Ultra Budget Spec please?

[bioshockeruk]

Ok as I am currently in the process of rebuilding my new rig, my 10 yr old boy has been very interested throughout and has asked to build his own PC. I feel this is a great learning opportunity for him however, I'm not really in the position to spend a ton of money here either.

So with that said, is it possible I can build a reasonable tower that will play say Minecraft, Smite, Lego Worlds, & Fifa, with a very small budget of £300 for the tower only. I have a seperate budget for keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers and os.

Not sure if this one is possible, but thought this would be the best place to ask.
If £300 is not a good figure what would you say is a good budget, I would like to give him some options so that he has an influence in choosing the parts also as this would also help him learn more about what he is building.

As always, many thanks in advance

 

[sastusbulbas]

You could be looking at stuff along these lines, or second hand.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £55.99
• 1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00C= £31.99
• 1 x Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £39.95
• 1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) HDD= £41.99
• 1 x EVGA 430W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0430-KR)= £33.95
• 1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - White Window= £26.99
• 1 x MSI Radeon R7 370 Gaming 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £119.99

Total: £363.15
(includes shipping: £12.30)
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My own lads have my hand me downs, but I also have a budget PC I use as a secondary test bed.

You sadly do have to shop around, and GPU's well it's around £99 for a 750ti that is the basic for reasonable 1080p gaming. But with the Nvidia 950, 960, and AMD 370 for similar money it seems pointless.

A 450w to 550w PSu from the likes of EVGA or Superflower is an reasonable item to spend a little more on.

My lads have my old Silverstone TJ08B-E case, but wanted my NZXT Source which is white with a window and remote control RGB lighting.

I think in some respects if this is something he will be using a lot, that friends will see etc, it can be a lot more interesting to go for looks and such too. A decent case and PSU offer a solid upgradable foundation. It is easy to sell on a cheap motherboard or CPU, but less interest is there for a budget plasticky case and low powered budget PSU.

Just google RGB lighting with NZXT S340 for some inspiring videos your son may want to emulate. (I use Phobya myself), the case in the above list would also look great, I prefer a single 30cm strip myself.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £55.99
• 1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00C= £31.99
• 1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case - White Window= £59.99
• 1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 550W Fully Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply - White= £72.95
• 1 x MSI Z97 PC Mate Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard= £64.99
• 1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1)= £68.99
• 1 x HIS Radeon R7 370 IceQ X2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H370QM2G2M)= £119.99

Total: £488.09
(includes shipping: £13.20)
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[MikeB]

Classifieds.on.avforums will net you a decent ish.pc