PC bits for around £400

[RobRoy]

Hi all,

My PC is getting on a bit and I'm looking to upgrade. I have around £400 to spend and need a case / PSU / motherboard / CPU / memory and a CD rom drive. I already have a new HD and a radeon 6850 gfx card.


Could I get something half decent to run games for that money?


Thanks in advance ☺

 

[Fulax]

You can:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £107.99
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 Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
Total : £409.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[ExtremeIC3cream]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Gigabyte H87-HD3 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £80.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1K2/8GX) £61.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £397.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[ExtremeIC3cream]

Never mind what I said I just read he has a graphics card silly me

 

[Fulax]

 

[ShivP]

If you wanted Intel and overclockable this would be pretty much the cheapest possible;
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £59.99
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £12.95
Total : £398.51 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Could probably save £5 extra on slower ram and spend about £40 on a case, putting you around £35 over

 

[RobRoy]

Thanks all for the super quick responses. Just realised the OS i have is only 32 bit so i guess i'd need to put that into the budget as well

 

[ShivP]

Yeah, you'll only be able to use like 3.2GB of the available 8GB ram :/

 

[Fulax]

Just use a Windows 8.1 free trial for three months, then buy the real thing when you can. That's what I'm currently doing.

 

[mcleish]

If you wanted Intel and overclockable this would be pretty much the cheapest possible;
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £59.99
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £12.95
Total : £398.51 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Could probably save £5 extra on slower ram and spend about £40 on a case, putting you around £35 over

No CPU fan?