Budget gaming rig.

Nareandir

Nareandir

Nareandir

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Hey, I've been building a budget gaming rig, I would like to get some opinions whter its a good build or a terrible one.
** Do not mention competitor names / prices or links **

I will be using it to play moba games, MMOs, skyrim and maybe withcher 3(doesn't need to be on ultra) I hope to be able to play most games on high settings.
 
This is slightly cheaper.


Asus H81M-K Intel Core i5 DIY Micro ATX Motherboard, CPU & RAM Bundle £216 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-010-AS&groupid=2833&catid=2836&subcat=2861

Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM £35 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-334-SE&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 "ITX Edition" 2048MB GDDR5 £150 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-159-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2379 *+free game

BitFenix Colossus M Mini ITX - Black £40 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-160-BX&groupid=2362&catid=2279

SuperFlower FX 450W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Black £35 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-035-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2057

Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £14 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-136-SA&groupid=701&catid=10

TP-Link 450Mbps Wireless N Dual Band PCI Express Adapter £27 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-057-TP&groupid=46&catid=1597&subcat=1622


Total £527 incl. delivery.

The other upside is that you get GREAT customer support and a forum full of very nice people, who will be all to willing to help in any way that they can, generally :p
 
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Or you could buy these instead of the i5 DIY Bundle i suggested.


Intel Core i5-4460 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £150 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-535-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567

Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-596-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2698

Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £33 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-132-CR&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
 
Also, remove the competitors :)

Little Freak, Your proposed set up wouldn't work due to a mATX board and ITX case :)

I'd get rid of the dvd drive, who even uses them?

You could even go:

Pentium K: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-531-IN

B85m-ITX: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-120-AK

I can back this up, I've got the exact same. It does surprisingly well, would need to be overclocked to get the maximum out of it, sadly not possible on this board. This paired with a 960 is doing pretty well so far.

Obviously it depends on your budget man. I'd opt for the i5 though :)

And I've got this case, I'd go for a smaller one if you are going for an ITX build :)
 
For truly budget gaming, I would recommend the Pentium G3240, motherboard of your choosing, no case just a mobo tray and some wood or a hamster cage or something (whatever). Then get the GTX 950 instead of the 960 to save a bit more cash. Might as well splash out on 16GB DDR3 while it's so cheap. Other components like the other people here have said.
 
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