DaveyMcB
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Will £500-600 buy my a good gaming PC that will stand the test of time? The monitor and other ancilliaries will all be bought separately.
Can you provide a link to a good gaming PC inmy budget? Thanks!
Answer
With all of this it will most likly lead to a total of $500 something and its also with in your budget too :D
Intel Core i3-2120 CPU/Processor
Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 Motherboard
Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 Graphics Card
PNY Optima 4GB RAM
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB Hard Drive
Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 500W Power Supply
Antec Three Hundred Tower Case
Cooler Master - V6GT 120mm CPU Cooling Fan
Also you can go out and buy some fans for the Case to cool it down
Optical Drive: ASUS - BC-12B1ST (for burning and installing discs and such)
Also buy Windows 7 Home Premium for when you install the parts including the optical drive when you install it.Put the disc in and let it install.
With all of this it will most likly lead to a total of $500 something and its also with in your budget too :D
Intel Core i3-2120 CPU/Processor
Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 Motherboard
Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 Graphics Card
PNY Optima 4GB RAM
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB Hard Drive
Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 500W Power Supply
Antec Three Hundred Tower Case
Cooler Master - V6GT 120mm CPU Cooling Fan
Also you can go out and buy some fans for the Case to cool it down
Optical Drive: ASUS - BC-12B1ST (for burning and installing discs and such)
Also buy Windows 7 Home Premium for when you install the parts including the optical drive when you install it.Put the disc in and let it install.
Building a Gaming Computer?
Hi i am 14 and i want to build my very own Gaming computer
i am new to this whole computer thing so i don't really know what to buy so if you could give me some info or a guide that would be Great!
preferences: i want to be able to play Minecraft on MAX setting and be able to record it with fraps, i also want windows 7, i need a good enough cooling unit to be able to leave it on for 2-3 days straight... Also (this is pretty Important) i only want to spend up to £500, would this be ok,
Thanks, Alex
Answer
500 pounds is fine for a gaming PC, especially for minecraft.
You'll need these parts at least, ordered from most to least important for gaming:
-Graphics card
-Processor
-RAM
-Harddisk
-Motherboard
-Power supply
-Case (with fans)
The graphics card is what creates the image on your screen. You can get a great graphics card for about 100 pounds. I'll take the HD6770 as an example, which costs 92 pounds on amazon. You can get better cards, but this one will be more than enough for casual gaming including minecraft.
Processors are the "brain" of the computer. Fast processors make a computer do things fast. AMD recently released a nice new processor: The AMD FX-4100. It's a decent performing quadcore processor for the low price of 80 pounds.
RAM isn't really that important as long as you have enough. 4GB is enough, there is no need for more. Just get 1 time 4GB or 2 times 2GB of DDR3 1333MHz RAM. It's cheap, it's good and better isn't exactly much faster, so don't bother for better. The price: 20 pounds.
The harddisk is where computer data is stored, as you may know. Slow harddrives will result in long loading times, which makes people sad. You can buy a 500GB or 1TB harddrive with your budget. This should cost around 60-80 pounds. No need for something more expensive.
Motherboard doesn't contribute to performance. You just have to make sure it works with all your other parts. If you'd go for the AMD FX-4100 processor, which is a socket AM3+ processor, you NEED a socket AM3+ motherboard to go with it. Always match your CPU and motherboard, otherwise it won't work. You can get motherboards as cheap as 40 pounds, which really are all you might need. Don't bother spending more than 80 pounds on a motherboard, you probably won't need it.
You'll obviously need a case to hold your parts. You probably should get a midi tower. It's big enough, but not too big like big towers. You can get decent enough cases for 30 to 80 pounds, around 50 pounds should provide you a nice case though.
Now for the power supply. Around 350/400W should be fine for this setup, which should cost you around 20-50 pounds. Assuming 40 pounds for now. It doesn't really matter what PSU you buy, as long as it provides enough Watts, it's fine.
Final step: Windows 7. You can pirate it or buy it, ill assume you buy it for now. Home Premium will cost you around 110 pounds. Don't bother getting a better version, it's a waste of money.
To add things up:
Graphics card: 100
CPU: 80
RAM: 20
Motherboard: 50
Harddisk: 80
PSU: 40
Case: 50
Windows: 110
Total: 530 pounds. A little over your budget, but i can't be assed to change everything i got now to fit into the 500 pounds budget. It will run any game, though newer games on lower settings. Cooling isn't a big problem with these components, so you can play games for 3 days straight if you'd want to.
I'd recommend you to look some computer building tutorials and tips on google. You're fine with what i listed above here, but you might want to change some things like getting a better graphics card, or a better CPU.
500 pounds is fine for a gaming PC, especially for minecraft.
You'll need these parts at least, ordered from most to least important for gaming:
-Graphics card
-Processor
-RAM
-Harddisk
-Motherboard
-Power supply
-Case (with fans)
The graphics card is what creates the image on your screen. You can get a great graphics card for about 100 pounds. I'll take the HD6770 as an example, which costs 92 pounds on amazon. You can get better cards, but this one will be more than enough for casual gaming including minecraft.
Processors are the "brain" of the computer. Fast processors make a computer do things fast. AMD recently released a nice new processor: The AMD FX-4100. It's a decent performing quadcore processor for the low price of 80 pounds.
RAM isn't really that important as long as you have enough. 4GB is enough, there is no need for more. Just get 1 time 4GB or 2 times 2GB of DDR3 1333MHz RAM. It's cheap, it's good and better isn't exactly much faster, so don't bother for better. The price: 20 pounds.
The harddisk is where computer data is stored, as you may know. Slow harddrives will result in long loading times, which makes people sad. You can buy a 500GB or 1TB harddrive with your budget. This should cost around 60-80 pounds. No need for something more expensive.
Motherboard doesn't contribute to performance. You just have to make sure it works with all your other parts. If you'd go for the AMD FX-4100 processor, which is a socket AM3+ processor, you NEED a socket AM3+ motherboard to go with it. Always match your CPU and motherboard, otherwise it won't work. You can get motherboards as cheap as 40 pounds, which really are all you might need. Don't bother spending more than 80 pounds on a motherboard, you probably won't need it.
You'll obviously need a case to hold your parts. You probably should get a midi tower. It's big enough, but not too big like big towers. You can get decent enough cases for 30 to 80 pounds, around 50 pounds should provide you a nice case though.
Now for the power supply. Around 350/400W should be fine for this setup, which should cost you around 20-50 pounds. Assuming 40 pounds for now. It doesn't really matter what PSU you buy, as long as it provides enough Watts, it's fine.
Final step: Windows 7. You can pirate it or buy it, ill assume you buy it for now. Home Premium will cost you around 110 pounds. Don't bother getting a better version, it's a waste of money.
To add things up:
Graphics card: 100
CPU: 80
RAM: 20
Motherboard: 50
Harddisk: 80
PSU: 40
Case: 50
Windows: 110
Total: 530 pounds. A little over your budget, but i can't be assed to change everything i got now to fit into the 500 pounds budget. It will run any game, though newer games on lower settings. Cooling isn't a big problem with these components, so you can play games for 3 days straight if you'd want to.
I'd recommend you to look some computer building tutorials and tips on google. You're fine with what i listed above here, but you might want to change some things like getting a better graphics card, or a better CPU.
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