Looking for max £700 Gaming PC

[Mr Arky]

Hello, my friend is looking to buy a gaming pc In order to run games like battlefield 4, and dayz for example.

Preferably pre built as my friend fears he may go wrong down the line.

Starting from scratch, nothing higher than £700.

Thank you.

 

[Fulax]

Here are to self-build options that by some coincidence come to exactly the same price. So you have superior CPU plus inferior GPU, or inferior CPU plus superior GPU. For a gaming PC, smart money is on the latter (which, to be clear, is the AMD build below). I would highly recommend he build it himself, as you get more value for your money - and at ths budget level that's very important. I had a little play with the online configurator, but the best I could do was a 6300 plus 270X build - which would be noticeably inferior to the two below.

Intel self-build:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270X DEVIL 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £157.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £107.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler £26.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £699.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).



AMD self-build:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £245.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £113.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler £26.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £699.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Come to think of it - when you say he's 'starting from scratch', does that mean he also needs a monitor and peripherals?

 

[Mr Arky]

unfortunately yes, i suppose their the easiest parts to come by, thank you btw for ur help above.

 

[Fulax]

With monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Tell him to use a 90-day free trial of Windows 8.1 for now - it frees up a bit of the budget: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/evalcenter/hh699156.aspx

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270X DEVIL 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £157.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £113.99
1 x BenQ GW2265HM 22" Widescreen LED Flicker-Free Multimedia Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler £26.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.95
Total : £714.80 (includes shipping : £12.50).



The GPU comes with 5 free games, including Battlefield 4.

 

[Mr Arky]

Thank you very much, looking into these now

 

[ndaar]

I think Fulax has offered up the best options. I was going to suggest an fx6300 config with an SSD, but I think his options with the FX8320 probably make more sense over all.

 

[v3sp]

Fulax knows his stuff he helped me with a PC build a few weeks ago, and its running like a dream