PC for £250~300?

Patberts19 · 10 Apr 2014 at 09:13

Hey guys, I am looking for some advice on which computer parts to buy within my budget.

I am not looking for anything too serious right now, if I can run Skyrim on med/high it will be my dream computer

My sisters boyfriend is giving me his spare AMD-FX 6300 so I won't be needing a CPU also I do not need keyboard,mouse,OS or monitor.

So what can you recommend for me?

CrixxzeH · 10 Apr 2014 at 11:27

Patberts19 said:
Hey guys, I am looking for some advice on which computer parts to buy within my budget.

I am not looking for anything too serious right now, if I can run Skyrim on med/high it will be my dream computer

My sisters boyfriend is giving me his spare AMD-FX 6300 so I won't be needing a CPU also I do not need keyboard,mouse,OS or monitor.

So what can you recommend for me?

Hello,

Unfortunately I wasent able to spec a rig that would forfill your needs within budget (running skyrim med-high). However, this spec is slightly out of budget (£50-60).
The build will have a decent HDD with a nice speed and capacity.
Fast RAM @ 2133Mhz.
3 Year Warrenty on the PSU.

However, beacuse of the budget I have chosen the GPU from clearence lines, the reason they are on clearence lines are unknown, these cards could have anything from minor problems such as being delivered without the manual or package was open upon delivery, to the cards being manufacture refurbished.

anyway, heres the build - http://s17.postimg.org/m5krdp0lr/rigged.jpg

This is a cheaper GPU:

**B Grade** MSI Radeon R7 250 OC 2048MB - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-365-MS&groupid=595&catid=683

Hope this helped, even if you do not go ahead with the build, least you know what you're looking at.

Idleman · 10 Apr 2014 at 11:34

Hello and welcome to the forums.
With your low budget, this is the best I can do, although it's slightly over. Ask your sister's BF he has any other spare parts.

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** **B Grade** MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ( (BG-345-MS) £109.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G1600HC9DC01) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 450W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £41.99
1 x Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £39.95
1 x Zalman T3 Micro -ATX Case USB 3.0 - Black £20.99
Total : £316.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Patberts19 · 10 Apr 2014 at 11:38

Oh, also I forgot to mention that I already have a case.

cmndr_andi · 10 Apr 2014 at 11:41

Hi there, Here is my suggestion for a £300 budget:

Its only got 4GB of 1333MHz RAM, but for the vast majority of games it will be plenty.

Also, the GTX 750 (non-Ti) graphics card is not the fastest one - but if you look here it does pretty well considering its price.

The good quality 550W PSU will also allow you to upgrade the graphics card to something much more powerful in the future.

Edit: If you already have a case then take the £33 bitfenix case out and use the money for the R7 265 2GB (which is £30 more expensive than the GTX 750).

Idleman · 10 Apr 2014 at 11:49

Patberts19 said:
Oh, also I forgot to mention that I already have a case.

Do you know what case it is? Is it ATX or mATX?

Patberts19 · 10 Apr 2014 at 11:50

Idleman said:
Do you know what case it is? Is it ATX or mATX?

ATX

Ethermaster · 10 Apr 2014 at 12:06

I think your going to find this hard and I would suggest that you look second hand to possibly get a better system then buying new.

Idleman · 10 Apr 2014 at 12:06

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** **B Grade** MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ( (BG-345-MS) £109.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
2 x TeamGroup Elite 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Single Channel Module (TED32GM1600C1101) £14.99 (£29.98)
Total : £304.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).

deFiniLoGy · 10 Apr 2014 at 12:36

Ethermaster said:
I think your going to find this hard and I would suggest that you look second hand to possibly get a better system then buying new.

+1

300 quid is indeed very hard to get a decent gaming rig...

CrixxzeH · 10 Apr 2014 at 13:11

I would still go with the rig I specced.

Faster 8GB RAM (2133mhz) + HDD 1TB (WDC Blue) then the ones provided..

dident realise you had a case, so you could -£36 + £16-19 Optical Drive (if you have one in the case you have) from the budget which would leave you @ £322.35 - £303.35

I dont beleive you will get anywhere near the build for the price, and if so may even need to get parts from otherplaces which are second hand if you cannot stretch the budget.

altrewin · 10 Apr 2014 at 14:41

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** **B Grade** MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ( (BG-345-MS) £109.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G1600HC9DC01) £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
Total : £324.55 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Patberts19 said:
My sisters boyfriend is giving me his spare AMD-FX 6300

Is he giving you a cooler to go with it too? (Even if it's the stock cooler) If not add this too:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £25.97 (includes shipping : £4.98).

Idleman · 10 Apr 2014 at 14:47

altrewin said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** **B Grade** MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ( (BG-345-MS) £109.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G1600HC9DC01) £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
Total : £324.55 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Is he giving you a cooler to go with it too? (Even if it's the stock cooler) If not add this too:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £25.97 (includes shipping : £4.98).

That looks a really good build for the money.