What do I buy?

are these good?

AMD Athlon II X4 860K Quad Core 4.0GHz Processor
AMD Radeon R7 250 2GB Graphics Card
8GB Memory
500GB Hard Drive
24x DVD/CD ReWriter
500W Power Supply
Gigabyte F2A88XM-DS2 Motherboard
CiT Goblin Mesh Gaming Case with Green LED Fan
Standard 2 Year Warranty
 
Not bad, could be worse.

Any idea what make the PSU is? as if its a £10 500W PSU it cant deliver its rated power, the average price of a decent 500W PSU is like £40-55.
 
I've got an old Phenom 965 build I could do for around that price - unfortunately I've got another 750+ posts to go before I could even offer it for sale to you on the members market.. :(
 
I'm not impressed with the sarcasm in this thread.

jjjjj said:
are these good?

AMD Athlon II X4 860K Quad Core 4.0GHz Processor
AMD Radeon R7 250 2GB Graphics Card
8GB Memory
500GB Hard Drive
24x DVD/CD ReWriter
500W Power Supply
Gigabyte F2A88XM-DS2 Motherboard
CiT Goblin Mesh Gaming Case with Green LED Fan
Standard 2 Year Warranty
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If you can afford this it should do the job and is a good start.

You could also consider an APU (it's a CPU/GPU combo). The 7850K seems to do just fine in WoW on big raids:


Something like:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Kaveri 7850K 12 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 8 GPU Compute Cores) - Retail £119.99
1 x Samsung 120GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E120B/EU £59.99
1 x Xigmatek Aquila Micro-ATX Case - Black £54.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £49.99
1 x Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-HD2 AMD A68 Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £39.95
1 x BeQuiet System Power 7 350W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £32.99
Total : £371.35 (includes shipping : £11.25 Ex.VAT).



Nicely under budget and (probably) better quality components, including an SSD :)
 
Start off with buying decent basics....

Good case - for future upgrades
Good Power supply - Core to a solid system

Then buy a MOBO bundle (cpu, RAM mobo)

Cheap mechanical drive - You can get a decent SSD later on for OS and software and use the mechanical for storage

Then look at a cheap graphics card to tide you over until you get money saved up to get a good card.
 
tbh building a pc for £400 is possible (lots from ebay though) and it will run fairly decently.

Basically buy a Core 2 Duo Workstation from EBay (usually around 80 quid) buy a sub 100 quid ssd drive and spend another 100 on a decent psu, Last thing to grab is a second hand 7 series Nvidia card and that will be good enough for most games on medium some high if you have a 20 inch monitor. Yes it's not going to run everything on high or ultra but it's going to run most stuff.

Is it new tech ...no it's oldish tech but with 400 quid your options are limited if you could get another 100-150 pound to use then you can start looking at buying new stuff.
 
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Ahaha, this kid is pretty much in the same boat as my younger brother (around the same age). The blighter spent ~£200 on a terrible barebones system and then a bit more on a decent SSD (the only good part in the whole build). Now he has ~£150 left for the graphics card which isn't too bad. Unfortunately, he went the Intel route with not even the great G3258, but a terrible G3450. Worst part is, they already have a Q6600 PC downstairs (I donated my old one to my family), but they somehow killed the graphics card when they gave it to someone else (without my approval) to install a non-SSD hard drive (the person thought it too costly).

So all I'll ask is, do ya already have a PC and if so what is it? Cos you might be able to get away with a mere PSU and graphics card upgrade, which will be better value for money. Otherwise, go AMD, though I personally have no clue about AMD processors. Also look to snipe good deals, there was a great deal on a R9 285 the other day where it was less than £100 from the usual £150+ price point. My advice... have patience. Spend time researching the parts and checking prices before you commit.
 
jjjjj,

Trust me a message, I have an old 120Gb SSD you can have for free that I replaced a while ago to help save you some cash in the 1st instance.

It's a shame this young lad has asked for assistance and all he has got is sarcasm, everyone has to learn somewhere.
 
Yeah for that kind of price you're looking at buying pre-owned if you want anything "decent". For example, I just took a quick look at the OCUK's member's market (which you haven't probably heard of before seeing as you're a fairly new members, it's basically where other forums members sell their PC components, but it does require 1,000 posts on the forums... :/), and a still sealed/unopened AMD R9 270 just went for about the £60 mark. For a new 270 however, it can be around the £120 mark, so you're basically saving half in some cases. I personally haven't bought stuff from outside the Member's Market recently 'cause I have access to it, but if you feel as if you're gonna have to stick to your £400 budget, pre-owned is way to go imo.

Also with the Summer coming up, try to look into some different ways to make money ;) Cutting the grass, washing the car, etc., and you won't be stuck inside the house all day appreciating your new PC :p Hopefully you can increase your budget somehow because when your building on a cheap budget for PC gaming, the extra £100 can really make a big difference in some cases.
 
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