D DMellor Reputable Jan 19, 2015 2 0 4,510 Jan 19, 2015 #1 Hi. I need help with my first PC build. I'm going to play mainly CS:GO and Minecraft on it as well as doing school work. My budget is a max of £300 - £370 INCLUDING OS. I hope you can help! Thanks! Dan
Hi. I need help with my first PC build. I'm going to play mainly CS:GO and Minecraft on it as well as doing school work. My budget is a max of £300 - £370 INCLUDING OS. I hope you can help! Thanks! Dan
Solution Jonathan Cave Jan 19, 2015 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£49.14 @ Aria PC) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.03 @ Ebuyer) Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£43.54 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: MSI GeForce GT 730 2GB Video Card (£45.29 @ Scan.co.uk) Case: Cooler Master K350 ATX Mid Tower Case (£23.99 @ CCL Computers) Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.15 @ Aria PC) Optical Drive: Samsung...
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£49.14 @ Aria PC) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.03 @ Ebuyer) Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£43.54 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: MSI GeForce GT 730 2GB Video Card (£45.29 @ Scan.co.uk) Case: Cooler Master K350 ATX Mid Tower Case (£23.99 @ CCL Computers) Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.15 @ Aria PC) Optical Drive: Samsung...
Jonathan Cave Honorable Oct 17, 2013 1,426 0 11,660 Jan 19, 2015 Solution #2 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£49.14 @ Aria PC) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.03 @ Ebuyer) Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£43.54 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: MSI GeForce GT 730 2GB Video Card (£45.29 @ Scan.co.uk) Case: Cooler Master K350 ATX Mid Tower Case (£23.99 @ CCL Computers) Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.15 @ Aria PC) Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.99 @ Ebuyer) Total: £370.53 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-19 17:22 GMT+0000 I assume you have a monitor? The same system with 4GB Ram but better graphics card PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£49.14 @ Aria PC) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.03 @ Ebuyer) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.40 @ Kustom PCs) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card (£65.10 @ Scan.co.uk) Case: Cooler Master K350 ATX Mid Tower Case (£23.99 @ CCL Computers) Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.15 @ Aria PC) Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.99 @ Ebuyer) Total: £379.20 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-19 17:27 GMT+0000 Upvote 1 Downvote Solution
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£49.14 @ Aria PC) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.03 @ Ebuyer) Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£43.54 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: MSI GeForce GT 730 2GB Video Card (£45.29 @ Scan.co.uk) Case: Cooler Master K350 ATX Mid Tower Case (£23.99 @ CCL Computers) Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.15 @ Aria PC) Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.99 @ Ebuyer) Total: £370.53 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-19 17:22 GMT+0000 I assume you have a monitor? The same system with 4GB Ram but better graphics card PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£49.14 @ Aria PC) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.03 @ Ebuyer) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.40 @ Kustom PCs) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card (£65.10 @ Scan.co.uk) Case: Cooler Master K350 ATX Mid Tower Case (£23.99 @ CCL Computers) Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.15 @ Aria PC) Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.99 @ Ebuyer) Total: £379.20 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-19 17:27 GMT+0000
S sora Splendid Oct 30, 2013 7,812 0 31,460 Jan 19, 2015 #3 Jonathan Cave : PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£49.14 @ Aria PC) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.03 @ Ebuyer) Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£43.54 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: MSI GeForce GT 730 2GB Video Card (£45.29 @ Scan.co.uk) Case: Cooler Master K350 ATX Mid Tower Case (£23.99 @ CCL Computers) Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.15 @ Aria PC) Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.99 @ Ebuyer) Total: £370.53 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-19 17:22 GMT+0000 I assume you have a monitor? The same system with 4GB Ram but better graphics card PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£49.14 @ Aria PC) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.03 @ Ebuyer) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.40 @ Kustom PCs) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card (£65.10 @ Scan.co.uk) Case: Cooler Master K350 ATX Mid Tower Case (£23.99 @ CCL Computers) Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.15 @ Aria PC) Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.99 @ Ebuyer) Total: £379.20 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-19 17:27 GMT+0000 +1; this is pretty much the best you can do with 370 quids and it will definitely handle Minecraft and CS:GO. Upvote 0 Downvote
Jonathan Cave : PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£49.14 @ Aria PC) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.03 @ Ebuyer) Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£43.54 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: MSI GeForce GT 730 2GB Video Card (£45.29 @ Scan.co.uk) Case: Cooler Master K350 ATX Mid Tower Case (£23.99 @ CCL Computers) Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.15 @ Aria PC) Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.99 @ Ebuyer) Total: £370.53 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-19 17:22 GMT+0000 I assume you have a monitor? The same system with 4GB Ram but better graphics card PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£49.14 @ Aria PC) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.03 @ Ebuyer) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.40 @ Kustom PCs) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card (£65.10 @ Scan.co.uk) Case: Cooler Master K350 ATX Mid Tower Case (£23.99 @ CCL Computers) Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.15 @ Aria PC) Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.99 @ Ebuyer) Total: £379.20 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-19 17:27 GMT+0000 +1; this is pretty much the best you can do with 370 quids and it will definitely handle Minecraft and CS:GO.