All round rig for friend, Budget about £350-400

lawrence281 · 11 Nov 2015 at 21:02

Just looking around for parts everywhere,Have my build listed down, but just wanna see what build you guys recommend or the famous stulid

AMD route would be best..but all around browsing,music etc, and gaming like fallout 4, gta etc that runs a smooth level

mickyflinn · 11 Nov 2015 at 22:01

Base unit or complete build, os ?

lawrence281 · 11 Nov 2015 at 23:53

mickyflinn said:
Base unit or complete build, os ?

uhm? Complete build I guess, but no os

lawrence281 · 12 Nov 2015 at 00:03

but would a £400 budget be enough to run fallout 4 or gta5 on minimum settings? help!

FixupSellon · 12 Nov 2015 at 19:47

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x "Recon RX6" AMD FX-6 6300 Black 3.5GHz (4.1GHz Turbo) Six Core Value Gaming Bundle = £229.99
- Build Time:Standard Build Laptops - Approximately 3 to 5 working days
1 x MSI Radeon R7 360 Gaming 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £85.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR)= £36.95
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/= £38.99

Total: £403.02
(includes shipping: £11.10)

you couldnt get a decent monitor or peripherals brand new as well as a system for £400 unless you skimped somewhere or got lucky with a bundle..

mickyflinn · 12 Nov 2015 at 19:56

AMD
My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Aerocool V3X Black Edition Midi-Tower - Black= £19.99
1 x MARS Gaming MCP0 Gaming Keyboard & Mouse - UK Layout= £14.99
1 x Samsung SH-224FB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM M disc compatible= £14.99
1 x BenQ GL2250 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £74.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA100)= £35.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N75TD5-2GI)= £89.99
1 x Cougar STX 550W 80 Plus 230V EU Power Supply - Black= £32.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00C= £31.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-4 Quad Core 4300 3.80GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail= £59.99
1 x Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard= £58.99

Total: £453.02
(includes shipping: £18.12)

Intel

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Aerocool V3X Black Edition Midi-Tower - Black= £19.99
1 x MARS Gaming MCP0 Gaming Keyboard & Mouse - UK Layout= £14.99
1 x Samsung SH-224FB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM M disc compatible= £14.99
1 x BenQ GL2250 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £74.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA100)= £35.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N75TD5-2GI)= £89.99
1 x Cougar STX 550W 80 Plus 230V EU Power Supply - Black= £32.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00C= £31.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £55.99
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £39.95

Total: £429.08
(includes shipping: £17.22)

FixupSellon · 12 Nov 2015 at 21:02

mickyflinn said:
AMD
My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Aerocool V3X Black Edition Midi-Tower - Black= £19.99

1 x MARS Gaming MCP0 Gaming Keyboard & Mouse - UK Layout= £14.99

1 x Samsung SH-224FB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM M disc compatible= £14.99

1 x BenQ GL2250 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £74.99

1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA100)= £35.99

1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N75TD5-2GI)= £89.99

1 x Cougar STX 550W 80 Plus 230V EU Power Supply - Black= £32.99

1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00C= £31.99

1 x AMD Piledriver FX-4 Quad Core 4300 3.80GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail= £59.99

1 x Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard= £58.99

Total: £453.02
(includes shipping: £18.12)

Intel

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Aerocool V3X Black Edition Midi-Tower - Black= £19.99

1 x MARS Gaming MCP0 Gaming Keyboard & Mouse - UK Layout= £14.99

1 x Samsung SH-224FB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM M disc compatible= £14.99

1 x BenQ GL2250 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £74.99

1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA100)= £35.99

1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N75TD5-2GI)= £89.99

1 x Cougar STX 550W 80 Plus 230V EU Power Supply - Black= £32.99

1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00C= £31.99

1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £55.99

1 x Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £39.95

Total: £429.08
(includes shipping: £17.22)

having owned the Benq GL2250 for a few weeks now i can highly recommend it, certainly at a low cost point(mine did cost over £30 more than OC sell) and seems to suit my gtx 750 non ti, think im going to get a second of these monitors.