Gaming PC (€800 -€900)

TheCelts

I would like a Good Gaming PC that would last me a few years !

1. What is your budget? €800 - €900 ( i can stretch to €1000 ) if needs to be !

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming , web browsing

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? Windows 8

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? No

5. Do you need a monitor? Yes anything above "20 inch"

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? Wireless nic ,keyboard ,mouse

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? No

8. How can you pay? Credit card, Bank Transfer

9. If you need help building it, where are you based ? Clare

Thanks for your Help !!

Bazzo

Here's a quick go I gave it. I'm far from the most knowledgeable around here so someone else may well drop in and correct it a bit.

The budget seems a bit stretched with the requirement for a 24" monitor, would you be willing to drop that requirement any?

I'm also fairly clueless about wireless cards, just picked something cheap and cheerful.

Item|Price
BitFenix Merc Beta|€34.14
Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155|€209.08
ASRock Z77 Pro3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€83.99
MS Windows 8 64bit (SB-Version) Englisch|€85.37
LG 24EA53VQ|€169.00
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gb/s|€58.85
be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 7 400W|€38.94
TP-Link TL-WN781N, 150Mbps, PCIe x1|€9.90
Club 3D Radeon HD 7850 Coolstream Edition, 2GB GDDR5|€173.71
8GB-Kit G.Skill RipJaws-X PC3-12800U CL9|€52.48
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€934.45

TheCelts

Any size over "20" will do ! :P

Gumbi

I think if you're spending that muh on a 7850 you might as well get a cheaper 7870, like this one http://www.hardwareversand.de/2048+MB/59046/HIS+HD+7870+GDDR5+2048MB+DVI+HDMI+2xMini+DP.article though maybe others have a different take on this.

Apart from that, I think you're build looks pretty spot on really. If you're looking to cut back a bit, I would do so on the monitor; though it's a beauty, in terms of performance, you'd do better with a more powerful card. If you really want to cut on the monitor and get sick performance, I'd get the 7870XT (€220) and cut back 40 quid on the monitor for something cheaper). This is definitely debatable, though. Ideally you could extend your budget to cover a 7870XT and you'd be golden

http://www.hardwareversand.de/2048+MB/75632/Sapphire+Radeon+HD+7870+XT+Boost%2C+2GB+GDDR5%2C+DVI%2C+HDMI%2C+2x+Mini+DisplayPort%2C+lite+retail.article

Do you want an SSD? Of course yo do! But that's another ~ €90, unfortunately. You could hold back on the monitor and get an SSD, but you'd be sacrificing the more powerful card then. I would stretch the budget to allow a 7870 XT (around €50 euro extra) and then purchase an SSD in due time.

TheCelts

can any one of you make me a new list with both your ideas ?? plz (If You Have The Time)

Bazzo

Gumbi is dead right regarding the graphics card, I was just being lazy and going for one of the old reliables. Here's his first suggestion with the cheaper 7870:

Item|Price
BitFenix Merc Beta|€34.14
Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155|€209.08
ASRock Z77 Pro3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€83.99
MS Windows 8 64bit (SB-Version) Englisch|€85.37
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gb/s|€58.85
be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 7 400W|€38.94
TP-Link TL-WN781N, 150Mbps, PCIe x1|€9.90
8GB-Kit G.Skill RipJaws-X PC3-12800U CL9|€52.48
HIS HD 7870 GDDR5 2048MB DVI/HDMI/2xMini DP|€187.94
LG 22EA53VQ-P|€129.00
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€908.68

And his second suggestion stretching the budget to the more expensive 7870XT

Item|Price
BitFenix Merc Beta|€34.14
Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155|€209.08
ASRock Z77 Pro3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€83.99
MS Windows 8 64bit (SB-Version) Englisch|€85.37
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gb/s|€58.85
be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 7 400W|€38.94
TP-Link TL-WN781N, 150Mbps, PCIe x1|€9.90
8GB-Kit G.Skill RipJaws-X PC3-12800U CL9|€52.48
LG 22EA53VQ-P|€129.00
Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT Boost, 2GB GDDR5, DVI, HDMI, 2x Mini DisplayPort, lite retail|€224.92
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€945.66

I dropped the monitor to a similar but cheaper 22" model.

You will definitely also want to invest an SSD somewhere down the line, something like this: Samsung 840 120gb as the performance boost it'll offer you is really nice.

I also left out an aftermarket cooler due to the tight budget, but at some point down the line you may well want to pick one up for a small bit of overclock(very easy with this CPU).

BloodBath

Bazzo's second build there is good. Id just change the case to this.

Maybe the extra €10 for the more efficient 450w psu.

Since you said you can stretch to €1000 you might as well get the cpu cooler now. It allow nice overclocks on the processor and will be cooler and quieter than the stock one.