Best Gaming pc under £700
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Barty1884
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You're better off building one yourself. It's really not that difficult, and there's plenty people on here willing to help.
Is it something you'd be prepared to do?
Would you need an OS? How about monitor? Keyboard & Mouse?
Is it something you'd be prepared to do?
Would you need an OS? How about monitor? Keyboard & Mouse?
Barty1884
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To give you an idea, here's a quick build I priced up (there's likely some improvements, but still).
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£139.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H97 GAMING 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£82.47 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£41.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£68.34 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.74 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card (£259.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£40.60 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£71.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £740.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-25 15:39 BST+0100
So individually you'd be looking at £740
To buy from a retailer/etailer, you'd be more like £1,000+
Building it yourself, you can ensure you get a quality PSU (many prebuilt come lacking this)
Plus, the one I listed has a nice red/black theme throughout - you'd likely pay for that privilege with a pre-built.
As an example of pre-built vs yourself:
http://www.buildyourbox.co.uk/pc/decimator-i5-gaming-pc-2
£1,353.88 (And if you ordered it today, you'd expect to receive it on or around October 7th.
Then, buying the parts:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£176.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-K/CSM ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£83.94 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£65.86 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£59.88 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.74 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card (£259.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Phantom 240 ATX Mid Tower Case (£58.98 @ Novatech)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£73.99 @ Aria PC)
Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Z 30SB150200000 OEM 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card (£47.57 @ Aria PC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£28.90 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £949.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-25 15:48 BST+0100
£950 and you would have the parts in a couple of days. Not too long to put it together (give yourself a full day for a beginner). You'd have it up & running likely around a week earlier, saving yourself £400
The markup is crazy on pre-built (especially higher-end PCs). The low end, £300 builds still have a good % markup, but pricewise it's negligable.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£139.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H97 GAMING 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£82.47 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£41.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£68.34 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.74 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card (£259.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£40.60 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£71.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £740.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-25 15:39 BST+0100
So individually you'd be looking at £740
To buy from a retailer/etailer, you'd be more like £1,000+
Building it yourself, you can ensure you get a quality PSU (many prebuilt come lacking this)
Plus, the one I listed has a nice red/black theme throughout - you'd likely pay for that privilege with a pre-built.
As an example of pre-built vs yourself:
http://www.buildyourbox.co.uk/pc/decimator-i5-gaming-pc-2
£1,353.88 (And if you ordered it today, you'd expect to receive it on or around October 7th.
Then, buying the parts:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£176.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-K/CSM ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£83.94 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£65.86 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£59.88 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.74 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card (£259.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Phantom 240 ATX Mid Tower Case (£58.98 @ Novatech)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£73.99 @ Aria PC)
Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Z 30SB150200000 OEM 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card (£47.57 @ Aria PC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£28.90 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £949.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-25 15:48 BST+0100
£950 and you would have the parts in a couple of days. Not too long to put it together (give yourself a full day for a beginner). You'd have it up & running likely around a week earlier, saving yourself £400
The markup is crazy on pre-built (especially higher-end PCs). The low end, £300 builds still have a good % markup, but pricewise it's negligable.
Chayan4400
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Here is a build I put together that costs exactly 701 pounds with an assembly service, windows and VAT included:
Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 311 BLUE CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4460 (3.2GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® H81M-PLUS: Micro-ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 - 1 DVI, HDMI, 3 DP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item: FREE HOS: KAIJO DIABLO BUNDLE with GTX 950 & 960 GPUs!
1st Hard Disk
120GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET (£69)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler (£29)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity 1
This is the website I used: Click here.
They will assemble the parts you pick, and ship it with windows installed on it to you. Not bad for the price, if you ask me. Please note that MS Ofiice, a WiFi adapter, a monitor, a keyboard and mouse, and any other peripherals or extra software are not included and will cost extra.
Chayan4400
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Cyber Power, iBuyPower and most other budget custom PC builders almost always cheap out on the motherboard and the PSU (Often the only 2 parts that you cannot change when configuring the PC on their site.), so I don't recommend them for prebuilt systems. Go with a builder that allows you to choose the motherboard and PSU, or try to buy from the more reputed builders like Origin PC or Puget Systems for example.
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