500 to spend on gaming pc

Davabo

Hey guys,

I have 550e to spend on a gaming pc and I would love your advice

1. What is your budget?
Around 550

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

3. Do you need a copy of Windows?
No

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



6. Do you need any of these peripherals? (Keyboard/Mouse/Wireless Card/Card Reader/Speakers/etc.)
No

7. Are you willing to try overclocking?
Not just yet as it's my first build. If it's an option for the future without costing too much more, great, but not crucial

8. How can you pay?
Paypal/Credit Card

9. When are you purchasing?
Ideally this week

10. If you need help building it, where are you based?
Dublin

HotP0pp3r

Not enough for a high end PC. Probly be able to play teeworlds on it though which is all you really need

Steviemoyne

HotP0pp3r wrote: »

Not enough for a high end PC. Probly be able to play teeworlds on it though which is all you really need

That budget is plenty to get started on, it won't be phenomenal but it's a decent enough budget for a decent enough gaming pc.

Example here
From the thread: Building a Budget-Bare-Bones-PC that I can easily upgrade in the future . .

SuperTortoise

Item|Price
MSI R9 270 GAMING 2G, AMD Radeon R9 270, 2GB DDR5|€157.97
AMD FX-6300 Prozessor, Boxed, Sockel AM3+|€91.43
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gb/s|€48.74
Zalman Z9 Plus Midi Tower - black, ohne Netzteil|€44.79
8GB-Kit Crucial Ballistix Sport Series DDR3-1600, CL9|€55.99
be quiet! PURE POWER L8 500W|€58.87
ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0, AM3+, ATX|€56.85
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€533.63

Other posters may be able to inprove on this, but it's a start!, using giezhals.de will be around 500 all in.

rolexeagle1

550 is plenty to get going. Little bit less then what I spent on mine and its great for gaming

Serephucus

For some reason you've left out the monitor questions. This could potentially eat up a large chunk of your budget. Do you need one?

Justwinginit

SuperTortoise wrote: »

Item|Price
MSI R9 270 GAMING 2G, AMD Radeon R9 270, 2GB DDR5|€157.97
AMD FX-6300 Prozessor, Boxed, Sockel AM3+|€91.43
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gb/s|€48.74
Zalman Z9 Plus Midi Tower - black, ohne Netzteil|€44.79
8GB-Kit Crucial Ballistix Sport Series DDR3-1600, CL9|€55.99
be quiet! PURE POWER L8 500W|€58.87
ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0, AM3+, ATX|€56.85
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€533.63

Other posters may be able to inprove on this, but it's a start!, using giezhals.de will be around 500 all in.

I have same GFX and CPU and have no problem running games......Good luck with build:cool:

rolexeagle1

Justwinginit wrote: »

I have same GFX and CPU and have no problem running games......Good luck with build:cool:

Me too, whats in the rest of your rig?

Justwinginit

@srumball My monitor isn't 1080p but 920p, but Metro Last Light looked feckin awesome on it!
Bought the whole lot from Dabs.ie and built in Feb this year. Really loving the PC gaming. Was xbox360 before this. Haven't turned it on since I built! **No optical drive, didn't bother, I'll prob grab one from old PC, and also Mouse incl in build. Went with SSD after Clan members told me was the way to go. Feckin awesome, but not necessary for first build if on a tight budget**

Name Price

Builder Series CX 80+ Bronze, 500 Watt, ATX, EPS12V, PS/2 €52.02

Hyper 103 3 Heatpipe 1x92mm PWM Blue LED Fan Tower CPUCooler €21.61 **Hyper 212 was out of stock**

120GB SSDNow V300 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" 7MM solid state drive €67.33

AMD Radeon R9 270 950MHz 2GB PCI-Express 3.0 HDMI inc BF4 OC €176.23 (Gigabyte)

FX6-6300 AM3+ 3.5GHz Boost 4.1GHz 14MB 95W €102.34 (Black version unlocked)

Z11 Plus High Performance Mid Tower Case €63.33

1TB Blue SATA 6GB/s 7200RPM 64MB 3.5" Hard Drive €56.32

M6900 Optical Gaming Mouse €17.65

8GB (2 x 4GB) Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz DIMM 240-pin CL9 Red €83.94

AMD AM3+ 970 4*DDR3 GBE LAN 4*USB3.0 ATX MOTHERBOARD €57.56

Delivery .30

Total €698.63

rolexeagle1

Justwinginit wrote: »

@srumball My monitor isn't 1080p but 920p, but Metro Last Light looked feckin awesome on it!
Bought the whole lot from Dabs.ie and built in Feb this year. Really loving the PC gaming. Was xbox360 before this. Haven't turned it on since I built! **No optical drive, didn't bother, I'll prob grab one from old PC, and also Mouse incl in build. Went with SSD after Clan members told me was the way to go. Feckin awesome, but not necessary for first build if on a tight budget**

Name Price

Builder Series CX 80+ Bronze, 500 Watt, ATX, EPS12V, PS/2 €52.02

Hyper 103 3 Heatpipe 1x92mm PWM Blue LED Fan Tower CPUCooler €21.61 **Hyper 212 was out of stock**

120GB SSDNow V300 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" 7MM solid state drive €67.33

AMD Radeon R9 270 950MHz 2GB PCI-Express 3.0 HDMI inc BF4 OC €176.23 (Gigabyte)

FX6-6300 AM3+ 3.5GHz Boost 4.1GHz 14MB 95W €102.34 (Black version unlocked)

Z11 Plus High Performance Mid Tower Case €63.33

1TB Blue SATA 6GB/s 7200RPM 64MB 3.5" Hard Drive €56.32

M6900 Optical Gaming Mouse €17.65

8GB (2 x 4GB) Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz DIMM 240-pin CL9 Red €83.94

AMD AM3+ 970 4*DDR3 GBE LAN 4*USB3.0 ATX MOTHERBOARD €57.56

Delivery .30

Total €698.63

Awesome this is so similar to mine.

Same CPU
Same GPU
Corsair 430w PSU
212 Evo
8gb Corsair Vengeance
1tb Seagate baracuda
320GB WD Scorpio from the dead laptop
Asus M5a97 r2.0 mobo
Corsair 200r case
LG 1080p IPS monitor

SSD on the way!

have you OC'd at all. I'm at 4.4 stable. Don't really see the need to go any higher.
MSI afterburner on the GPU to the MAX

Performs really cool and quiet under load. Mostly playing Titanfall at the moment. Need to get Metro.

I ave a habit of cranking all graphics settings t the max which limits FPS in a few games but its all good. Destroys the consoles

Really happy with the performance for the price, mine was a bit cheaper €470 or so as I already had the 2 HDD's, monitor, KB and mouse.

I have a 360 and PS4 also but only play them now with the girlfriend on COD.

Justwinginit

Haven't OC'd yet, have to read up on it a bit more, still a noob when it comes to this stuff. SSD will make a huge difference! On checking temps, after an hour or so Processor and GFX still under 50 degrees! In saying that, Case has 5 fans as standard! I'm using afterburner for recording, it's not bad at all...Yeah, Get Last light, Looks sweet...here's a couple of you tube moments with my rig using Afterburner to record@720p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn_gnrPHfwc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3rTejaCPKw

EoinHef

Could also have a look here and use a voucher code,€10 off purchases over €500 from what i can see,could bring it below the €500 mark with geizhals also

Very nice system for that money