Gaming PC advice - limited budget

[DamoP]

Hi guys, I'm planning on buying a PC to play guild wars 2 on, and have almost no knowledge on how to design a PC.

I have a limited budget and don't really want to spend more than £600.

I've been considering buying a 'sufficient' graphics card for now and upgrading it about a year down the line.

I'd appreciate any example builds and advice you have, thanks.

 

[keynes]

If you can spare an additional £24 I'd try to get a better case for better cooling (PCS Maelstrom T900)
Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD BULLDOZER QUAD CORE FX-4100 (3.60GHz/4MB CACHE/AM3+)
Motherboard
ASUS® M5A78L-M/USB3: M-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6870 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
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 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
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 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £605.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/amd-bulldozer-top-spec-pc/upDqH_mCe0/

 

[TheKeir]

rubensolo's spec is the best you can get for £600 I'd definitely get that!

The only issue you might encounter with that spec is if 500gb is enough. If not, and you need more space, the price will obviously go up.

Make sure to get that silver warranty which puts it just £5 over your budget

 

[DamoP]

Thanks for the quick replys, they're really helpful.

That build looks great from having a little look round.

I am considering downgrading the graphics card (due to money reasons), are there graphics cards cheaper than mentioned that would be good enough for about a year.

The other thing I'm lookin at is the RAM, would it be wise to spend potential money saved on a cheaper graphics card on 8gb ram?

Thanks in advance.

 

[keynes]

Thanks for the quick replys, they're really helpful.

That build looks great from having a little look round.

I am considering downgrading the graphics card (due to money reasons), are there graphics cards cheaper than mentioned that would be good enough for about a year.

The other thing I'm lookin at is the RAM, would it be wise to spend potential money saved on a cheaper graphics card on 8gb ram?

Thanks in advance.

A cheaper alternative would be the HD 7770 or HD 7750, you could also go with 8gb memory ram but for gaming 4gb should suffice. I'd really try to get the best graphics card you can afford, adding ram is more cost effective than upgrading a replacing a graphics card.

 

[vanthus]

As your planning on upgrading the graphics card in future I would upgrade the PSU
to the corsair 650W and downgrade the GPU as you said,no point in getting a more expensive card than you need at the moment.
4 GB RAM is plenty for now & easily upgraded

 

[DamoP]

Thanks, I hadn't considered adding ram in the future, that makes more sense.

I think I'm settled on this build. Cheers.

 

[DamoP]

I'm a bit worried about the processor, since I have almost no knowledge about them. Such as will it be able to run the latest games on high settings, and for how long?

I would apreciate it if someone could give me some details or examples about it, or compare it to other processors.

Thanks