Can you Spec me a £400 gaming pc?

umboma · 13 Jul 2018 at 13:52

Hello all,

My kid has saved up £400 for a gaming pc. It’s gotta be a good all rounder if possible? He plays pretty much everything from Xcom2 to call of duty.

So it’s a challenge to see what you guys come up with, he doesn’t need a keyboard or monitor and I suppose he’ll use the free windows 10.

Also doesn’t need a hdd as I’ve got a spare 2tb one he can have, but if you can squeeze in a cheap SSD for the operating system that’ll be a bonus.

Many thanks

Edit

The best I can come up with is the following

Core i5-6500 3.2GHz
8GB DDR4 RAM
Pny gtx 1050ti
120gb SSD
2tb hdd
Win 10

For £390 is that any good?

NovaKill4 · 13 Jul 2018 at 14:42

Im assuming the CPU, RAM and GPU would be second hand yes?

For that budget yes you would be better off going second hand and the i5-6500 would be a very capable CPU, 1050ti is great for 1080p gaming and 8Gb of RAM should be plenty to start off with.

what exactly is the £390 for just CPU, RAM, GPU?

umboma · 13 Jul 2018 at 14:52

NovaKill4 said:
Im assuming the CPU, RAM and GPU would be second hand yes?

For that budget yes you would be better off going second hand and the i5-6500 would be a very capable CPU, 1050ti is great for 1080p gaming and 8Gb of RAM should be plenty to start off with.

what exactly is the £390 for just CPU, RAM, GPU?

£390 basically buys a second hand pre built pc from gumtree the only thing I’ll be adding is the 2tb hdd

marco.da.man · 13 Jul 2018 at 14:58

this option maybe

1xAMD Promo Bundle - AMD Ryzen 5 2600, Gigabyte X370-Gaming 3, Team Group RAM *FREE 240GB SSD* £328.97 *

1xEVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply £37.99 *

1xAerocool Cylon RGB Midi Tower - Black £35.99 *

Goods total £402.95*

Delivery costs £11.70*

Total order value £414.65

strumpusplunket · 13 Jul 2018 at 15:03

marco.da.man said:
this option maybe

1xAMD Promo Bundle - AMD Ryzen 5 2600, Gigabyte X370-Gaming 3, Team Group RAM *FREE 240GB SSD* £328.97 *

1xEVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply £37.99 *

1xAerocool Cylon RGB Midi Tower - Black £35.99 *

Goods total £402.95*

Delivery costs £11.70*

Total order value £414.65

Might want a graphics card!

That i5-6500/1050Ti bundle is great for the price if you can get it for that much.

NovaKill4 · 13 Jul 2018 at 15:05

umboma said:
£390 basically buys a second hand pre built pc from gumtree the only thing I’ll be adding is the 2tb hdd

Yeah i think that is a good price then, 1050ti is £150 on its own, £150 for the CPU if buying new. £390 for that would be great.

umboma · 13 Jul 2018 at 15:09

Ahh ok many thanks all, I’ll take him up to collect it later.