Advice for budget gaming PC

[Kurgen]

Hi, have been asked to build a budget gaming pc for a mate, Box only , budget is around the £650 mark including windows. I have put a hastily put together haswell build in below. gaming will be at 1080p, wont be going for very high detail. I'm open to skylake or going i3 and AMD Gpus are an option

Ive warned him that new GPUs could be coming in June, but he needs the build sooner

any suggestions or comments welcome

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £39.95
• 1 x Intel Core i5-4460 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £152.99
• 1 x Super Flower FX 450W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Black= £42.95
• 1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 960 Phantom 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £169.99
• 1 x Team Group Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01)= £29.99
• 1 x Corsair Carbide Series 88R Micro-ATX Case - Black (CC-9011086-WW)= £42.95
• 1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/= £34.99
• 1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £39.95
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £79.99

Total: £645.45
(includes shipping: £11.70)
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[Kurgen]

how does this i3 skylake compare to above
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus H110M-A Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £52.99
• 1 x Team Group Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (TPKD48GM2400HC16DC0= £29.99
• 1 x Intel Core i3-6320 3.90GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £129.95
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £79.99
• 1 x XFX XT Series 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £36.95
• 1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 960 Phantom 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £169.99
• 1 x Corsair Force LE 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (CSSD-F240GBLEB)= £49.99
• 1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £39.95
• 1 x Anidees AI-07MBW Micro-ATX Cube Case - Black Window= £70.99

Total: £660.79
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[mickyflinn]

The I3 is no slouch and performs very well at 1080p with a mid range gpu. I would probably get a cheaper case and get 16gb of ram.

 

[Kurgen]

yeah I just picked the case randomly.. just needed some feedback.. which is good, I will push towards the i3 unless I hear different and play with the 16gb option.

he also needs to decide if he is going to build it himself with my help, or get ocuk to do it, which I guess is another £50 ish..