Zettieee Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Didn't know where to put this so here goes. So most people here play games 3d or other. Thought I might show people my budget gaming PC: CPU: intel G630 LGA1155 - http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/Intel-Pentium-G630-270GHz-Sandy-Bridge-Dual-Core-3Mb-Cache-LGA1155-Processor-Retail_44617.html Case : CIT Black - http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/CIT-2036-BlackSilver-Midi-Tower-Case-450W-24pin-PSU_7468.html Ram: 4GB G.Skill ram - http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/GSKill-RipJaw-4GB-DDR3-PC3-10666-1333MHz-CL9-15V-Single-Stick-AMD-&-Intel-Approved_33449.html HDD: 2TB WD HDD - http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/Western-Digital-GP-2TB-2000GB-SATA3-6Gbs-64MB-Cache-OEM_41234.html PSU: PowerCool 750W 80+ - http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/PowerCool-750W-PC-750AUBA-Dual-12v-V22-80-Efficiency-PSU_6490.html MB: ASRock motherboard LGA1155 - http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/ASRock-B75M-B75-Socket-LGA1155-DDR3-HDMI-DVI-D-Dsub-USB30-SATA3-mATX-Motherboard_43712.html GPU: EVGA GTX550TI - http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/EVGA-1024MB-GDDR5-GeForce-GTX-550TI-SuperClocked-Dual-DVI-Mini-HDMI-PCI-E-Retail-with-Free-Mafia-2-PC-Game_41289.html This is a cheap build that will run most games with above 30FPS upto 250FPS (depending on detail settings and game.) Price Total with TAX and delivery: Total: £338.33 Have a build of your own? Post it below :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I'd suggest if you're going to build your own PC for gaming you should definitely invest into a better processor and obviously a graphics card. You'd be better of getting a smaller HD and making the computers performance faster/better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zettieee Posted October 23, 2012 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 Look again please dave. Most games (Even lastest games don't make use of more than 2 cores.) And Graphics card is a mid range GTX 550. Yes the HDD is a HDD.... If I wanted fast I'd go for SSD. This is not my PC build at the min. This is my build for people looking for budget gaming. Thanks for reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rulerofzu Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Look again please dave. Most games (Even lastest games don't make use of more than 2 cores.) And Graphics card is a mid range GTX 550. Yes the HDD is a HDD.... If I wanted fast I'd go for SSD. This is not my PC build at the min. This is my build for people looking for budget gaming. Thanks for reply. http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Pentium+G630+%40+2.70GHz I dont think a cheap cpu is a good option. Will burn out quickly when used for gaming purposes. HDD Seagate Momentus which is a hybrid drive and you can pick up if you look around for the same price as the 2TB quoted you dont need 2TB for gaming. I would go with more ram 8-12GB and a motherboard with at least H67 chipset. As for the GTX550 I would go with a GT 640 The real issue is with "budget" gaming system build is that your kidding yourself. The whole thing will run too hot and burn up your much better saving the cash spending twice the amount and having something more stable and reliable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Look again please dave. Most games (Even lastest games don't make use of more than 2 cores.) And Graphics card is a mid range GTX 550. Yes the HDD is a HDD.... If I wanted fast I'd go for SSD. This is not my PC build at the min. This is my build for people looking for budget gaming. Thanks for reply. If you only play games with your life and don't have a practical application for the system then it's fine. Otherwise it's not ideal, may as well converge all your computer budgets into one decent system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zettieee Posted October 23, 2012 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 Sorry Dave but not all gamers are rich... I started gaming back on my old HP 250mb ram laptop... It was TRASH yet I played games on it (IE: Crossfire, WoW). This setup would give someone the power they needed to play games like Mafia 2, half life, mine craft, and so on. At ruler: The CPU is bad, yes. But, for the value and the performance it's a great starter for a first gaming PC. As stated this is a BUDGET PC. If someone wants me to recommend a high end PC build please don't hesitate to ask. Again thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleMassacre Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Oh boy, times have changed since I stopped gaming on pcs case I never thought of intel being good for anything other than word docs and spread sheets. I used to run AMD all the way before dual/quad core was ever heard of lol and ran ATI gpus cause every nvidea i had burnt out while playing CS and not even CS Source. But thanks for the tip if i decide to ever want to break down and buy a windows pc (yuck) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zettieee Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 Oh boy, times have changed since I stopped gaming on pcs case I never thought of intel being good for anything other than word docs and spread sheets. I used to run AMD all the way before dual/quad core was ever heard of lol and ran ATI gpus cause every nvidea i had burnt out while playing CS and not even CS Source. But thanks for the tip if i decide to ever want to break down and buy a windows pc (yuck) Intel have a nice socket now LGA1155, so I picked the best value for money CPU under the LGA1155 socket set. thus the motherboard can accept all new CPU's by intel. AMD do offer a new socket also called ADM 3+ but, the motherboards don't come with as much features for the price as the intel ones. If you do wish to build a PC for gaming (CS:source etc) I could help you pick the parts on a budget or even a high end machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_bertrand Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Actually Kyle, things changed. Intel CPU are faster and more powerful than AMD, and NVIDIA cards tend to be faster than AMD one too... Also NVIDIA offers CUDA which let run some applications on GPU. AMD does have something similar but softs tend to use CUDA not AMD counterpart. Personally, I would go for the intel, nvidia route, but you are of course free to have a different opinion ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rulerofzu Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Intel have a nice socket now LGA1155, so I picked the best value for money CPU under the LGA1155 socket set. thus the motherboard can accept all new CPU's by intel. AMD do offer a new socket also called ADM 3+ but, the motherboards don't come with as much features for the price as the intel ones. If you do wish to build a PC for gaming (CS:source etc) I could help you pick the parts on a budget or even a high end machine. Incorrect your chosen mboard cannot run all the socket CPU's as the chipset will not support them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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