Is this an ok light-moderate gaming build for 350 euro

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Thegamerguy

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Hi all,
I'm building a gaming PC for a friend but he has given me a tight budget of 350 euro (288 Pounds/484 dollars) Since parts aren't very cheap in Ireland, you may get more/less for the money abroad.

These are the specs:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3zzyv

Would this be good for playing some games such as Call of Duty Ghosts, BF4 and say Minecraft at say, decent settings with 30+ frames.

any reasonable part suggestions will be accepted.
Thanks.
 
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Diox55

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£54.86 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M-HD+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£46.63 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston Blu 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£28.83 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.04 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£129.59 @ Aria PC)
Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.04 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.98 @ Aria PC)
Other: Zalman T3 Mini Tower-Black (£17.86)
Total: £392.83
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-27 21:11 BST+0100)
Its a little more expensive but its worth it. Firstly, the Asrock will be a bit better than the Gigabyte. Next, the case. That case you had was tiny, this is a full atx case and will support a bigger graphics card. Then I changed the power supply. This needed a little bit bigger PSU, and the Xfx is perfect. Finally the graphics card. For around 20 more quid, the r9 270 will beat the 750 Ti by a long shot.
 
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Well is your under 400$ then I would just go console, because honestly unless you invest at least $700 (starting from scratch) then you can't meet the demands of 2013 and forward titles. It be a better investment in a console OR save some more money and then try again (look at i5 CPUs as minimum).
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£54.86 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard (£38.20 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston Blu 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£28.83 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.04 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£106.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: be quiet! 400W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£39.68 @ Aria PC)
Other: Zalman T3 Mini Tower-Black (£17.86)
Total: £323.46
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-27 21:31 BST+0100)


I would say the graphics card is fine in that case - supports up to 300mm

Its tough to get a build for that money but I think the above or similar would be ok :)

I too changed the CPU for a better model, the CX has mixed reviews.
Do you not need an optical drive or o/s?
 
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Thegamerguy

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Thanks for the answer! I'll have to ask because he said he wouldn't go much more over 350 euros
 
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Diox55

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Well tell him if he doesn't he's going to get crappy performance (no offense to the build you put together)
 
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