Cheap gaming spec

[AshB1989]

Good evening,

I previously started a spec post regarding a new PC gaming build, but never got round to buying it.

Could somebody possibly provide me with a good gaming spec for around £350 please. That doesn't include monitor, keyboard, mouse, OS or GPU.

The only things I'd really like are a SSD, atleast 8gig memory and an i5 processor. Everything else doesn't really matter.

If anybody could do this for me it would be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

 

[wellibob]

You can't build a new i5 gaming PC for £350 Inc a suitable SSD, 8 gig Ram and a gaming gpu. Up your budget buy another £200 or buy a PS4 pro.

 

[AshB1989]

Sorry, I forgot to mention, that price doesn't include GPU.

 

[mickyflinn]

Personally i would get a 240gb SSD but all you asked for.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus H110M-K Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £47.99
• 1 x EVGA 450B 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £29.99
• 1 x Avexir Core White Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD4UZ124001604G-2C= £41.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6400 2.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £179.99
• 1 x Aerocool V3X Black Edition Midi-Tower - Black= £22.99
• 1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow UV400 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SUV400S37/1= £39.95

Total: £374.60
(includes shipping: £11.70)
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[AshB1989]

Personally i would get a 240gb SSD but all you asked for.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus H110M-K Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £47.99
• 1 x EVGA 450B 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £29.99
• 1 x Avexir Core White Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD4UZ124001604G-2C= £41.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6400 2.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £179.99
• 1 x Aerocool V3X Black Edition Midi-Tower - Black= £22.99
• 1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow UV400 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SUV400S37/1= £39.95

Total: £374.60
(includes shipping: £11.70)
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Thank you. Can anybody better this?

 

[Danny75]

Thank you. Can anybody better this?

Not exactly.

But if you had to squeeze a 240GB SSD in somehow, then going B-Grade on a couple of items would make it possible for a few quid extra.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Corsair Force LE 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (CSSD-F240GBLEB)= £62.99
• 1 x Asus H110M-K Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £47.99
• 1 x EVGA 450B 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £29.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (TDKED48G3000HC16ADC0= £38.99
• 1 x **B Grade** Kolink Victory Micro-ATX Gaming Case - Black= £14.99
• 1 x **B Grade** Intel Core i5-6500 3.20GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £175.99

Total: £382.04
(includes shipping: £11.10)
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The processor may or may not have a cooler, being B-Grade. The cooler would count as an accessory, which are sometimes missing. Could probably source a cheap second-hand cooler (Intel stock or otherwise) for £5.

Modern games now can be like 30-65GB in size. So plan accordingly. A 1TB HDD might be necessary if you don't want B-Grade stuff, or cannot fit the games you're going to play on a 120GB SSD.

You can get Windows 10 and some programs into 20GB if you tweak a couple of things (disable hibernation, shrink page file to 200MB, disable System Restore etc). Even then, you don't want to fill the SSD completely, so you basically have 80GB for games with a 120GB SSD. So as Mickey said, larger SSD better.

 

[AshB1989]

Okay thank you very much.

 

[AshB1989]

Danny, you previously built this spec for a £500 budget (including gpu). Is this still a good build for the money? Or can it be improved anywhere for a similar price.

1 x Kingston 240GB SSDNow UV400 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SUV400S37/2= £47.99
1 x Asus H110M-K Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £46.99
1 x Intel Core i5-6400 2.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £155.99
1 x Kingston Fury Black 8GB (1x8GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C14 2133MHz Single Channel Module - Black (HX421C14FB2= £25.99
1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 Case & Super Flower 450W FX 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply Bundle= £48.95
1 x HIS Radeon R9 380X IceQ X2 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H380XQM4CR)= £188.99

 

[Danny75]

Some of those parts are no longer available. SSD prices have spiked, and stuff in general has gone up since Brexit.

 

[AshB1989]

What could you do for around £400, Danny? Not inc GPU

 

[Danny75]

Tell us what date you intend to pull the trigger and we'll spec you if it's just a few days. Otherwise wait and ask for a spec around the time you're going to buy. Prices change so much.