Speck me a £400 basic gaming PC
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Soldato
Its a big ask at a low budget but can be done using second hand..
Sorry, OS not needed. Monitor not needed too.
The budget can be stretched to maybe 500. But I dont want a top spec one. I have a voucher that I want to use up.
My basket at Overclockers UK: 
you could ask ocuk to build it for you for a small fee, and ask if they would warranty the whole build, rather than individual part warranty, if you're not comfortable building it yourself.
unfortunately for the spec above, a couple parts are currently out of stock
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 Quad Core 1200 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £94.99
- 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 1050Ti OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £128.99
- 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99
- 1 x Kolink Aviator M Micro-ATX Gaming Case - Black= £32.99
- 1 x MSI A320M Pro-VH Plus AMD A320 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £44.99
- 1 x Toshiba P300 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £36.95
- 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G3000= £89.99
Total: £479.19 (includes shipping: £12.30)
you could ask ocuk to build it for you for a small fee, and ask if they would warranty the whole build, rather than individual part warranty, if you're not comfortable building it yourself.
unfortunately for the spec above, a couple parts are currently out of stock
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 Quad Core 1200 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £94.99
- 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 1050Ti OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £128.99
- 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99
- 1 x Kolink Aviator M Micro-ATX Gaming Case - Black= £32.99
- 1 x MSI A320M Pro-VH Plus AMD A320 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £44.99
- 1 x Toshiba P300 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £36.95
- 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G3000= £89.99
Total: £479.19 (includes shipping: £12.30)
you could ask ocuk to build it for you for a small fee, and ask if they would warranty the whole build, rather than individual part warranty, if you're not comfortable building it yourself.
unfortunately for the spec above, a couple parts are currently out of stock
Can I find alternatives for the products that are out of stock?
@HXSVN the ryzen 1200 is very common, i'd be surprised if if won't be back in stock soon.
about the msi 1050ti, then i'm not too sure - if it won't come back into stock, there are other alternatives, albeit slightly dearer.
regardless, you could post in the customer services section and enquire, and one of the cs guys will get back to you
about the msi 1050ti, then i'm not too sure - if it won't come back into stock, there are other alternatives, albeit slightly dearer.
regardless, you could post in the customer services section and enquire, and one of the cs guys will get back to you
Soldato
I could run skylines, sim city 2013, Anno 2205 on a 1gb gtx 750 on high settings at 1080p over 50/60fps, so you should be fine with a normal 1050 given it’s much better than the now old 750.
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Skylines will start to eat up when your playing mods or unlocking most of the game tiles and hitting asset limit . That's both CPU and GPU bound.
But by the time you reach that stage I often restart haha .
That game can easily use over 16gb but again down to mods mainly
football manager... SSD!!!!!!
But by the time you reach that stage I often restart haha .
That game can easily use over 16gb but again down to mods mainly
football manager... SSD!!!!!!
No budget! Lol
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its painful - haha
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/hyni...-hard-drive-hfs120g32tnd-n1a0a-hd-014-sh.html
wonder if £100 AMD A12 APU with AM4 board will run Skylines ok - saves cash on GPU and would bring build to £400- though ocuk dont stock it
http://www.amd.com/en/products/apu/7th-gen-a12-9800-apu
FM would run slower but leads future upgrade with core and GPU
Soldato
The i3 is better but currently there are no "cheap" motherboards for its socket. Pushes the price up quite a bit.
Yeah, out of budget
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I could give you my old unused gtx 970 for nothing if you want.
Just to keep costs down, the 970 has the power to play games on high as well at 1080p.
Just to keep costs down, the 970 has the power to play games on high as well at 1080p.