looking for a 350£ decent gaming pc

Vagelis Balasas · Nov 16, 2014

I do not need any operating system or monitor. Do you think separate CPU and graphics card is better? Any better suggestions than the following built at same budget?
- AMD FX6300
- 8GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM
- AMD RADEON R7 250
- MSI 760GMA-P34 FX Motherboard
- 1TB SEAGATE Barracuda 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive With 64MB Cache

Is this decent? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321233013931?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

tambeshakunt · Nov 16, 2014

Its ok but nothing great. Here is a very good build that will give 60 fps+ on ultra in some older games and on medium/high in latest games. This will be a much more satisfying build and can be overclocked if necessary. (will need capable PSU for overclocking ). Will also take advantage of mantle for games like battlefield 4 and gta 5.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£47.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£40.30 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£54.36 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£33.54 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£119.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£25.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.15 @ Aria PC)
Total: £352.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-16 16:04 GMT+0000

Vagelis Balasas · Nov 16, 2014

tambeshakunt :

Its ok but nothing great. Here is a very good build that will give 60 fps+ on ultra in some older games and on medium/high in latest games. This will be a much more satisfying build and can be overclocked if necessary. (will need capable PSU for overclocking ). Will also take advantage of mantle for games like battlefield 4 and gta 5.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£47.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£40.30 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£54.36 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£33.54 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£119.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£25.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.15 @ Aria PC)
Total: £352.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-16 16:04 GMT+0000

Is this CPU really better than the FX6300??? If not, can i still use the AMD cpu and the rest of the hardware you suggested?

tambeshakunt · Nov 16, 2014

In terms of single core performance and value for money it really is. http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Pentium-G3258-vs-AMD-FX-6300
http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/248/AMD_FX-Series_FX-6300_vs_Intel_Pentium_Dual-Core_G3258.html

You can still use the fx6300 but you will also need a different board and that will increase costs.

TomThePotato · Nov 16, 2014

Don't use CPUBoss/GPUBoss.

They're inaccurate usually.. (I'd still go for the G3258 though)

Vagelis Balasas · Nov 16, 2014

Even though I know its a bit over my badget but if its worth it im buying it now! If not I ll follow your advice with the intel cpu...

[PCPartPicker part list](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/4QJDhM) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/4QJDhM/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd6300wmhkbox) | £74.20 @ Amazon UK
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970aud3p) | £65.99 @ Amazon UK
**Memory** | [Kingston Fury Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-memory-hx316c10f8) | £60.11 @ Amazon UK
**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex) | £39.99 @ Amazon UK
**Video Card** | [Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-112170120g) | £119.00 @ Amazon UK
**Case** | [Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-spec01redled) | £37.99 @ Amazon UK
**Power Supply** | [EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-100w10500kr) | £31.45 @ Amazon UK
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | £428.73
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-16 18:20 GMT+0000 |

sora · Nov 16, 2014

Vagelis Balasas :

tambeshakunt :

Is this CPU really better than the FX6300??? If not, can i still use the AMD cpu and the rest of the hardware you suggested?

Per core it definitely is a lot better than the FX-6300.

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