£500 Build to sway console user :)

[Marshstyles]

Hi all,

A friend of mine was saying how he was going to spend £500 on a XBone. I suggested that he could probably buy a half decent gaming PC for that.

Now as I only read up on things when its time for me to upgrade I have no idea whats what.

This will be used as a gaming PC.

I can loan him a couple of bits but it will pretty much be everything needed build, including a monitor.

Things not needed:
Hard drive
Windows
mouse/keyboard/headphones
DVD drive

I've made a little attempt myself and I am over budget. Please penny pinch where possible. I went with that 270 as BF4 is included. I guess in the long run it would be better to spend the extra £10 and get the 270x ?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270 "BF4 Edition" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x BenQ GW2265M 22" Widescreen Flicker FREE LED Monitor - Black £95.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £29.99
Total : £565.92 (includes shipping : FREE).



Thanks in advance.

 

[Marshstyles]

Thanks for the input guys.

I'll pass this on and will bump the thread again when he gets his money together in case anything has changed.

 

[Marshstyles]

If he was planning on buying a console and plugging it into his TV, can you not drop the monitor from the build and use the PC on the TV?

I hear what you are saying but in position that the TV is in and the mouse and keyboard would be resting on a low coffee table with cables running across the room, it wouldn't be a good gaming experience.

I'll have a talk with him on Monday to see if he could stretch to £600.

Like I said it will take a month or so for him to get the money together and I was getting a feel for what he could get.

Thank you for the input though!