ITX Build sub £400

[tbyeah]

My friend wants a PC for gaming, I've got a Hadron Air I can give him. So the £400 budget just covers a GPU, a CPU, RAM, ITX board, and a drive.

Just wanted to see what you could come up with, I've already had a look about and think I've managed to do well. Can't go into detail as some competitors.

 

[RJC]

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 280 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97N-WIFI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £93.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £52.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.98
Total : £405.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[tbyeah]

That looks a similar spec to what I had in mind, except I had an i3 + a cheap H81 board as well as a 760.

He won't be overclocking and frankly I can't be bothered tweaking it for him , so an i3 would probably be a better choice? I did consider the Pentium.

Also, I could save about £60 by going with a locked Pentium on a cheap board. Would this give a bad performance drop compared to the i3?

 

[Threepwood]

Would this give a bad performance drop compared to the i3?

Yes.

 

[tbyeah]

Well since the Pentium may as well be locked since I won't be overclocking it, I'll go for an i3. The rest looks great, thanks.