForce GT 640 2048MB GDDR3 Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 16MB Cache Novatech Black 16x Internal DVD ROM Drive SATA - OEM 24 Widescreen LCD Monitor Full HD * +

brett82 3.12.12 - 08:58pm
gt640 is cr*p what brand is that 500w psu * +

frekaz0i 3.12.12 - 09:00pm
its a novatech i was thinking ov getting a barebones bundle * +

frekaz0i 3.12.12 - 09:04pm
wat gpu would u recommend? if its really worth it i can pay about 900 limit for the total an extra 200 shud make a reasonable difference * +

spartan2 3.12.12 - 10:14pm
i5 3570k about 170 quid. A decent Z77 motherboard is 100 quid. for example a Gigabyte Z77X-D3H is rather a good choice on a budget. You can get 8Gb of 1600mhz DDR3 for about 30 quid. Decent 1 terabyte drive is 60 quid. A good enough DVD writer is easily less than 15 quid these days. Good PSU is maybe 60 quid. Decent 24 inch monitor maybe 130. * +

r4id3n84 3.12.12 - 10:15pm
GTX 660 Minimum for medium-high settings on new titles, its worth it if ya play games like FarCry 3 - Batman Arkham City - Battlefield 3 - And so on.. I have the GTX 670 2Gb n its a Great card but over 100quid more than a GTX 660 * +

spartan2 3.12.12 - 10:27pm

@ spartan2 - 3.12.12 - 10:14pm
i5 3570k about 170 quid. A decent Z77 motherboard is 100 quid. for example a Gigabyte Z77X-D3H is rather a good choice on a budget. You can get 8Gb of 1600mhz DDR3 for about 30 quid. Decent 1 terabyte drive is 60 quid. A good enough DVD writer is easily less than 15 quid these days. Good PSU is maybe 60 quid. Decent 24 inch monitor maybe 130.

By my estimate that comes out around 565 quid and you'll need an OS, GPU and a case. Thats about 85 quid for standalone Win8. Thats 650 quid without a GPU or case. So lets say you spend 50 on a decent case, thats 700 quid. You can get a good graphics card for about 130 quid but here you do indeed get what you pay for. Total is like 830 quid. You could probably shave here and there but if you wanna take chunks off you'll want to downgrade parts. * +