£500 budget uni/fims and quake!

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OSdoom

OSdoom

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Hi guys,

I'm after a cheap pre-built desktop pc for uni work - word/powerpoint with lots of pdf/webpages open. I will also be using it to watch movies and play the odd game of quake / doom using darkplaces. I suppose I would like to give some FPS a try too, specifically Aliens Isolation, but If I'm being honest I don't really have much time to play games what with two kids!

I've been looking at the casual gaming rigs for around £450 and also the liberator x6.

It has been a long time since I played any games so I'm out of the loop so I'm really in need of some advice here.

Thanks

Rob
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £71.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £65.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Gold (HX18C9BGK2/8-OC) **I52 PROMO** £49.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £44.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £495.92 (includes shipping : £8.00).



and get win 8 pro from uni for £50

ps: do you need monitor/kb/mouse?
 
I've got monitor/kb/mouse.

Excuse my greenishness:

So is that a prebuilt one? Do I add items individually to shopping basket?

I don;t want to assume, but will I be able to enjoy the new alien game and doom/quake lol with that build?

Thanks

Rob
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £71.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £65.99
1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £58.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Gold (HX18C9BGK2/8-OC) **I52 PROMO** £49.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £39.95
1 x Zalman Z1 Midi-Tower USB 3.0 - Black £30.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £464.78 (includes shipping : £11.25).



imo, i'd recommend this.
and post in the customer service section of the forum for a quote for ocuk to build it for you. that should bring it to £500 or there abouts
 
in a word, better.

the i3 and 6300 are similar.
but the gpu of my spec totally blows the 750(ti) out of the water.
see: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1043?vs=1130
(i know it says 270x, but the 270 is the same silicon...ie a downclocked 270x)
also i've put a sshd in my spec which makes the system snappier and generally more pleasant to use than just a bog standard hdd

the plus side of those prebuilts listed are that it looks better ;p
 
I like the prebuilts, was considering getting one a while back but decided on making my own.

Tam, quickly I had a browse through some 'b' grades and found some bargins recon we could incorporate;
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-348-GI&groupid=595&catid=683

had a bash at a build properly as i am at home, now the processor is more of a budget but you do get a good GPU.
YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** XFX Radeon R9 280 DD Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-280A-TDFD) £155.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £54.98
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Gold (HX18C9BGK2/8-OC) **I52 PROMO** £49.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £44.99
1 x Intel 320 Series 120GB Internal SSD SATA 3GB/s 2.5" 7mm (SSDSA2BW120G3) £39.95
1 x **B Grade** Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £37.99
1 x Zalman T2 Plus Mini-Tower USB 3.0 - Black £19.99
Total : £463.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).



This leaves a little money for a cd drive and will cost slightly more to get it made. Just another point of view. The 'B' grade items according to sight have some cosmetic dmg/lost original packaging, etc. however they are discounted accordinly, there is meant to be a 770GTX on its way,but i personally would snap up the 280.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1265?vs=699
THe pentium performs well considering the cost, i don't think anything you require will need more than 2 cores.
 
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psst. you do realise those "b-grades" are exactly the same price as the new stock right? lol.

alternatively...

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4150 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £58.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Gold (HX18C9BGK2/8-OC) **I52 PROMO** £49.99
1 x Asus H81M-E Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £39.95
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £39.95
1 x Zalman T2 Plus Mini-Tower USB 3.0 - Black £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £471.94 (includes shipping : £8.00).



an intel i3 build + 280 gpu
 
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