PC Build ~£500

Jon33

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Hi all

My brother is looking for a new PC for around £500. To be used for occasional light gaming, web browsing and his Uni work.

He already has a case (from his old one) and DVD drive.

The price would need to include Windows 8.

What should he be looking at? Would be nice if someone could price something up with/without SSD for him to compare.

Thanks in advance.
 
The case is the Akasa Zen and I think the drive might be IDE.

If the case/drive aren't suitable then buying at as a whole build might be easier but I'm happy to build it for him if it'll give a better bang for buck.
 
This is the best I could come up with, with an SSD:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 750Ti OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N750Ti-2GD5/OCV1) £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £63.95
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.95
1 x Antec VP450P 450W 85% Efficient Continuous Power Supply £38.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £24.95
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
Total : £529.82 (includes shipping : £11.75).




Once you overclock the CPU it'll be great for games that don't require more than 2 cores.

But I think you'd get a much better PC by going second hand, but that again comes with its own disadvantages.
 
My attempt - not sure if the cooler fits the case though....

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £113.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x AMD Athlon X4 740 3.20GHz (Socket FM2) Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD740XWOHJBOX) £55.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0500-KR) £43.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-DS2 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £36.95
1 x Zalman T4 Micro-ATX Case USB 3.0 - Black £19.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £515.36 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 750Ti OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N750Ti-2GD5/OCV1) £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £63.95
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.95
1 x Antec VP450P 450W 85% Efficient Continuous Power Supply £38.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £24.95
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
Total : £529.82 (includes shipping : £11.75).






I agree with this one
 
Aston998 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 750Ti OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N750Ti-2GD5/OCV1) £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £63.95
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.95
1 x Antec VP450P 450W 85% Efficient Continuous Power Supply £38.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £24.95
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
Total : £529.82 (includes shipping : £11.75).






I agree with this one
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Me too, just putting an i3 build together but ends up with a R7 250, I suppose it's ok for light gaming though as the OP
 
A kaveri build...

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Kaveri 7850K 12 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 8 GPU Compute Cores) - Retail £119.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Asus A88XM-PLUS AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £56.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £46.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
1 x **B Grade** Anidees AI-6B Midi Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £36.95
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
Total : £507.24 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** VTX3D Radeon R9 290 V2 X-Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (VXR9 290 4GBD5-DHX) £209.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £77.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £51.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £38.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £34.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
Total : £504.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).



You should be getting free shipping and I would buy a windows 7/8 key online somewhere ;). Or even better if his Uni has DreamSpark, you can get windows 8.1/7 for free
 
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