£500 spec machine

[passey89]

Ops director has just asked me to spec a £500 gaming machine for his step son.

Needs everything
Mouse
Keyboard
Monitor
Case

No software though.

Can go a little over if needed he can afford it.

 

[Calo]

My rig is under £500 and VR ready. Look below and pick your case, PSU, SSD and you're away!

 

[Gze]

Building yourself or prebuilt?

 

[passey89]

Building yourself or prebuilt?

Will build myself

 

[Danny75]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x XFX Radeon R9 380 "DD Dual Fan" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-380P-4DF5) - OEM= £155.99
• 1 x AOC G2260VWQ6 22" 1920x1080 TN FREESYNC 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red= £99.95
• 1 x Creative Fatal1ty HS-800 Gaming Headset= £24.95
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHFS37A/240G) *PROMO*= £65.99
• 1 x Cougar 200M Optical Gaming Mouse - Orange= £12.95
• 1 x Logitech K120 Keyboard (920-002524)= £10.99
• 1 x Aerocool V3X Advance Evil Black Edition Midi-Tower - Black/Orange= £23.99
• 1 x XFX XT Series 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £36.95
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX318C10FBK2/8)= £29.99
• 1 x Asus A88XM-PLUS AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £56.99
• 1 x AMD Athlon X4 860K Black Edition 3.70GHz (Socket FM2+) Kaveri Quad Core Processor (AD860KXBJABOX)= £59.99

Total: £578.73
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x XFX Radeon R9 380 "DD Dual Fan" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-380P-4DF5) - OEM= £155.99
• 1 x AOC G2260VWQ6 22" 1920x1080 TN FREESYNC 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red= £99.95
• 1 x Creative Fatal1ty HS-800 Gaming Headset= £24.95
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHFS37A/240G) *PROMO*= £65.99
• 1 x Cougar 200M Optical Gaming Mouse - Orange= £12.95
• 1 x Logitech K120 Keyboard (920-002524)= £10.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Black 8GB (1x8GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C14 2133MHz Single Channel Module - Black (HX421C14FB2= £29.99
• 1 x Asus H110M-K Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £46.99
• 1 x Intel Core i3-6100 3.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £99.95
• 1 x Aerocool V3X Advance Evil Black Edition Midi-Tower - Black/Orange= £23.99
• 1 x XFX XT Series 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £36.95

Total: £608.69
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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AMD CPU/mobo + DDR3 in first spec. Intel CPU/mobo + DDR4 (single stick so another can be added) in second spec.

Going with Intel would allow for a nicer gaming CPU upgrade.

There is a 24" version of that AOC Freesync monitor for £20 more.

The Samsung 250GB 850 EVO is currently just £5 more than the Fury SSD.