Help with building a gaming computer

ChroniclesKR · 4 Dec 2013 at 22:37

Hello everyone,

Me and my dad are wanting to build a gaming computer as a little project. We've never done anything like this and I would appreciate any suggestions. Our budget is around £500 - £700. Thanks in advance

Fallen god · 4 Dec 2013 at 23:47

AMD Build

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £161.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x BitFenix Raider Tower Case - Black £68.95
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G1600HC9DC01) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.95
Total : £644.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).

You could Up the GPU too a 280x/770. Also do you need a monitor, keyboard+mouse, and OS?

EdgeDs · 5 Dec 2013 at 02:22

The amd will allow you to get more for your money and be good for gaming

ChroniclesKR · 5 Dec 2013 at 10:34

I'll be using my TV for a monitor, and I already have a mouse and Keyboard. I need an OS though.

ChroniclesKR · 5 Dec 2013 at 10:36

And thankyou for your suggestion! Looks like a solid set :-)

Fallen god · 5 Dec 2013 at 16:03

ChroniclesKR said:
And thankyou for your suggestion! Looks like a solid set

You could get a different case, and maybe put some thought into a colour theme, I didn't really spec one but you could just change Ram to some blue ram and it will kind of match up, the GPU is black and white and the motherboard is black and blue.

Updated Spec with OS.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £161.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £71.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1K2/8GX) £61.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.95
Total : £714.43 (includes shipping : £8.00).

You could also use Windows 8 evaluation for 90days then by the OS later, maybe letting you sneak in a SSD.