Budget: £840.52 - What's the best we can build?

[mattStoor]

I've got a budget of £840.52. This is a hard line so I can't go over but I want to get as close as possible whilst spending efficiently.

I need to build a full gaming setup for a friend of the family. The build needs to include all the peripherals (except speakers). So I mean keyboard, mouse, monitor.

Don't ask me why but apparently Windows 7 is a "must have".

Other than that it's creative freedom. As mentioned before it should be designed with gaming in mind. The budget isn't massive so obviously the performance in games won't be top spec but the aim is to get the best bang for buck!

I would really appreciate any advice you can give!

 

[Akagi]

Lol whoops, I didn't read past the first sentence...

 

[ExRayTed]

Enough left over to choose O/S, mouse and keyboard

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AOC E2470SWDA 23.6" 1920x1080 TN Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £89.99
• 1 x Raijintek Arcadia Mid Tower USB 3.0 Case - Black= £24.95
• 1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply= £49.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £65.99
• 1 x XFX Radeon R9 390 "DD Black Edition" 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-390P-8DB6)= £239.99
• 1 x Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (BLS2C4G4D240= £38.99
• 1 x Intel Core i3-6100 3.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £104.99
• 1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £36.95
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3 Intel H170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £88.99

Total: £760.45
(includes shipping: £19.62)
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[stulid]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Antec VPF550 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply= £48.95
• 1 x Crucial BX200 240GB SSD SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (CT240BX200SSD1)= £55.99
• 1 x "Recon iX44" Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz (3.3GHz Turbo) Quad Core Value Gaming Bundle = £259.99
  • Build Time:Standard Build Laptops - Approximately 3 to 5 working days
• 1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Silver= £25.99
• 1 x AOC G2460VQ6 24" 1920x1080 TN FREESYNC 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red= £129.95
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 380 Dual-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11242-02-20G)= £149.99
• 1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA100)= £34.99
• 1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse= £32.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.99

Total: £843.53
(includes shipping: £14.70)
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Its under with free delivery.

Cant see Win7 listed for sale anymore.

 

[Kurgen]

well they don't sell windows 7 anymore on ocuk... so that's the end of that then

 

[craig_t]

Why the .52?

 

[lsg1r]

Why the .52?

based on time of year it's possibly a 'tax return' or similar

 

[mattStoor]

Thank you for all the helpful advice people. Very kind!

based on time of year it's possibly a 'tax return' or similar

Not correct! However I do love the deduction, it does line up with the time of year.

 

[craig_t]

Thank you for all the helpful advice people. Very kind!




Not correct! However I do love the deduction, it does line up with the time of year.

So if not that, where did it come from lol?

 

[Calculus]

£30 for Windows 7 (Home Premium). I just bought a copy from eBay and it was 100% genuine, logged on to Microsoft and was approved.

The guy selling them says he gets the copies from broken Dell motherboards which enables him to legally sell them.

 

[FL630]

Though I've not tried it, that website which sounds like a king penguin without the peng (not sure I can link due to forum rules) sells W7 keys for about £12. I've not tried but many have with success, perhaps worth a shot.

 

[joeyjojo]

£30 for Windows 7 (Home Premium). I just bought a copy from eBay and it was 100% genuine, logged on to Microsoft and was approved.

The guy selling them says he gets the copies from broken Dell motherboards which enables him to legally sell them.

Though I've not tried it, that website which sounds like a king penguin without the peng (not sure I can link due to forum rules) sells W7 keys for about £12. I've not tried but many have with success, perhaps worth a shot.

Alarm bells...

Windows 10 is better OP but as you imply there must be reasons.

 

[Calculus]

Yep, I had some alarm bells go off as well on the eBay Win7 purchase. But I thought 2 things -

1. eBay is hot when it comes to making sure its clients don't sell dodgy gear.
2. If it didn't work then I'd just send it back and get my money back

So it was a pretty risk-free gamble although I thought it HADN'T paid off as Microsoft said 'sorry, this is an invalid key'. But I wasn't wearing my glasses and so didn't enter the correct key. When I corrected that, no problem.

 

[Josh]

Though I've not tried it, that website which sounds like a king penguin without the peng (not sure I can link due to forum rules) sells W7 keys for about £12. I've not tried but many have with success, perhaps worth a shot.

Kinguin.

It's mentioned almost everyday in the PC Gaming subforum.

 

[Haggisman]

Not correct! However I do love the deduction, it does line up with the time of year.

I'm guessing insurance claim, it's very precise

 

[DaleTheWhale]

Wouldn't trust windows keys being so cheap, I assume MSDN keys still exist for W7 and will eventually deactivate in 5-6 months time.

W10 would be a better investment albeit safer.