BUILD Request - Gaming PC - Budget of $850 / £500

RinchenT · Jun 20, 2014

Hello, I only know the very basics of PC components such as RAM and Hard drives etc. However, I know nothing about compatibility and whatnot.

Anyway, this is the first time I will be building a PC and I need some recommendations and if anyone could build a PC with the following requirements that would be great help.

Information:

- I live in the UK
- I tend to play a lot of games. I would like to play games such as DayZ, Battlefield etc. at high frame frame rates and high quality.
- I multitask a lot. I tend to download / watch videos and play games at the same time.
- I use my PC for school work as well such as programming / general essay writing etc.
- Surfing the internet.

i7Baby · Jun 20, 2014

UK - Novatech?

Probably something like this - http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-your-own-budget-gaming-pc,3780.html

dasulman · Jun 20, 2014

do you need a monitor and OS and any other peripherals?
preference on intel or AMD?

EasyLover · Jun 20, 2014

Check this build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£152.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£78.92 @ PC World Business)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£209.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£63.72 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£79.89 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £718.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-20 11:19 BST+0100

chris_shadez · Jun 20, 2014

Budget £500/$850 in title
That budget won't get you far in high quality settings of battlfield, though would suffice for lower quality settings of gaming and ofourse multitask demanding general use
I am in the UK too, try this pc configurator http://www.overclockers.co.uk/syscon_int.php?prodid=FS-334-OK
Opt for an Intel Core i5 cpu, cpu cooler other than stock, Radeon R7 250 GPU, 8bg RAM, 1TB SATA HDD, H81M-A motherboard, it will keep you under £500 and give great performance. Then ofcourse you can shop around different websites/stores for price comparisons, once you have a build set/know all your parts needed, to suit your budget

chris_shadez · Jun 20, 2014

EasyLover :

Check this build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£152.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£78.92 @ PC World Business)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£209.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£63.72 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£79.89 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £718.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-20 11:19 BST+0100

Have not yet learnt to use this format of posting a build, but for starters, it's £220 over budget of £500

i7Baby · Jun 20, 2014

Or try PartPicker UK per EasyLover

RinchenT · Jun 20, 2014

My apologies, I forgot to mention

I don't need an operating system as I already have a copy of Windows 8. I also don't need mouse / keyboard, but I do need a monitor.

I don't mind intel or AMD.

EasyLover · Jun 20, 2014

chris_shadez :

EasyLover :

Have not yet learnt to use this format of posting a build, but for starters, it's £220 over budget of £500

Sorry, My bad. use this website pcpartpicker.com to post such builds

EasyLover · Jun 20, 2014

Very tough with monitor. I've tried to stick with the budget but couldn't

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£127.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£62.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£127.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.00 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Monitor: AOC E2060SWDA 60Hz 19.5" Monitor (£79.49 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £564.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-20 11:36 BST+0100

i7Baby · Jun 20, 2014

Rather a 500W+ psu eg XFX 550W - more headroom.

Everything else needs more budget.

EasyLover · Jun 20, 2014

Agreed with i7Baby. Very difficult to give such a tight budget build including monitor. I've to change the ATX form factor to microATX even then the build crossed the 500 budget.

chris_shadez · Jun 20, 2014

GPU could be reduced to an R7, HDD down to 500GB (my previous games system only occupies 280GB of 2x 500GB SSD) and this monitor shaves a small £10 off previously posted http://www.ebuyer.com/584057-hanns-g-hl205abb-19-5-hd-vga-monitor-hl205abb

EasyLover · Jun 20, 2014

There is hardly 3-4 pund difference between 500GB and 1TB. You'll not be benefited here. Even with R7 260x the build is over your budget with the difference of 9 pounds.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£127.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£62.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X 1GB Video Card (£84.16 @ CCL Computers)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.00 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Monitor: Hannspree HL205ABB 60Hz 19.5" Monitor (£67.82 @ Aria PC)
Total: £509.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-20 12:32 BST+0100

dasulman · Jun 20, 2014

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/kYCvqs
£10 over but such overclocks and future crossfire.
also 24' 2ms monitor at 1080p

chris_shadez · Jun 20, 2014

dasulman :

You've made a major downgrade here in CPU from the quadcore i5 down to a dual core @( hence the price achieved compared to all other posted attempts

dasulman · Jun 20, 2014

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/pentium-g3258-overclocking-performance,review-32974-4.html
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/pentium-g3258-overclocking-performance,review-32974-5.html
I don't see the need for the I5 right now, especially on this sort of budget. Especially when for current games that supposedly take advantage of multicore tech only yield less than 20% frame drop for just over a third of the price.

EasyLover · Jun 20, 2014

Dear,

If the OP gets i5 with 9 pounds more than his budget then OP must consider the build.

BUILD Request - Gaming PC - Budget of $850 / £500

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