Kids / Gaming Computer £500 budget

Kalsius

Kalsius

Kalsius

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Thanks to all previous for my X99 system, loving it!

I now need a small form factor computer for the kids, nothing excessive but I would like my son to be able to play some moderate titles like Minecraft/Fortresscraft Evolved etc.

I have monitor, OS and keyboard/mouse just need case and the internals.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 950 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £68.99
1 x ASRock B85M-ITX Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £65.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX Mini-ITX Chassis with Window - Black £49.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAED38G1600HC9DC01) £38.99
1 x SuperFlower FX 450W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Black £34.99
1 x EVGA ACX mITX CPU cooler, Black - 92 mm £24.95
1 x Phanteks PH F140SP 140mm Fan Orange LED - Black / White £12.49
1 x NZXT CB-LED10-OR 12x Orange LED Sleeve - 1m £9.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 12V 20cm - Orange £4.99
Total : £495.44 (includes shipping : £11.75 Ex.VAT).




Could get a bit better bang for buck. Portion of the budget's gone into making it look nice.
 
Just some changes to above one as pentium is 2 core which will lack in games eg evolve and modern titles so I5 is a must. Also gpu gtx 960 much better eg in project cars rain 32 avg fps. Read more here: http://www.techspot.com/review/1000-project-cars-benchmarks/page2.html

I think this build will be much better option in terms of performance rather than look (no led, custom cables and no 3rd part cooler)
I know is slightly over your budget £20 but I think it's worth it. You also get free shipping for 250+ posts on forum :D

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If this is too much go for gtx 950
Hope this helps

I know one above one was made to make look good but you can always buy led cables and custom cooler.
 
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Mine is also a touch over £500 (goes back under with free shipping though), but you get an i5, GTX 960, 120GB SSD and a 1TB HDD, meaning fast startup, and the potential to put a game or two for quick startup too (I've found MC can benefit a bit from an SSD when loading larger worlds.

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SamyBoy13 said:
Good set up but I would pay extra and get better mobo as for £35 you cant expect much in terms of features and durability.
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Features no but you only want what you will use anyway. Durability will be fine. Especially companies like msi dont make products that will break in months as it would be a huge mark on their company and would reflect badly in all departments.
 
Good spec, I would spend the extra £20 or so and get the 250gb Hyper SSD Overlockers have on offer at the moment, esp for using as boot and games
 
What age are the kids. What resolution is required?

For younger kid's there really is little need for any more than a G3258 with a 750ti. It can be run from a 350w psu won't cost much to run and can be built in a good looking case.

Or a hand me down system.

My kids want my unused NZXT S340 case with RGB lighting, they love it's looks. I think that is more important to them than over speccing with components you could expect to see bought with a young lads first paycheck.
 
Ressing this as going to order late tomorrow.

I have an SSD spare and would prefer a smaller case (a small cube would be ideal) - does this change anything from the good specs above?
 
 
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