Need a gaming pc to build for my friend....

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Hi guys my name is Connor and im 13.

My friend wants to play pc with me and he needs a PC build. Its needs to be about £350 maybe with a operating system. Ive upgraded loads of parts in my pc and watched tons of videos on how to build and upgrade and im pretty confident. Im going to be helping him build it or build it for him. We will be playing games like GTA V, CSGO, Garrys Mod and COD (maybe battlefield)

Basically I need a PC build with 8GB DDR3 1600mhz (cheapest price please)
260x (because its cheap)
Quad core prefferably not expensive like a x4 750K or something.


Thanks,
Connor
 
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DarkSable
With operating system, the budget is somewhat hindering:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£55.03 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£47.94 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£39.99 @ Dabs)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£23.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GT 730 1GB Video Card (£42.88 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: BitFenix Neos Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.31 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX...
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There's a website called https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/ that will help you out a lot.

That being said, £350 including the operating system is a really really hard thing to do... especially if it's including the monitor and peripherals.

He might be better off buying a used gaming computer locally, or going for a system based on an AMD APU, because they're cheap and don't require a graphics card for relatively light gaming like that. (It might have issues with GTA, but that depends on resolution and settings.)

EDIT: Got the URL wrong, sorry - the uk comes first.
 
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Dont need a monitor, keyboard or mouse. Just need a pc that maybe has operating system?? :D:D:D:D:D
 
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With operating system, the budget is somewhat hindering:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£55.03 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£47.94 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£39.99 @ Dabs)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£23.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GT 730 1GB Video Card (£42.88 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: BitFenix Neos Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.31 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.40 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit) (£67.95 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £352.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-17 20:52 BST+0100

If you can use Linux or beg an operating system from somewhere else, you could get a much stronger video card.
 
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Impossible with os & a discrete GPU

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£55.03 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£47.94 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£45.73 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card (£85.38 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£28.87 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£39.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.06 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £348.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-17 20:51 BST+0100

Apu build is possible
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-6600K 3.9GHz Quad-Core Processor (£70.99 @ Dabs)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£47.94 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£51.78 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£28.87 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£30.98 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.06 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (£75.34 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £351.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-17 20:55 BST+0100
 
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the 500b is a pretty decent psu imo,good voltage regulation ,low ripple,3 year warranty - on a build thats unlikely to pull 300w its a compromise that has to be made on a budget

the 430w I wouldnt use normally,another tenner nets you the 500b anyway - it was just an example to stay in budget with an os - its still a better model than any generic brand & on a build thats unlikely to pull over 150w not really a problem.
 
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