£400 Gaming PC (Help)

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Hey everyone, I'm currently looking into building a Budget £400 PC that could easily run Minecraft at a reliable , solid and smooth 60 fps at 1080p.
I came to the conclusion that obviously this task won't be easy considering the budget but maybe the specs could be well built enough to run Battlefield 3 , Skyrim etc on maybe a bare able medium , hopefully the FPS will be above 30 on medium settings but i'm not expecting to much i repeat.

Finally, for an insight on the type of person i am (Intel or AMD) , I can definitely say i reside to the Intel side. Love it.

Further more, I hope to upgrade down the line as Games and Graphics Programs advance e.g The adobe collection.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD560KWOHJBOX) £71.99
1 x Asus HD 6670 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £71.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £52.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite Power 500W Power Supply £34.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £406.44 (includes shipping : £17.10).



You can use crossfire x with the onboard gpu and the dedicated card to increase gaming peformance
 
Nocturnel said:
Guess it was a waste of time joining this forum!!!
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You haven't said what you need so it's hard for anyone to make a spec up. Do you need a monitor, OS, keyboard and mouse too?

£400 is a tough budget for a gaming PC. The FM2 socket is probably your best bet. The new Richland APUs have a better IGP, ideally you want fast RAM to help it for gaming. It will get you up and going and you can add a dedicated GPU much later on....

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-6600K 3.90GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD660KWOHLBOX) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £52.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £396.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).



If you need an OS you can use the Windows 8 Enterprise (evaluation) Edition for free on a 3 month trial. If you need a panel and peripherals that will seriously eat into the budget
 
 
Lazder said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-6800K Black Edition 4.10GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD680KWOHLBOX) £124.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £59.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-257-SE) £45
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £34.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £400.44 (includes shipping : £11.25).



there u go
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The A10K does have the better IGP. I don't like the Merc case as it only has one fan and no USB3 ports, the Asgard is a better alternative for the same price. Not too keen on the PSU if I'm honest and the B grade HDD isn't a massive saving either but I do understand you are trying to trim costs to pay for the A10K
 
honosuseri said:
The A10K does have the better IGP. I don't like the Merc case as it only has one fan and no USB3 ports, the Asgard is a better alternative for the same price. Not too keen on the PSU if I'm honest and the B grade HDD isn't a massive saving either but I do understand you are trying to trim costs to pay for the A10K
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Well the case is personal preference, Asgard would be 2nd on the list, I just didnt want the spec too look to close to yours :p

If OP is prepared to go little above the budget i`d get non b grade HDD... its only like 8 quid different.

PSU, I`ve read reviews on it and it seems everyone is happy with it.

http://it-review.net/article/hardware/psu/OCZ_CoreXstream_500W_review&3

"So, what do we think about it in general? It's pretty darn cheap, build quality is excellent, it's near silent, doesn't heat much and has every connector you might need. We really couldn't find any fault with it."


The only issue with that PSU its that its non-modular.
 
Yeah it is what it is bud. Tis cheap but it's not Bronze rated for efficiency, as you say it's not modular and it only has the single PCI-E connector for a GPU.

Me personally I'd look to have decent core components and settle on the A8K and drop in a better GPU later. I wouldn't bother with Hybrid Xfire if I'm honest.
 
honosuseri said:
Yeah it is what it is bud. Tis cheap but it's not Bronze rated for efficiency, as you say it's not modular and it only has the single PCI-E connector for a GPU.

Me personally I'd look to have decent core components and settle on the A8K and drop in a better GPU later. I wouldn't bother with Hybrid Xfire if I'm honest.
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1 x 6+2-pin PCI-E
1 x 6 pin PCI-E

but just for you hono :D

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-6800K Black Edition 4.10GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD680KWOHLBOX) £124.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £52.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £41.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £399.92 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
The thermaltake has x2 6+2 pin ;)

You can't cheat and use free P&P when he doesn't qualify lol Hopefully he can figure out something himself by now :)
 
Sorry everyone. Just saw how successful this site is for everyone so i got slightly mad when no one could help me out!! But i'm looking through your posts now and will be happy to answer any questions you need!
 
By the way im already equipped with a Keyboard, Mouse, etc although when i build the computer i might be looking for a back lit keyboard and a nice fitting gaming mouse.

Also is there any specs you guys can agree on? Because if you guys can agree on the best suitable specs then it would be a win win i guess.

Thanks for your time though even with the second post i said.
 
Lazder's final spec post imo looks best!!! 18 quid can be took of the price anyway so P&P makes no difference. Further down the line how do you recommend i upgrade? And if i had 50-100 quid more what should i change?
 
Nocturnel said:
Lazder's final spec post imo looks best!!! 18 quid can be took of the price anyway so P&P makes no difference. Further down the line how do you recommend i upgrade? And if i had 50-100 quid more what should i change?
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It's a good compromise of our two specs. I would still use the TT 530W PSU, if you don't need the optical drive you can put that cash back into the PSU budget. That's honestly the best you can really do on a £400ish budget.

For £500 you could consider an Ivy i3 build with a Z77 mobo. That could take an i5K as an upgrade and overclock it much later on if you wanted to......

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showd (GX-100-GI) £129.95
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £52.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £496.99 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
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