£400 Build - Gaming

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Hello guys,

I have a friend who is wanting to pay a minimum amount for a gaming computer. Now he is only really wanting to play WoW. So he's looking for the best option, for the best price. He has a case and dvd-drive that are usable.

Any suggestions would be brilliant!
 
Does he need Windows as well?

This is what i have come up with, add an extra £70 pound for Windows to that.
If he needs Windows i can skimp on a few things to bring the budget to £400 if he cant go above it at all.
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 650 Black Knight OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99
1 x MSI 970A-G46 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £64.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 450W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
Total : £398.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
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If you could push the budget just a little bit more this would be my suggestions. It's basically the same build as RJC's but with RAM thats a little bit cheaper, and a considerably more powerful GPU. It also has the optical drive removed as I notice you already have one.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270 "BF4 Edition" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £139.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
Total : £439.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
nath222 said:
Hello guys,

I have a friend who is wanting to pay a minimum amount for a gaming computer. Now he is only really wanting to play WoW. So he's looking for the best option, for the best price. He has a case and dvd-drive that are usable.

Any suggestions would be brilliant!
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Always good if the motherboard size/s the case can fit are quoted too. And better yet - which case exactly, as it can have an impact on aftermarket cooler choices, colour coordination etc.
 
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BinnsY said:
If you could push the budget just a little bit more this would be my suggestions. It's basically the same build as RJC's but with RAM thats a little bit cheaper, and a considerably more powerful GPU. It also has the optical drive removed as I notice you already have one.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270 "BF4 Edition" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £139.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
Total : £439.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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Thank's everyone for posting, it has been really helpful.

Just a quick question BinnsY, the ram you chose, it's listed as 2400mhz, when the mobo reads as "Memory 4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 2133(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz ECC, Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory". Is that going to cause a problem?
 
nath222 said:
Thank's everyone for posting, it has been really helpful.

Just a quick question BinnsY, the ram you chose, it's listed as 2400mhz, when the mobo reads as "Memory 4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 2133(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz ECC, Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory". Is that going to cause a problem?
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No it won't be a problem..

When the RAM is installed i'll revert back to 1600mhz. You'll have to 'overclock it' using XMP back up to 2133 mhz.

That RAM is RATED at 2400, which means it'll do any speed upto 2400 with ease.
 
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