Hallo, Looking for some help if possible :)

Looking at buying a Pre-Built Gaming PC with a budget of £550

Currently looking at;- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gaming-Computer-i7-2600k-8GB-DDR3-GTX-550Ti-500GB-WIFI-Asus-PC-1-Yr-Warranty-/130702766470?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item1e6e7df186

^ Is this good, Can you find better :) ?

Games to run:

CS:S @ 300+FPS
Diablo 3 - smoothly
WoW - Smoothly
MW3 - mid-high performance
BF3 - mid-high performance

Any help / guidance much appreciated

Thanks

The PC you linked is great for the price

Or spend £180 on a novatech PC so you can still afford lots of alcohol.

550ti is really ****

Really? :/ loool, **** knows what to do

 setzok
ive got one and its fine.... plz tell me whats "****" about it?

what fps you get on source with it baddiieee :) ?

 uneekSTYLA
Source is CPU based so yeah

buy parts and build and if u cant build buy parts and pay some 1 to build it both are cheaper options

 uneekSTYLA
Noticed on your Cadred thread you were considering a part build if it was easy enough.

A few weeks ago I was in pretty much the same boat as you, considering a pre-built as I have little experience putting PC's together. Everyone has however talked me round in to doing a part build. I'm putting it together as we speak and, although it's a little fiddly, there's so many guides and videos on youtube of my exact components that it makes the process so much easier.

If you're interested this is what I put (or am putting) together for £640:

I5 2500k @ 3.4GHZ (Will OC to 4.2-4.5)
8gb Corsair Low Profile RAM
Arctic i30 Cooler
MSI 560ti 448 Core 1280mb
MSI P67A-GD53 Mobo
500GB Seagate HDD
CM690 Case + 650W CM PSU
WIFI Card
Sony CD/DVD-RW drive

You can easily shave £50 off that price if you were to go for a cheaper motherboard such as a ASUS P8H61-MLE USB3 and drop the wifi card. Remember however that with a 2500k it will only overclock with a p67 or a z68 motherboard from what I have read, therefore that cheaper H61 motherboard will [b]not[/b] let you overclock to a decent degree.

If you're interested I can link you to the sites where I found the components at the cheapest prices.

Thanks sparky, only problem i have; i dont know what's good and whats not. And if i got one item, would another item be compatable with it, Mm. ima have a look, have a think, and see what i can find :)

Plus, you probably don't need to OC that chip anyway, I reverted my CPU back to stock 3.3 and it's fine for all the games I play, including Bf3 on Ultra (90-110fps)

I have the same gfx card as you

 Sparky

My worry with that PC you've listed is how good is the motherboard? And that's probably how they're keeping it so cheap.

the p8h61 is a micro-atx and is pretty basic, selling for less than 50 quid, so I don't think it'll overclock well/if at all. It also doesn't have many connection points on the mobo, e.g. there's only one x16 pci-e connection, so there's no real room for expansion.

If I were you I'd take the plunge and build your own pc, it's a lot easier than it sounds and you get much better value for money =]

This ^

http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk

try and see if this is any better