Spec me? £300 PC :)

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wentalong

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Hey all,

Brothers looking to build a PC which will largely be used for games and not stressed much further (Games like Team Fortress 2 & Left 4 Dead Etc...) so not the most demanding of games, however he would like to run them at the highest quality possible.

He has £300 to spend and at a stretch will spend £350.

He's mainly looking for best bang for buck here and so im hoping someone can help spec him as I've been 'out the game' for a while now and am not sure on whats best for his money :(

He needs just the tower and nothing else (I will donate him my old keyboard, mouse etc.)

Thanks everyone!
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LukieBoy007 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £41.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £38.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £346.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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This will be a good spec for your brother, for the price you can't argue. The only issue with this type of build, is it isn't very future proof since it is hard to upgrade with this set of components without doing an entire new rebuild.
 
 
Thanks for the quick replies guys!

Ideally he would want it to be as future proof as possible as i have a feeling in a year he'll be yearning to upgrade due to the upgrade itch and will also want to upgrade when he has a little more money, and so i've managed to dig a 300GB Sata 2 hard drive out, and feel he wont need any more than 4GB ram as he's only playing games (unless there is only a tiny difference in price between 4 & 8GB)

He also wont have a need for a CD Drive as i've got tonnes lying around, i've quickly came up with an ivybridge rig as i know its better bang for buck against bulldozer gaming wise, and is a lot more upgradable, what do you guys think?

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98
(£63.32) £75.98
(£63.32)
MSI HD 7750 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £65.99
(£54.99) £65.99
(£54.99)
XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
(£33.29) £39.95
(£33.29)
Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Sub Total : £279.07
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £58.16
Total : £348.98
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £119.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-364-GI) £35.00
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £353.90 (includes shipping : FREE).



Paying the little extra for the 2GB 7850 would make a lot of sense.......

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-364-GI) £35.00
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £383.90 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
If you are going to be going with 4GB, then a single stick might make more sense as when it comes to upgrading to 8GB you will still have 2 slots available.
 
 
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1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £119.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-364-GI) £35.00
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £353.90 (includes shipping : FREE).



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YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Asus HD 6670 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £59.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A75M-D3H AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £38.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £33.50
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £17.99
Total : £346.39 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Didn't see he'd got a HDD... If that's the case go with an i3 and a 7850 build... I Built my missus a machine of this spec and it runs pretty much everything I can think of!
 
lee32uk said:
You might want to add a hard drive to the first one :D
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That's my spec fella ;) He might need some sata cables if they are missing being a B grade mobo. The OP said he has found a 300GB HDD and a optical drive. He said he would go for 4GB unless 8GB wasn't much more expensive, which it isn't really
 
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honosuseri said:
That's my spec fella ;) He might need some sata cables if they are missing being a B grade mobo. The OP said he has found a 300GB HDD and a optical drive. He said he would go for 4GB unless 8GB wasn't much more expensive, which it isn't really
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I meant neos build above :) Anyhow didn't realise that the op had salvaged a hard drive and optical drive.
 
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