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June 24, 2014 11:37:39 AM

I need to buy a gaming pc for my son i cant spend a penny over 500 please help? thanks

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a b 4 Gaming
June 24, 2014 11:46:46 AM

Do you need a copy of Windows or do you have one?
500 dollars?
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a c 212 4 Gaming
June 24, 2014 11:56:25 AM

Also, do you need a monitor, mouse, and a keyboard?

@pfunkmd: It's GBP (check the title).
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June 24, 2014 1:08:07 PM

No monitor required and i need windows 7
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a c 212 4 Gaming
June 24, 2014 1:17:16 PM

Are you OK with building the PC yourself or do you want a pre-built one?
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June 25, 2014 10:11:48 AM

building myself
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June 25, 2014 10:22:43 AM

I chose this RAM as it has a cas of 8 and is good value, If you are not looking for OC'ing at all then you can go with a cheaper MOBO (possibly get a r9 280 then) but this one should give you a mid OC.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£70.20 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£63.25 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Smart Tracer 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Smart Tracer 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.70 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£127.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.11 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£11.09 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£54.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £506.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Edit how you like. I know there are different solutions in this price range using an i3.
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a c 212 4 Gaming
June 25, 2014 10:24:02 AM

Here we go:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£76.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H81 Pro BTC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
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 (£38.70 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£166.34 @ CCL Computers)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.11 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£11.09 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£54.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £507.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

EDIT: Seth's build above is also very nice if you want to go AMD. Whether or not the one I made is more suitable than his depends on what games your son likes to play.
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