Buying a gaming PC for around £500?

jason1297 · Nov 29, 2015

I don't want to make my own PC, and have heard good things about computer planet, who offer custom builds. My budget is about £500 (excluding the cost of a monitor/accessories/Windows).
I don't really know a lot about the components in PCs and also don't really care about frames per second (as long as the game isn't stuttering, it doesn't bother me).

Using the link below, can someone please make the best value build for around £500 (again, excluding Windows)?
I'd ideally want to be able to play games like GTA 5 and battlefront, and be able to play upcoming games on mid/high settings for a few years.

www.computerplanet.co.uk

Mattz982 · Nov 29, 2015

That website is S**t, whilst they may be a good company, they're ripping you off big time. I would try hazardouspcs.com, i'd be looking for a pentium g3258 or an i3 4170 with a 950/960 from them for £500. It's up to you, but that website will not get you a decent PC.

jason1297 · Nov 29, 2015

How hard would it be to actually build the PC myself if I've never done it before?

Mattz982 · Nov 30, 2015

jason1297 :

not very hard at all, it's really easy if you have the right parts

jason1297 · Nov 30, 2015

Mattz982 :

It's more the cable management that intimidates me :/

Also, would £500 be enough to play newer games on mid/high settings or would it be worth paying a little more?

Mattz982 · Nov 30, 2015

jason1297 :

You'll be fine running most stuff at medium 60+fps
It's always worth spending extra on your graphics card, it holds most of the system for games, so i'd always make compromises elsewhere to get the best graphics card, any spare budget would go there.

And cable management is basically just being tidy, thats all

jason1297 · Nov 30, 2015

Mattz982 :

jason1297 :

You'll be fine running most stuff at medium 60+fps
It's always worth spending extra on your graphics card, it holds most of the system for games, so i'd always make compromises elsewhere to get the best graphics card, any spare budget would go there.

And cable management is basically just being tidy, thats all

If my budget is £600 max, should I go for an intel or AMD build?

Mattz982 · Nov 30, 2015

Intel with Nvidia is always my preference, for £600, something like an i3 4170 with a gtx 970, or an i5 4460 with a 960, or a 970 if you can fit it

ScrewySqrl · Nov 30, 2015

cable managemnt is mostly just for neatness. as long as the cables aren't rubbing against a fan, its can look liek a spaghetti bowl and still work

If you want to build yor own in teh 500-pound range, here's my recommendations:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H81 Pro BTC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£35.71 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£33.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: OCZ Trion 100 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£42.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 370 2GB Core Edition Video Card (£106.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Xigmatek Recon ATX Mid Tower Case (£22.78 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£51.36 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.00 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £476.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-30 19:21 GMT+0000

Mattz982 · Nov 30, 2015

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£138.12 @ More Computers)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo 43.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£16.98 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-K Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£40.68 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£38.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£248.34 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£27.95 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £596.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-30 19:23 GMT+0000

This is my idea of a system

ScrewySqrl · Nov 30, 2015

Mattz982 :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£138.12 @ More Computers)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo 43.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£16.98 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-K Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£40.68 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£38.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£248.34 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£27.95 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £596.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-30 19:23 GMT+0000

This is my idea of a system

It also overshoots the price by £100

Mattz982 · Nov 30, 2015

ScrewySqrl :

Mattz982 :

It also overshoots the price by £100

They said "if my budget is £600 max", I happened to have a build for that so I pasted it in to give them an idea, read the whole thread first

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