Please help someone, Pc build.

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lukebrown98

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Hi everyone
Please can someone help me with a custom pc build.
I am on a budget of around £350 give or take. However with that money i nedd to get everything except keyboard, mouse and monitor.
So with the £350 i nedd to get case, wifi card and operating system etc.
Can someone recomend parts i should put together please.
Btw i dont play massive games but will be playing GTA 5 when it comes out and cod etc.
Thanks.
 
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Sangeet Khatri
great build, better then mine, that's for sure... though most amd cpus dislike single sticks of ram. i'd spend a little more to get 2 sticks. and of course you're giving him win8, that deserves a warning in and of itself. The op might really hate you if he doesn't know what he's getting into.
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I selected a single stick of RAM because he may be able to upgrade to 8GB's very easily which I consider as the sweet spot for gaming. That is why i just selected a single stick.

And Windows 8 can be used just like the Windows 7 without all that metro stuff by some few tweaks and some free softwares. The reason why i went for the Windows 8 is that it is observed that Windows 8 is better at gaming than Windows 7, though not by much but still...
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ingtar33

ingtar33

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here is an intel build; no promises on GTA5 performance, as i don't know what resolution you're going to play at, your price range is simply too low~

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G2020 2.9GHz Dual-Core Processor (£43.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B75MA-E33 Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£44.10 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Value 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£24.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.94 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 7750 2GB Video Card (£63.90 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman ZM-T1 ATX Mini Tower Case (£18.96 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£35.82 @ Dabs)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£68.35 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £346.26
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-16 17:29 BST+0100)

Since gta5 is being built for the ps4 and xb1 more cores likely will be necessary, so i provide an amd option which may (or may not) be able to play gta5. The real trick is we don't know how the game will be built. chances are you'll need to spend more $$ then this to play gta5 at 1080p


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£58.50 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Biostar Hi-Fi A85S3 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard (£45.12 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston Value 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£24.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.94 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 7750 2GB Video Card (£63.90 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman ZM-T1 ATX Mini Tower Case (£18.96 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£35.82 @ Dabs)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£68.35 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £362.59
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-16 17:34 BST+0100)


As for a wifi card, here is a usb stick which will do the job.

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN727N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£5.49 @ Ebuyer)
 
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Sangeet Khatri

Sangeet Khatri

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For that price, this is the best you can get including Operating System. It is a very powerful rig for the price. It has an AMD 7770 which is an awesome card for 80 pounds, it also has a Athlon II X4 750K CPU which is nothing but an AMD A10 with graphics turned off, so it should give very good performance for the price, somewhere in between the FX 4100 and FX 4300. Closer to the latter actually. So, it is a definite buy. Another thing that i would like to add is that if possible, then go for the Fractal Design Core 1000 which is just 10 pounds more and is much more awesome than this case. So here is the awesome build for the price :

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£58.50 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard (£46.50 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£20.03 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card (£79.77 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN781ND 802.11b/g/n PCI Wi-Fi Adapter (£7.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman ZM-T2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£17.94 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£34.99 @ Maplin Electronics)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.59 @ Aria PC)
Total: £360.29
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-16 17:43 BST+0100)

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ingtar33

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great build, better then mine, that's for sure... though most amd cpus dislike single sticks of ram. i'd spend a little more to get 2 sticks. and of course you're giving him win8, that deserves a warning in and of itself. The op might really hate you if he doesn't know what he's getting into.
 
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Sangeet Khatri

Sangeet Khatri

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great build, better then mine, that's for sure... though most amd cpus dislike single sticks of ram. i'd spend a little more to get 2 sticks. and of course you're giving him win8, that deserves a warning in and of itself. The op might really hate you if he doesn't know what he's getting into.
Click to expand...

I selected a single stick of RAM because he may be able to upgrade to 8GB's very easily which I consider as the sweet spot for gaming. That is why i just selected a single stick.

And Windows 8 can be used just like the Windows 7 without all that metro stuff by some few tweaks and some free softwares. The reason why i went for the Windows 8 is that it is observed that Windows 8 is better at gaming than Windows 7, though not by much but still at a budget system like this, every bit of performance matters. That is why i went for Windows 8.



@Lukebrown98

The build is good enough though. Much better than the APU builds that people generally recommend at this price segment. But i would have loved to include the Fractal Design Core 1000 but the build was already above the budget because i wanted to include the 7770 rather than the 7750.

If possible then please go for the Fractal Design Core 1000, if you did not go for that case, i don't know why but i would be like left heart broken, just because i know that it is much better than the Zalman case for just 10-15 bucks more and i love that little case. But the end choice is yours, because it is your build not mine. So feel free to do anything you like to but if possible, then please go for the Fractal Design Core 1000. I love that case.
 
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ingtar33

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i won't say it's better... only you should go to a computer store and play with a win8 pc before you buy win8... you'll see what i mean when you try it. it likely won't be your cup of tea.
 
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lukebrown98

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Ok thanks. Went with basically what sangeet had put but changed a few things and it comes up to £350.21 on amazon.
So here it is:

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium with Service Pack 1, 64-bit, English, 1 Pack, DSP OEI (PC) (This OEM software is intended for system builders only) -£44.00

XFX 450W Core Edition 80+ Bronze Wired Power Supply - XFX -£38.21

Tenda W322P 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter -£10.99

MSI AMD R7770 1GB DDR5 PCI-E Graphics Card -£79.77

Western Digital 1TB internal Hard Drive - Caviar Blue (3.5 inch) -£50.97

Crucial BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU Sport 8GB Kit (4GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-12800 Memory Module -£47.25

MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 AMD FM2 Micro ATX Motherboard (Socket FM2) -£54.03

Fractal Design Core 1000 Series Micro ATX Case - Black Pearl -£24.99

Looks good?
 
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Sangeet Khatri

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Are you aware that you are missing the CPU! LOL!! Nevermind, things like these happens. Quite funny though. :D

How come you forgot to add in the most important part that is the CPU? LOL!! I am laughing like hell. Sorry, i do not mean to make fun of you but i cannot stop laughing right now.

I am sorry if i am rude. I am not like that generally. See my Avatar, i always keep smiling like that :)
 
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