Best Gaming Build for £400

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Hey folks, finished my first successful build recently thanks to advice taken from these forums. Now a friend has asked me to put something together for him, unfortunately his budget is a lot less than I had for mine.

I've informed him he wont get anything amazing for £400 but I said I'd have a look to see what's possible. He doesn't need a mouse, keyboard or monitor.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance..
 
RJC said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £82.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x EVGA 430W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0430-KR) £31.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £10.99
Total : £408.92 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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Saw this elsewhere. Kudos to RJC for the spec. Under £400 with the removal of the keyboard and mouse set.
 
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Hey, cheers for the replies. I'll be building it and no OS is needed, apologies, should have mentioned that before.

I'm in the process of trying to convince my friend it's worth spending a bit more, at the moment he's fixed to £400 though.
 
Get rid of the mouse and keyboard, use the stock cooler for processor, swap case for bitfenix Neos, get rid of CD drive and install windows with USB stick. All this should save you enough to swap the 260 for a 280! I would have made a basket for you but don't have access to it at the moment.

Total should be around £420. I realise this is a touch over budget but well worth it in my opinion for a gaming rig.

Edit: You could get a 270X to bring it within budget but I would say the extra £20 would be worth it.
 
 
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Worth a mention as well, currenttly the 280 comes with the AMD Gold reward of 3 free games.

In the process of adjusting the original spec I didn't realise the PSU was only 430W. I think you might to consider 500-550w for the 280!

Edit: If that's the case then he might need to stretch a little further (total minus shipping)

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 280 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £23.99
Total : £443.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Or consider the 270x to bring it down a touch:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £23.99
Total : £423.44 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
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