Gaming PC for £300?

[kaotikuk]

Looking to build a cheap gaming PC, i have a 7950 to reuse so dont need a gpu, however.. will i be able to build a pc for that budget that wont bottleneck the card?

cheers

 

[Morfinel]

What exactly do u need?

 

[tamzzy]

300 quid
YOUR BASKET
1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £59.99
1 x Intel Pentium G3420 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £46.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
1 x MSI B85M-P33 Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £44.99
1 x Cooler Master N200 NSE-200-KKN1 Midi-Tower - Black £36.95
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £16.99
Total : £301.34 (includes shipping : £11.25).



but i'd prolly spend 50 quid more to get this instead
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £82.99
1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £59.99
1 x Gigabyte B85M-D3H Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £56.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
1 x Cooler Master N200 NSE-200-KWN1 Midi-Tower Windowed - Black £39.95
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £16.99
Total : £348.44 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[altrewin]

Bit over, but won't bottleneck it.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £131.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x Cooler Master N200 NSE-200-KKN1 Midi-Tower - Black £36.95
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
1 x MSI H81M-P33 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £33.95
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £16.99
Total : £359.30 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 

[stulid]

AMD FX8320 is the way to go for a cheap budget such as this.

 

[CrixxzeH]

AMD FX8320 is the way to go for a cheap budget such as this.

+1

I also think you'll get more bang for buck with the AMD option at this budget.

 

[ShivP]

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £110.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD £43.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - White £29.99
Total : £367.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).




Bit over, but 8320 in there.