£800 gaming rig

wowcraftify

wowcraftify

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My brother has recently taken an interest in getting a gaming pc for himself and was wondering what to do, I've been helping him configure a PC but want to know what you think is the best configuration for around £800.

At the moment he's selected an FX-4170 as his CPU & a gtx 650ti boost as his GPU, any configurations around that price range would be much appreciated & any advice on the CPU or GPU will help a lot.
 
keynes

keynes

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Case
InWIN MANA-136 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD FX-6200 Six Core CPU (3.80GHz/6MB CACHE/AM3+)
Motherboard
ASUS® M5A97 R2.0(DDR3, USB3.0, 6Gb/s, Windows 8 Ready!)
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7950 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5003AZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe AMD CPU Cooler (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 8 Standard Edition 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £809.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/amd-bulldozer-top-spec-pc/LKy4vXU4TG/
 
Blackdog

Blackdog

Bright Spark
Keynes' spec is a beast - the 7950 is an amazingly powerful gpu for that money, you could alternatively squeeze a 660 ti into this price range, but I'd probably opt for the 7950. I'd also go with the 6200/6300 series as opposed to the 4170. Piledriver (the architecture of the 6xxx series) is a bit more efficient than Bulldozer. If you're struggling to make up your mind have a wee look at some youtube benchmarking/review videos or visit anandtech/tomshardware/somewhere like that.
 
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