cheap gaming build

[robertchalmers1]

My missus has decided she would like a cheapish pc for playin some games while in bed at night. Was looking at something along the lines of the amd x4 750k and cheap fm2(?) Board along with possibly a 270x. Obv not looking to max out any games but hopefully at decent frames tho.

Also allow me a quick blast of bf4 in bed as well.

Looking to spend between 3-400 if its do able.

Only looking for cpu, mobo, gpu, ram and psu

 

[CEUOTC]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270X "PowerBank" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87M-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £82.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G1600HC9DC01) £49.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
Total : £502.51 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[CEUOTC]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £157.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270X "PowerBank" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Gigabyte H87M-HD3 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G1600HC9DC01) £49.99
Total : £492.55 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[robertchalmers1]

Thnx but that's way above her budget just now. Although I doubt I would buy that quality of components to play games like trine 2 a couple hours a week and to chat on fb.

 

[CEUOTC]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £157.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270X "PowerBank" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £58.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G1600HC9DC01) £49.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £49.99
Total : £476.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[CEUOTC]

Sorry miss read OP.

 

[CEUOTC]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11220-00-20G) £134.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £82.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x MSI H81M-P33 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £33.95
Total : £343.46 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[robertchalmers1]

No worries, should have made it a bit clearer

 

[CEUOTC]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 750Ti OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N750Ti-2GD5/OC) £99.95
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £82.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x MSI H81M-P33 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £33.95
Total : £308.42 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[robertchalmers1]

Thnx that build looks a lot better and easier on the pocket. How does the cpu do nowadays in gaming terns???

 

[robertchalmers1]

The 750ti was a card I have noticed and researched a bit. However the r265 apparently blows it a way for not too much more and for sake of 20-30 the r270 is obv a lot better. Alrhough both will be more power hungry

 

[CEUOTC]

Should be fine, may struggle in 64 player BF4 maps

 

[CEUOTC]

Just giving you a base to work on, you will sacrifice CPU power for more GPU grunt.

TBH never thought about the 765.

 

[cmndr_andi]

The i5 option is a nice one, as those chips are very quick.

However, if you just don't want to spend as much money then this would make a good build:

Alternatively, a second hand i5 2500K/3570K and new Z77 board will give you very similar performance to a 4670K (especially when overclocked) for a bit less money.

 

[robertchalmers1]

Thnx andi quite like the look of that amd build.

Out of interest, the bitfenix prodigy cases are they only mATX and mITX(?? Is that correct ) or do they do them in ATX sizing???

 

[CEUOTC]

Thnx andi quite like the look of that amd build.

Out of interest, the bitfenix prodigy cases are they only mATX and mITX(?? Is that correct ) or do they do them in ATX sizing???

Only mATX and mITX.

 

[robertchalmers1]

Thnx for that. Needa look at dif cases as that was the case she had her heart set on

 

[cmndr_andi]

Aye, the Bitfenix does a micro ATX version of the prodigy as well as the older Mini-ITX version.

Having built into an micro ATX one I can confirm there isn't going to be a full ATX version - as there just isn't enough room. Bitfenix may do a new case which is ATX compatible and is styled similarly to the prodigy, but AFAIK they haven't announced such a case (yet).

Another option would be to go for an Intel Haswell Quad core, but one that is a bit cheaper and doesn't overclock. Then couple that with a cheaper H81 board and you will just be within budget and could use a micro-ATX board/case. Even without overclocking, a 3GHz Haswell quad core will steam through pretty much all modern games.