Best Gaming pc for the budget of 500 pounds

JumpaRumpa · Aug 27, 2015

I would like to run csgo on high settings and overall have a good pc. Can someone pick parts for the budget of 500 pounds on pcpartpicker or something. I would really appreciate it

SherbetAddict · Aug 27, 2015

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£139.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£30.97 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£29.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.92 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card (£208.25 @ More Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£65.51 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £539.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-28 00:50 BST+0100

If you want to oc the 290 a bit, get a better PSU...

sora · Aug 27, 2015

SherbetAddict :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£139.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£30.97 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£29.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.92 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card (£208.25 @ More Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£65.51 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £539.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-28 00:50 BST+0100

+1; This is probably the best build you can get for around 500 pounds/quids!

James Mason · Aug 28, 2015

If you only care about CSGO performance, this will be a bit better.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£88.20 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£59.93 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£35.40 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£62.49 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£147.25 @ Aria PC)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H25 ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.57 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£33.59 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.36 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £462.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-29 00:51 BST+0100

You can get Windows 10 for free as well if you're willing to be a beta tester:
https://insider.windows.com/

otherwise it's 67 pounds http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-gfc02050

mistuhj · Aug 28, 2015

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£51.03 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 45.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (£16.50 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£59.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£36.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.98 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card (£103.56 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.70 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£33.59 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.36 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £376.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-29 01:19 BST+0100
Built this for my nephew a while ago, because all he played was CSGO. Still running really well for him.

nzrajput · Sep 5, 2015

This is the best Build you can get for 500 pounds.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/L8n4f7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/L8n4f7/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£154.92 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£68.66 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£34.97 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.92 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card (£154.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£30.43 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£37.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £516.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

sora · Sep 5, 2015

nzrajput :

This is the best Build you can get for 500 pounds.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/L8n4f7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/L8n4f7/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£154.92 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£68.66 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£34.97 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.92 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card (£154.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£30.43 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£37.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £516.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

+1; This is definitely the best you can do for around 500 quids!

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