Can you say Budget? £300 Spec. Be creative my good chaps.

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Please spec me a gaming computer for the budget of £300. Future proofing is non essential. I would be able to play games at 1920x1080p. I already have a monitor, mouse, keyboard, and operating system.
 
 
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LukieBoy007 said:
This will play games at 1080p to a certain degree:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Sapphire PURE Platinum A85XT AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £33.5
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x **B Grade** OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Cas (CA-063-OP) £15
Total : £303.36 (includes shipping : FREE).



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Case is mATX and the mobo is ATX ;)

Really hard to spec something to that budget thats any cop

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-257-SE) £50.00
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £326.86 (includes shipping : FREE).



Over budget but will get you up and going, look to add a dedicated GPU down the road even if it is 2nd hand
 
 
 
 
No point having the BE, may as well get the 5700k or 5500k.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5700 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD5700OKHJBOX) £91.99
1 x "Primo 520a" AMD A55 DDR3 Ready Barebones (Socket FM2) £60.38
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £33.5
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £263.41 (includes shipping : £15.50).



or

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-5500 3.20GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD5500OKHJBOX) £77.99
1 x "Primo 520a" AMD A55 DDR3 Ready Barebones (Socket FM2) £60.38
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £33.5
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £249.41 (includes shipping : £15.50).

 
You can probably squeeze in a a phenom 965 and radeon 7850 build for a little over £300(if you had a HDD to re-use) which would destroy anything in this thread ;)
 
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snips86x said:
No point having the BE, may as well get the 5700k or 5500k.
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The BE (Black edition) are the K APUs. The 5700 isn't a K, it's clocked slower and you can't adjust the multiplier for overclocking, for the sake of saving literally a couple of quid it's hard to recommend using them.

My buddy Idlemans intel spec is quite nice but leans on B grade parts a lot. The H61 mobo is too basic for my liking (and could be missing accessories like sata cables) but it is cheap as is the CPU (granted the OP said future proofing isn't essential). It's still more than £300 though, tis a very tough budget to work on :(
 
honosuseri said:
The BE (Black edition) are the K APUs. The 5700 isn't a K, it's clocked slower and you can't adjust the multiplier for overclocking, for the sake of saving literally a couple of quid it's hard to recommend using them.

My buddy Idlemans intel spec is quite nice but leans on B grade parts a lot. The H61 mobo is too basic for my liking (and could be missing accessories like sata cables) but it is cheap as is the CPU (granted the OP said future proofing isn't essential). It's still more than £300 though, tis a very tough budget to work on :(
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£6 over budget, shoot me. :p
 
However Hono the A55 mobo's don't support overclocking so having the K edition makes very little advantage over than 0.1 base speed increase. Unless ofc you have a mobo that supports overclocking. A bit like having a K intel CPU on a H77 board.
 
Bacon? said:
However Hono the A55 mobo's don't support overclocking so having the K edition makes very little advantage over than 0.1 base speed increase. Unless ofc you have a mobo that supports overclocking. A bit like having a K intel CPU on a H77 board.
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I wouldn't buy that bundle either. Case is naff, the included PSU is naff and I've seen a few threads of Asrock mobos that have "blown" it's not a pretty site, never mind it being the inferior A55 chipset.

I tried to balance my build out with features and a reasonable spec with ample storage, granted I had to compromise and use the A8K. I'm not shooting my buddy but he has leaned so much on B grade might as well look for a 2nd hand GPU like the 6850 or a 1GB 460 aswell which will be ~£50ish and better performance aswell.
 
Agreed on the bundle. I wouldn't buy that unless I was forced too. Your first spec is the best here bar Idleman's spec but I wouldnt trust a b-grade mobo personally.
Its a shame the new GPU's have been put back till Q4 cause I was going to upgrade around June and sell off my 6850 :D
 
honosuseri said:
I'm not shooting my buddy but he has leaned so much on B grade might as well look for a 2nd hand GPU like the 6850 or a 1GB 460 aswell which will be ~£50ish and better performance aswell.
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I agree, but for £300 it is difficult to buy all new and still obtain a reasonable, albeit basic gaming rig. I think the OP would be better off looking in the MM and try to balance a build of second hand and new. Would probably get more for his money.
 
Idleman said:
I agree, but for £300 it is difficult to buy all new and still obtain a reasonable, albeit basic gaming rig. I think the OP would be better off looking in the MM and try to balance a build of second hand and new. Would probably get more for his money.
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I agree it is asking a lot bud, this weeks offers aren't much help either. If the budget is really tight he might be able to install the OS via USB which would save cash getting the optical drive.

If I was to do a budget intel build, think I would use a Z68 to atleast have the sata3 support......

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-257-SE) £50.00
1 x Avexir Blitz Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2GW) £39.95
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-364-GI) £35.00
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £267.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).



No optical drive. I would look for a 2nd hand 1GB 460 (~£50) and overclock the hell out of it. 1TB is a nice storage size (and speed) drive, as personally I would look to add a SSD later and use the sataIII ports on the Z68 mobo. The Z68 can also take the i5K as an upgrade and mildly overclock it. Better features at a similar price to the H61 again it might be missing accesories so the OP needs to check if he needs sata cables or whatever.
 
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