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After Christmas, say I'll have around 350 pounds. I want to build a mini ITX system that will be highly upgradeable over time.
Very budget gaming PC-Mini ITX
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£113.50 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: MSI A88XI AC Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard (£64.66 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: AMD Radeon R9 Gamer Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£55.32 @ CCL Computers)
Other: Powercool T01B Slim Desktop Chassis w 300W PSU (£32.25)
Total: £345.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-22 13:38 BST+0100
That budget is really tight but I made it. This doesn't cover the price of an OS (£69.29 for Windows 8.1) and the price of a slim DVD drive (£14.99) though, as for upgradability, you can always add a MSI R7 250 2GB GDDR3 (£62.95) to Crossfire with the iGPU of the A10-7850K for better frame rates in games. I got to warn you though, if you go with the R7 250 route, make sure you buy another case, the one I listed doesn't have an expension slot for the video card. You won't need the R7 right away anyway, you can get playable frame rates easily at 1080p and even more at 720p.
Edit: Prices might drop a little by christmas so you're in luck.
Here's a similar build done with the same case: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL6OgCCBuqg and here's a YouTube channel where you can see videos of how much FPS you can expect to get with this build: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIpxrDvGgzw&list=PLg_NS9IVBuhqpsn7N8RrP_qJMsZu7qKh8
Edit: One of the pros of this build is that it is highly portable, no bigger than any next gen console so you can bring it anywhere you want as long as you got a TV with either a HDMI, VGA or DVI port to play on.
CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£113.50 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: MSI A88XI AC Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard (£64.66 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: AMD Radeon R9 Gamer Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£55.32 @ CCL Computers)
Other: Powercool T01B Slim Desktop Chassis w 300W PSU (£32.25)
Total: £345.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-22 13:38 BST+0100
That budget is really tight but I made it. This doesn't cover the price of an OS (£69.29 for Windows 8.1) and the price of a slim DVD drive (£14.99) though, as for upgradability, you can always add a MSI R7 250 2GB GDDR3 (£62.95) to Crossfire with the iGPU of the A10-7850K for better frame rates in games. I got to warn you though, if you go with the R7 250 route, make sure you buy another case, the one I listed doesn't have an expension slot for the video card. You won't need the R7 right away anyway, you can get playable frame rates easily at 1080p and even more at 720p.
Edit: Prices might drop a little by christmas so you're in luck.
Here's a similar build done with the same case: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL6OgCCBuqg and here's a YouTube channel where you can see videos of how much FPS you can expect to get with this build: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIpxrDvGgzw&list=PLg_NS9IVBuhqpsn7N8RrP_qJMsZu7qKh8
Edit: One of the pros of this build is that it is highly portable, no bigger than any next gen console so you can bring it anywhere you want as long as you got a TV with either a HDMI, VGA or DVI port to play on.
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