Advice on £400 budget pc.

BrayWood

BrayWood

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Hi guys, new to the forum and new to pc gaming and was wondering what to do with my fairly low budget of £400. Firstly, would I be able to actually build the computer myself even though I have never done this before and have next to no experience in PC gaming. Would I be able to do this and how hard is it? I was also wondering if someone could build me one online and choose the right parts for me, I am hoping to play games like cod 4 and a few newer games at a smooth and playable fps. By the way my budget of £400 is for the tower alone and I also hope to do a bit of photoshop. Thanks for your time -Brad:)
 
Shamefully stolen from another thread but a start:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4 AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £97.99
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £91.19
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046) £36.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £26.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
Total : £427.22 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Search £400 in the general hardware forum for some decent options :)
 
xibinim said:
Shamefully stolen from another thread but a start:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4 AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £97.99
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £91.19
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046) £36.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £26.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
Total : £427.22 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Search £400 in the general hardware forum for some decent options :)
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Cheers for that but I believe I've posted this thread in the wrong section! How do I delete? :)
 
 
scrlk said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £134.99
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £42.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £403.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Intel build. Wait for a mod to move your thread to GH.
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Thanks so much! Allthough this a cheap\Budget build compared with most people, do you think it could run newish games and at a good quality?
 
BrayWood said:
Thanks so much! Allthough this a cheap\Budget build compared with most people, do you think it could run newish games and at a good quality?
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The GPU is more powerful than the one found in the A10 APU. What resolution are you going to play games at?
 
A little over budget. Mobo has sata 6gbs and USB 3.0. Do you have an OS?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £134.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £42.98
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black ** OcUK Exclusive ** £24.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £422.51 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
 
Welcome to the forum. Building isn't difficult if you take your time and are methodical. There a quite a few steps to take but it's mostly common sense. THIS video should help give you some confidence.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £155.99
1 x Intel Pentium G2120 3.10GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £73.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £43.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £43.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black ** OcUK Exclusive ** £24.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £439.52 (includes shipping : £10.50).



A little over but you will get the idea of how to balance the build in time. I used the Ivybridge Pentium CPU, it's roughly on par with the sandybridge i3 (minus hyperthreading) for less cash. The PSU is very good and has a five year warranty, the case is cheap but not that bad, it only takes mATX size mobo's so beware of that

Any questions feel free to ask :)
 
OS's are about £80 for Windows 7 and 8. You can try the developer copy of Windows 8 for 3 months I think for free? Then you have to pay for it.
 
 
Bacon? said:
If you were to say £400 including OS I would be getting something along the lines of:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A55M-DS2 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £42.98
1 x Aerocool Qs-202 Midi Tower Case - Black £39.98
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £35.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £408.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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And being honest how well do you think this pc would perform? What kind of games could I expect to run and at what framerate and quality ect? Thanks
 
BrayWood said:
And being honest how well do you think this pc would perform? What kind of games could I expect to run and at what framerate and quality ect? Thanks
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I really don't know. Their IGP's are on par with a 640 level I've been told so they arent great but they are still decent enough. I reckon out of an opinion you could play most modern games at 720P - high settings 30 fps.
 
Bacon? said:
I really don't know. Their IGP's are on par with a 640 level I've been told so they arent great but they are still decent enough. I reckon out of an opinion you could play most modern games at 720P - high settings 30 fps.
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And is 30 fps a decent\smooth framerate?
 
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