£450 Gaming PC

[J and j]

Hi All! New here!!

My old and well used PC has finally thrown in the towel.

So its about time I got a new system!

Budget is £450.

I understand how the basics of how to put the components together (other than a processer) but no clue on overclocking etc.

With that in mind i like the idea of this kit: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-234-OK&groupid=43&catid=2512&subcat=2693 Is it anygood/any better suggestions

I have monitor, keyboard, mouse etc. I have a Windows 7 key but no CD (how do i get round this)? So need everything else!

Hope that makes sense

Thanks!!

 

[J and j]

I do have a graphics card, psu and case. I’m at work on lunch at the moment so will check when I get home what graphics card (about 4-5 years old) and psu (is very budget if I remember correctly) so might be worth changing them? My case is very very old, so would ideally like to change this but am sure I scrape another £40 to get one on top of the £450.

Edit: Sorry I also have optical drives!

 

[J and j]

Drives are probably Ide (I think). How much do you think I would need for a build with the AMD fx6300?

 

[J and j]

Yeah I can probably make that happen. A new case isn't essential . Just gonna check the kit I got already to see if any of it's still ok

 

[J and j]

Ok so I have:

Nvidia GeForce 9800gtx+
2x AE 2gb DDR Ram
Hiper type M 630w psu
2 IDE opticals
Freezer pro 7 processor fan
Intel core 2 quad 2.83ghz processor

Told you it was old , a friend built it for me for practically nothing many year ago!!

Let me know if anything is still relevant lol

 

[J and j]

now I have established, what I have is irrelevant! I should be able to scrape £500. Any suggestions please (keeping in mind I don't know how to overclock)

Thanks for all the help so far people!!!

 

[J and j]

Thanks guys!!! I'll let you know how it goes, I'm looking to build it myself

With the alternative board and processor it comes out at £505, so spot on

 

[J and j]

Hi all,

Thanks again for you advice.

Unfortunately my budget has reduced to £350 as my car needed some work . Will I still be able to have a decent build for this

 

[J and j]

Thanks

Looks like I'll lose a lot of gaming power now that I'm £150 down

 

[J and j]

yeah I think waiting to get together an extra £150 will be worth it.

Just seems strange not having a PC

 

[J and j]

That sounds like a good idea any idea on price ?

Thanks for all your help!!!!!!

 

[J and j]

Kind of lost me a little

At the moment there is certainly issues somewhere in my kit I have at the moment. I would like to replace the hard drives because they are only small and old. I think the issues are in the motherboard or hard drives? (my guess, sometimes wont even start up, just get a series of beeps).

Well if I can sell my currently processer for £50. That will bring me up to £400...

I play a lot of different games really, LoL, Minecraft, COD, CS GO, CS, Dayz, WoW, Elder Scrolls, Various racing games, bunch of other stuff on steam too.

 

[J and j]

So if i could stretch to the below set up, would it be a decent system?

Powercolor Radeon R9 270X "PowerBank" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99

AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99

Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99

TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G1600HC9DC01) £55.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99

Zalman Z3-Plus Midi-Tower - Black £39.95

SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £31.99

Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49


Total :£503.98

 

[J and j]

ok

would it be worth going for this as well for an extra £10? Or will it not make much difference?

AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6350 Black Edition 3.90GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail

 

[J and j]

Ok perfect , thanks for all your help people!

 

[J and j]

Last question honest!!!

I have a Windows 7 Home Premium (I think) Key but no CD. Can I get this on to my new system some how? If so how please.!