This is setup I have just ordered for work, about
£600 total, including monitor, the only thing missing is Windows (site in Polish. £1 = 4,96zł). It's a computer for work - so it'd need to be rebalanced for gaming:
- There is no dedicated GPU while the 1920x1200 monitor (£200) is very demanding because of so many pixels. A bit saner monitor (1600x900) and second-hand HD6850 (£50-60) would make it playable at 40FPS (BF4, Crysis3 on mid-detals, BF3 on max).
- 16GB of memory is too much, 8 should do - ram is expensive nowadays (£50 saved).
- The processor might be reconsidered: dual core G3420 (£55) packs amazing punch for 1/3 of the price of corresponding quad i5-4570 (£155), but certain deliberately f**ed up programs (like newer nVidia drivers) simply require moar cores for no valid reason. Hence the Radeon - if you want a GeForce you'll need i3 at least.
- There is no HDD except the 120GB SSD. It'll do for few games, but primary PC would need extra storage sooner or later.
- Intel box cooler can manage, but Thermalright Macho (£40 - the full size original, ignore the "120" shrunk version!) can do it better while staying dead silent. The Zalman case was chosen only because it's wide enough to be closed with Macho inside. Not many cases can do that.