gaming PC new build

snakebri · 6 Sep 2016 at 10:19

hi everyone,

i am looking to build a gaming PC so i can play CIV VI when it is released, also i want to run matlab simulator and ansys. i am on a tight budget can spend max of 300.

Any help on the components is much appreciated.

Also i am willing to buy second hand to achieve this build thankyou

snips86x · 6 Sep 2016 at 10:42

What do you have at the moment?

snakebri · 6 Sep 2016 at 10:46

i only have a lenovo laptop which just abouts supports Starters orders game on low resolution

snips86x · 6 Sep 2016 at 11:06

snakebri said:
i only have a lenovo laptop which just abouts supports Starters orders game on low resolution

hmmm....I think you may struggle to get a complete system for that kind of budget. You'd be looking at an integrated GPU like Kavari.

Anyway to double it?

snakebri · 6 Sep 2016 at 11:14

snips86x said:
hmmm....I think you may struggle to get a complete system for that kind of budget. You'd be looking at an integrated GPU like Kavari.

Anyway to double it?

i am open ideas and could stretch to 500

snips86x · 6 Sep 2016 at 11:27

I know its a little over but...

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Kaveri A10-7890K Wraith 12 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 8 GPU Compute Cores)= £126.49
1 x Asus A88XM-PLUS AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £58.99
1 x Team Group Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01)= £39.95
1 x Super Flower FX 450W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Black= £44.99
1 x Crucial BX200 240GB SSD SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (CT240BX200SSD1)= £65.99
1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £42.95
1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £28.99
1 x Acer V246HQLBbd 23.6'' 1920x1080 IPS 6ms Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £89.99
1 x OcUK Cobra Advanced Gaming box set - Red= £39.95

Total: £566.31
(includes shipping: £28.02)

snakebri · 6 Sep 2016 at 11:28

snips86x said:
I know its a little over but...

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Kaveri A10-7890K Wraith 12 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 8 GPU Compute Cores)= £126.49

1 x Asus A88XM-PLUS AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £58.99

1 x Team Group Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01)= £39.95

1 x Super Flower FX 450W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Black= £44.99

1 x Crucial BX200 240GB SSD SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (CT240BX200SSD1)= £65.99

1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £42.95

1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £28.99

1 x Acer V246HQLBbd 23.6'' 1920x1080 IPS 6ms Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £89.99

1 x OcUK Cobra Advanced Gaming box set - Red= £39.95

Total: £566.31
(includes shipping: £28.02)

thankyou very much mate this is much appreciated

snips86x · 6 Sep 2016 at 11:31

You're more than welcome! I've not checked the clearance section as I'm at work and supposed to be working lol

If you have a look and see if there are any monitors, cases or HDDs where you could save some cash

snakebri · 6 Sep 2016 at 11:50

snips86x said:
You're more than welcome! I've not checked the clearance section as I'm at work and supposed to be working lol

If you have a look and see if there are any monitors, cases or HDDs where you could save some cash

where abouts is that i cant find it

snips86x · 6 Sep 2016 at 11:54

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/clearance

subbytna · 6 Sep 2016 at 12:45

You could alwways drop the mechanical drive. 240gig SSD is enough in the mean time. You could get an external storage USB3 drive later on?

snakebri · 6 Sep 2016 at 13:04

subbytna said:
You could alwways drop the mechanical drive. 240gig SSD is enough in the mean time. You could get an external storage USB3 drive later on?

any chance of a link please

snips86x · 6 Sep 2016 at 13:46

snakebri said:
any chance of a link please

Like so...

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Kaveri A10-7890K Wraith 12 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 8 GPU Compute Cores)= £126.49
1 x Asus A88XM-PLUS AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £58.99
1 x Team Group Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01)= £39.95
1 x Super Flower FX 450W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Black= £44.99
1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £28.99
1 x Acer V246HQLBbd 23.6'' 1920x1080 IPS 6ms Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £89.99
1 x OcUK Cobra Advanced Gaming box set - Red= £39.95
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £129.95

Total: £559.30
(includes shipping: £0.00)

snakebri · 6 Sep 2016 at 13:58

snips86x said:
Like so...

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Kaveri A10-7890K Wraith 12 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 8 GPU Compute Cores)= £126.49

1 x Asus A88XM-PLUS AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £58.99

1 x Team Group Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01)= £39.95

1 x Super Flower FX 450W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Black= £44.99

1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £28.99

1 x Acer V246HQLBbd 23.6'' 1920x1080 IPS 6ms Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £89.99

1 x OcUK Cobra Advanced Gaming box set - Red= £39.95

1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £129.95

Total: £559.30
(includes shipping: £0.00)

thanks for this but the motherboard is out of stock

snips86x · 6 Sep 2016 at 14:05

snakebri said:
thanks for this but the motherboard is out of stock

Yeah, they all are mate

snips86x · 6 Sep 2016 at 14:07

The only other suitable board would be the below:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-gr...ocket-fm2-ddr3-atx-motherboard-bg-16c-ak.html

This would obviously take you a little more over budget so you may want to change the CPU out for a slightly cheaper one...

Will see if I can amend my spec

edit...

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Team Group Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01)= £39.95
1 x Super Flower FX 450W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Black= £44.99
1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £28.99
1 x Acer V246HQLBbd 23.6'' 1920x1080 IPS 6ms Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £89.99
1 x OcUK Cobra Advanced Gaming box set - Red= £39.95
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £129.95
1 x **B Grade** Asrock FM2A88X Pro3+ AMD A88 (Socket FM2+) DDr3 ATX Motherboard= £64.99
1 x AMD Kaveri A10-7850K 12 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 8 GPU Compute Cores) - Reta= £95.99

Total: £534.80
(includes shipping: £0.00)

You could go for a clearance CPU?

Kaveri A10-7850K
Kaveri A10-7870K

Check with OcUK what's missing as b-grade items are not always complete packages.

subbytna · 6 Sep 2016 at 14:24

If you have a tv just now, I'd drop the monitor in the meantime and put the extra cash towards pc parts, then save up £90 to get the monitor in a month or two later on. You can hook up this pc to the tv to play, in the meantime.

snips86x · 6 Sep 2016 at 14:30

subbytna said:
If you have a tv just now, I'd drop the monitor in the meantime and put the extra cash towards pc parts, then save up £90 to get the monitor in a month or two later on. You can hook up this pc to the tv to play, in the meantime.

Not a bad idea, but I would be concerned on the refresh rate and image quality. For £120, I think the monitor is a bargain.

@OP - Again, you could check for a b-grade monitor.

snakebri · 6 Sep 2016 at 15:49

Thanks guys I really appreciate all your help

subbytna · 7 Sep 2016 at 12:14

He can still get that monitor, just have the TV as a stopgap and put all the cash into the pc to start with. Should take long to save for that monitor. Get the monitor a month or tow down the line and have a higher spec pc.