£300 Budget Gaming PC?

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Charraze

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Hi!

I'm looking to build a PC for gaming since my XBOX just isn't cutting it right now. I am pretty low on money atm and really need some advice on what parts I should be looking at. I already have windows and a decent keyboard and mouse along with a solid moniter. I'm not fussed about graphics but I do want to be playing at >60 fps.

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HiTechObsessed
The 7850k is not what you want. You can stay under 300 quid, and get much better gaming performance. Looking at Bioshock Infinite, the 7850k gets you 13 FPS in Ultra at 1080p, whereas the 260x gets you near your 60 FPS with the same settings. APUs are not really ever the way to go if you have any kind of a budget:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£55.08 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£31.80 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston Blu 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£28.73 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung Spinpoint F1 DT 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal...
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I'd suggest you take a look at the AMD Kavari APU. With this build you should be able to play modern games like BF4 @ 720p and 60fps

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3kiy1
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3kiy1/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3kiy1/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£123.98 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M-HD+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£46.49 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£55.83 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£28.92 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£36.52 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £334.73
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-01 20:31 BST+0100)
 
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The 7850k is not what you want. You can stay under 300 quid, and get much better gaming performance. Looking at Bioshock Infinite, the 7850k gets you 13 FPS in Ultra at 1080p, whereas the 260x gets you near your 60 FPS with the same settings. APUs are not really ever the way to go if you have any kind of a budget:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£55.08 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£31.80 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston Blu 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£28.73 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung Spinpoint F1 DT 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card (£99.95 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£28.92 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£20.00 @ Maplin Electronics)
Total: £299.47
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-01 21:02 BST+0100)

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7677/amd-kaveri-review-a8-7600-a10-7850k/12
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7754/the-amd-radeon-r7-265-r7-260-review-feat-sapphire-asus/7
 
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