Budget Pc Build Advice

rakashi · May 30, 2014

Can you guys give me your opinions on the build i made for my girlfriend, she wants a budget gaming pc that cost no more than £400-450.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£71.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£48.57 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£129.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.04 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.23 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £396.81
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-30 12:48 BST+0100)

koreanoverlord · May 30, 2014

Everything looks fine to me.

What games does she play? If she plays free to play/single threaded games such as LoL, WoT or WoW it might be best to go for an Intel CPU as AMD seems to struggle in that aspect.

rakashi · May 30, 2014

Shes wanting to play Archeage, LoL and maybe dayz.

koreanoverlord · May 30, 2014

rakashi :

I recommend you go this route then. It costs about £40 more, but it will provide much better performance in those games.

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£119.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£44.65 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£129.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.04 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.23 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £440.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-30 13:11 BST+0100)

rakashi · May 30, 2014

She really wants to stay with the amd cheaper option, as she needs to buy a monitor as well. Could you recommend any alternative cases?

koreanoverlord · May 30, 2014

rakashi :

I lowered the price a bit by replacing the i5, it will still be sufficient for those games. As far as cases are concerned, I am only familiar with ones that would be out of your budget, so I cannot be a help to you there.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/s4Wgzy
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/s4Wgzy/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/s4Wgzy/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£76.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£50.36 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£129.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.04 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.23 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £403.40
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-30 13:28 BST+0100)

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