Build for £450

CyanidePie · 14 Dec 2013 at 12:56

Hi all. I've contemplating buying a pc for schoolwork and games like Sim City, Minecraft and Rome 2 on pretty high settings. My budget is around £450 . I have not built before but would be happy to so I get the experience.

Thanks.

ExRayTed · 14 Dec 2013 at 13:33

I'm assuming you just need the tower and don't require either peripherals or an operating system. This will play most modern games on low to medium settings fine. On the games you've mentioned it should perform well.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £85.99
1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £56.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £44.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) HDD £38.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £14.99
Total : £445.51 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Fulax · 14 Dec 2013 at 13:36

A bit over, but you get 4 free games with the GPU.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £85.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G1600HC9DC01) £59.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £56.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 430W '80 Plus' Power Supply £43.99
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - White £39.95
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £14.99
Total : £479.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Use a 3 month free trial of Windows 8.1 for the OS; buying it now takes up a decent chunk of your budget.

CyanidePie · 14 Dec 2013 at 13:42

Thanks for the input. I never really looked at the AMD processors before but the 6 core ones look pretty good.

CyanidePie · 14 Dec 2013 at 13:51

Thanks for the input guys, really helps. I'm leaning over towards ExRayTeds build but I'd like an OS and peripherals would be nice too.

ExRayTed · 14 Dec 2013 at 14:08

If you need an OS too you'll be looking at an APU build. Still capable and will play games at low to medium settings.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-HD3 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £52.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £44.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) HDD £38.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £14.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £457.94 (includes shipping : £11.75).