could someone tell me if this a good budget first build

Piers Brown · Jul 26, 2015

i want to build a PC for around £450 for mostly gaming but also for general things like word processing and Photoshop. could someone tell me if this is a good build for that.
RAM
Motherboard
Processor
Power Supply
Case
Graphics Card
Hard Drive

Simsyb · Jul 26, 2015

Lol u got this exact build of a YouTube video, I have this exact build and runs amazing!

CTurbo · Jul 26, 2015

Uh... no offense but that is not a very good build at all. That cpu is not going to run well on that motherboard. The psu is mediocre at best. You could do a lot better for £450. Give me a minute and I'll put together something for you.

This would be much better and more reliable.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£52.00 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£48.03 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£38.96 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.40 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£176.30 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£28.37 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.18 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £422.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-26 18:30 BST+0100

sora · Jul 26, 2015

CTurbo :

Uh... no offense but that is not a very good build at all. That cpu is not going to run well on that motherboard. The psu is mediocre at best. You could do a lot better for £450. Give me a minute and I'll put together something for you.

This would be much better and more reliable.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£52.00 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£48.03 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£38.96 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.40 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£176.30 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£28.37 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.18 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £422.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-26 18:30 BST+0100

+1; This is a solid build for under 450 quids!

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