Sons first machine

[MasterOC]

So my sons coming to the age where he's constantly looking at the Pute , with Christmas coming up I thought well easy decision . He dosnt need anything fancy just something usable that will play kids learning games and maybe a few Lego games preferably at at least 720p

I've got a 500w corsair PSU and 4GB of 1333 Kingston value

Now I run a 5150 for my TS server and its proved capable at hosting a range of games adequately which leads me to believe these should be at least capable of basic gaming on the CPU side of things.. I really don't think the IGPU will be up to much if anything tbh

The limitation I'm finding is the PCIE is only a 4 x lane in the mobos ... But presumably a card wouldn't need that much bandwidth for the sorta games I have in mind.

Anywho ... Please Spec me something not including O/S or monitor just the tower excluding ram n PSU for the best price possible ... Not nessarly the cheapest but best option ,

 

[MasterOC]

Roughly 300 would be high estimate really but would push further ..

 

[MasterOC]

If you use the value RAM you have you won't get as much gaming grunt from the AMD APUs since they use system RAM and only really shine with fairly fast speeds. Cheap RAM would really hold one back. And fast RAM is quite pricey atm, so I'd rule out any builds based on that platform.

I have got 2 dimms of patriot viper black mamba 1866 2 x 4 ... Could use those if needs be but was saving those for a secondary build after New Years . But if needs a must

 

[MasterOC]

I would go z97, with pentium K overclocked on air with an SSD, cooled with a Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure because they are great.

Leave you with a great upgrade route in the future. Cheap too, because all you have to upgrade is the CPU/GPU.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R7 250 OC 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £62.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Crucial MX100 128GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT128MX100SSD1) £54.98
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
Total : £269.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Add whatever ATX case you like.

Anything better then gddr3 versions mind . Dont mind spending a few quid extra

 

[MasterOC]

Thanks allot guys that b grade 660 is a banging deal ! Jesus wasn't that long ago I paid 150 quid for one .