cheapish gaming build

robertchalmers1 · 8 Mar 2014 at 12:52

Hello looking for a cheapish gaming build for my nephew.

Don't need os, kb, mouse or monitor etc only a tower

Was thinking along the lines of a pentium g3220 ( allowing upgrade at a later date )

And possibly a 750ti or amd equivalent

Wouldn't be looking at anything state of the art but games like minecraft, starcraft 2 and team fortress 2. Plus any new games at lowest settings and my brother has been informed that pc gaminhg on lowest settings is more or less the same as current gen console gaming.

Would also prefer something that can be upgraded in 12-24 months when need be

robertchalmers1 · 8 Mar 2014 at 12:53

Meant to say budget between 350-500 for motherboard, cpu, ram and gfx card plus case only

snips86x · 8 Mar 2014 at 12:53

What is your budget?

haha, I see you've just updated, will post spec shortly.

Update:

Could you stretch the extra?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11222-06-20G) £99.95
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £39.95
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
Total : £571.90 (includes shipping : £11.75).

robertchalmers1 · 8 Mar 2014 at 12:59

Thnx dunno how I forgot the budget lol. Reason I mentioned the g3220 is we just happen to have one spare lol and going by a lot of previous posts a dual core intel appears to be a better cpu than a 4/6 core amd cpu

snips86x · 8 Mar 2014 at 13:04

I think it depends on what you're going to be using the PC for. The dual core would be great for an office build, but quad better for gaming, hex/oct for photo's & rendering.

robertchalmers1 · 9 Mar 2014 at 10:39

is that not a bit overspec for a a 12 year old??? it will be basically light gaming as in the original posting, minecraft and TF2 etc and for watching movies on and apps like spotify etc etc.

nothing ground breaking needed hence why i asked about the 750ti or amd equivalent for basic gaming needs

altrewin · 9 Mar 2014 at 13:38

Possibly a little overspec, but it's nice and small

R7 265 is a bit faster than a 750Ti, if you're feeling generous you could bump it up to a 270. Z87 means you can chuck in a nice K processor later on

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R7 265 Dual-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
1 x MSI Z87I AC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £102.95
1 x Antec ISK 600 Small Form Factor ITX Chassis £64.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x LiteOn DL-8ATSH Slim SLOT Black 8x DVD-RW SATA Optical Drive £19.99
Total : £505.44 (includes shipping : £8.00).