£400 gaming pc for a friend

anuraj

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My friend wants to build a gaming pc for gaming, not too sure on what parts to get. I have suggested this:
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 750Ti OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N750Ti-2GD5/OCV1) £109.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £58.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £48.95
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £35.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - White £25.99
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA15B £13.99
Total : £431.99 (includes shipping : £11.75 Ex.VAT).



If anyone could recommend anything better it would be greatly appreciated.
 
Leicester wahay


YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS Radeon R9 380 IceQ X2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H380QM2GD) £149.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x SuperFlower FX 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Black £50.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Asus H81M-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £41.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £35.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - White £25.99
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA15B £13.99
2 x Akasa AK-191-SM Smoke Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin £3.29 (£6.58)
Total : £439.60 (includes shipping : £11.75 Ex.VAT).




Is that too far over budget? This has a better PSU, fans, much faster GPU and an upgradeable socket (1150) so he could upgrade to a better CPU in the future
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 960 Reference 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM £143.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Asus H81M-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £41.99
1 x SuperFlower FX 450W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Black £36.95
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £35.99
1 x Aerocool Xpredator X1 Midi Tower Case - Black/Red £32.99
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA15B £13.99
Total : £419.98 (includes shipping : £11.75 Ex.VAT).



Better GPU, better PSU (plenty of power for this setup).

Case has two pre fitted fans.


£405 without shipping costs.
 
He said he can stretch his budget to £500. Could someone please suggest what the best options are for that budget.
 
Consider buying used for this budget, especially for a game like DotA 2. You could make a £300 PC to run it at 4K and keep 60 fps flawlessly. For 1050p, it's not even a question.
 
He doesn't really want an ssd, and was wondering if there was anything that could offer better performance. He said he was willing to compromise launch times and loading times for it.
 
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anuraj said:
He doesn't really want an ssd, and was wondering if there was anything that could offer better performance. He said he was willing to compromise launch times and loading times for it.
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Hmm, an SSD is almost prerequisite for any kind of decent system, nevermind gaming. You can get a brand new and very decent 120Gb Sandisk SSD here for ~£37 which is a perfect size for OS and a couple games.

You should have access to Members Market and I strongly recommend you pick up a Nvida GTX 670/680 which generally go for ~£75 - £90 (and sometimes less) and is nearly 70% faster than a 750TI in some games. See http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1130?vs=1349.
 
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