£450 Gaming PC

nicknack35 · 2 May 2014 at 18:57

or this option its not a tower but the spec looks ok
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-376-OK&groupid=43&catid=2502

dacads · 2 May 2014 at 18:59

nicknack35 said:
or this option its not a tower but the spec looks ok
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-376-OK&groupid=43&catid=2502

Are you joking right now? That doesn't even have a graphics card and no a 1.3Ghz processor is far from ok for gaming.

nicknack35 · 2 May 2014 at 19:04

sorry forgot its gaming pc there is one here and under budget

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-018-OG&groupid=43&catid=2475

J and j · 2 May 2014 at 19:05

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

nicknack35 · 2 May 2014 at 19:07

No problem good luck

Martini1991 · 2 May 2014 at 23:17

nicknack35 said:
sorry forgot its gaming pc there is one here and under budget

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-018-OG&groupid=43&catid=2475

That's not going to be doing much real gaming.

J and j · 7 May 2014 at 19:52

Hi all,

Thanks again for you advice.

Unfortunately my budget has reduced to £350 as my car needed some work :mad:

. Will I still be able to have a decent build for this

ShivP · 7 May 2014 at 20:22

Put simply, for decent gaming, no

You will be able to get something very basic, but still able to play most games at low settings

APU Time

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Kaveri 7850K 12 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 8 GPU Compute Cores) - Retail £131.99
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 Gigabyte F2A55M-HD2 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £37.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £25.99
1 x Raijintek Rhea Heatpipe CPU Cooler - PWM - 92mm £12.95
Total : £363.40 (includes shipping : £11.25).

J and j · 7 May 2014 at 21:40

Thanks

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

ShivP · 7 May 2014 at 21:41

That APU should be fine for gaming, tbh I was a bit harsh, may be able to get med-high settings on some games, but I'd wait for a while for more funds?

J and j · 7 May 2014 at 21:58

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

Just seems strange not having a PC :eek:

ShivP · 7 May 2014 at 22:07

What you can do is get a basic i3 rig going with no discrete graphics then add a gfx card in when funds become available.

J and j · 7 May 2014 at 22:13

That sounds like a good idea any idea on price

?

Thanks for all your help!!!!!!

ShivP · 7 May 2014 at 22:16

Np, I can't currently do a spec but I can't imagine it being much more than £350 for an I3 + h87 mobo etc

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 8 May 2014 at 09:56

J and j said:
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

You have a Q9550 which is not too bad TBF and is still worth a reasonable amount on the famous auction site.

What games do you intent to play??

Martini1991 · 8 May 2014 at 09:58

May's well just lump a GPU into what he has now and overclock.
Going to be the best way really.

Say an R9 270X.

My mate's gaming on a stock Q6600 with a 7770

J and j · 8 May 2014 at 14:06

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.

Martini1991 · 8 May 2014 at 14:19

400 pound isn't a great sum of money though, and your Q9550 can still play games.

If you could fault find for example, you'd likely end up with the great gaming performance from your Q9550 with an R9 270X and then an SSD.

An FX4300/Kaveri Quad is faster than your CPU, but not massively ahead.

J and j · 8 May 2014 at 19:20

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

ShivP · 8 May 2014 at 19:22

Yes, very decent, probably able to play BF4 at ultra with little hiccups. Increase that PSU size though, and maybe drop the DVD-RW to compensate.

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