£300 budget gaming PC - spec me!

[Citizensnipss]

Looking for the best gaming tower that £300 can buy, need all components so will be a challenge!

Thanks guys

 

[dacads]

Do you need OS & peripherals?

 

[honosuseri]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x AMD A6-5400K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD540KOKHJBOX) £55.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM £45.00
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G186C9K) £41.99
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 Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.95
Total : £313.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Mobo has HDMI out so you could use a HDTV if you need a monitor still. If you need the OS you can use the windows 8 evaluation for 3 months and save for an OS of your choice.

 

[Doomedspeed]

You don't need HDMI out to use a HDTV, I use a DVI to HDMI.. Works fine..

Spending more on a motherboard than the CPU ( and GPU) seems odd to me.

 

[honosuseri]

You don't need HDMI out to use a HDTV, I use a DVI to HDMI.. Works fine..

Spending more on a motherboard than the CPU ( and GPU) seems odd to me.

HDMI is easier and you know that. Unless he owns speakers already or wants to buy the 3.5mm adapter/lead to put the sound seperately through the TV or wear headphones.

The description for what is needed is vague at best....Spec away mate

 

[Incrauze]

Within budget,

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A6-5400K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD540KOKHJBOX) £55.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM £45.00
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G186C9K) £41.99
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x **B Grade** BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £39.95
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.95
Total : £296.92 (includes shipping : £11.75).



A bit overbudget,

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM £45.00
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G186C9K) £41.99
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x **B Grade** BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £39.95
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.95
Total : £340.87 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[Doomedspeed]

HDMI is easier and you know that. Unless he owns speakers already or wants to buy the 3.5mm adapter/lead to put the sound seperately through the TV or wear headphones.

The description for what is needed is vague at best....Spec away mate

I use a DVi to HDMI and get sound through my TV. Using a monitor is a different story either way..

I did like your spec honest, just wasn't sure on the need for that good a motherboard... An A55 and an A6 seem about right

 

[hakank68]

i dont think youll be getting a decent pc for £300, if i was you i would save up until at least i have £700

 

[honosuseri]

I use a DVi to HDMI and get sound through my TV. Using a monitor is a different story either way..

I did like your spec honest, just wasn't sure on the need for that good a motherboard... An A55 and an A6 seem about right

I spec what I'd do with my cash. I'd want the better chipset/mobo which gave the HDMI output and the sataIII ports and overclocking options and the full ATX size. Gigabyte as we know has a 3 year UK based warranty and a dual (UEFI) BIOS as a nice safety feature.

i dont think youll be getting a decent pc for £300, if i was you i would save up until at least i have £700

You'd be surprised what Trinity can do on a tight budget......

And that's using "slow" 1600mhz RAM to feed the IGP and a cheap A55 mobo.

 

[Doomedspeed]

i dont think youll be getting a decent pc for £300, if i was you i would save up until at least i have £700

I really don't agree with you.

If you are a light to medium gamer who doesn't mind running medium/high settings trinity is your ticket and as proved you can get a good trinity build (with overc locking with the a75/a85 chipset) for that price...

Every gaming pc doesn't have to be an i5 with a 7850. £700 may be hard to get hold of...

Poor advice.

 

[RedStarRiot]

i dont think youll be getting a decent pc for £300, if i was you i would save up until at least i have £700

Nonsense, build an i3 gaming rig with a 7850 for just under 500 bucks. Plays most modern games at high settings. Be surprised what can be achieved by gaining the advice of others and sourcing good deals.

 

[dacads]

i dont think youll be getting a decent pc for £300, if i was you i would save up until at least i have £700

I don't think you'll be getting anywhere with that grammar and punctuation

 

[hakank68]

I really don't agree with you.

If you are a light to medium gamer who doesn't mind running medium/high settings trinity is your ticket and as proved you can get a good trinity build (with overc locking with the a75/a85 chipset) for that price...

Every gaming pc doesn't have to be an i5 with a 7850. £700 may be hard to get hold of...

Poor advice.

what youre saying is partly true, however i wouldnt call a £300 pc a gaming pc

 

[hakank68]

I don't think you'll be getting anywhere with that grammar and punctuation

sorry i didnt know this was an English lecture

 

[hakank68]

I spec what I'd do with my cash. I'd want the better chipset/mobo which gave the HDMI output and the sataIII ports and overclocking options and the full ATX size. Gigabyte as we know has a 3 year UK based warranty and a dual (UEFI) BIOS as a nice safety feature.



You'd be surprised what Trinity can do on a tight budget......

And that's using "slow" 1600mhz RAM to feed the IGP and a cheap A55 mobo.

i personally dont think an AMD trinity will be future proof. it will be struggling to run present games so it will more than likely struggle with future games. it really depends on what type of games you want to play.

 

[Doomedspeed]

what youre saying is partly true, however i wouldnt call a £300 pc a gaming pc

So what price bracket does the definition of a 'gaming PC ' start and how is it defined?

A PC with enough graphical and processing power to okay game can be a gaming PC. An A6 rig will play a majority of non demanding and online games on high/ultra. And other titles at med/high..

Even some £1k + rigs can struggle with the likes of crysis 3 at ultra..

A gaming pc can only be defined by its uses and the demands of its user, to give demeaning advice as you did, isn't helpful (or welcome)

 

[hakank68]

So what price bracket does the definition of a 'gaming PC ' start and how is it defined?

A PC with enough graphical and processing power to okay game can be a gaming PC. An A6 rig will play a majority of non demanding and online games on high/ultra. And other titles at med/high..

Even some £1k + rigs can struggle with the likes of crysis 3 at ultra..

A gaming pc can only be defined by its uses and the demands of its user, to give demeaning advice as you did, isn't helpful (or welcome)

this really depends on how satisfying a £300 pc would be for the OP, personally it wouldnt satisfy me

 

[Red Porsche]

It's all relative tbh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh455l3348s