I want to join PC Master race...at a budget

mcchowdhury · Mar 1, 2016

I don't know much about PC gaming you see but I have been doing my research on it, and I want to join it to play games like minecraft with fun mods, and fps like cs:go, DayZ and Gmod (your typical multiplayer youtube type of games).
I can hit a £300 budget but I am looking at a £200-£250 budget exc. monitors and software
Help? I dont know much proccessors out there :/

Gam3r01 · Mar 1, 2016

This is about the cheapest PC I can recommend to you.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£59.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£44.49 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£27.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£18.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 370 2GB Video Card (£117.11 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£34.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic ECO 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£39.40 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £394.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-01 22:10 GMT+0000

BadActor · Mar 1, 2016

With those games, the HD 530 graphics would work just fine. you could always add a graphics card later.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£99.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£45.48 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£34.18 @ Novatech)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£18.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX TS 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.10 @ More Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £316.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-01 22:14 GMT+0000

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Gam3r01 · Mar 1, 2016

For MC and GO that should ne a good build, I wouldnt plan on running DayZ on it though.

BadActor · Mar 1, 2016

If it can can run on the GT 440, which is what the minimum specs call for, the HD 530 will have no problem.

Gam3r01 · Mar 1, 2016

I (and my friends) have just had a bad time running it. Only reason I recommended the discrete build.

BadActor · Mar 1, 2016

Gam3r01 :

I don't doubt that, very poorly optimized game.

siviprime · Mar 1, 2016

This was the closest I could get to a cheap PC which you can game on kinda well. However at such a price point, I would advise you to go second-hand:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£59.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£44.49 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£26.49 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£18.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 370 2GB Core Edition Video Card (£104.22 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.98 @ Novatech)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £373.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-01 22:38 GMT+0000

mcchowdhury · Mar 12, 2016

BadActor :

Would this be allright? I have enough money to go a bit over, discarding the the operating system as you can use the windows media tool now.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£52.96 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£34.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.94 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card (£99.49 @ Dabs)
Case: CiT Vantage ATX Mid Tower Case (£33.48 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£37.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £328.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-12 14:24 GMT+0000

BadActor · Mar 12, 2016

I personally wouldn't. The Pentium has bad stutter issues in some games and will limit you in graphics card upgrades. The PSU you chose isn't very good, either. Made by HEC.

mcchowdhury · Mar 12, 2016

siviprime :

This was the closest I could get to a cheap PC which you can game on kinda well. However at such a price point, I would advise you to go second-hand:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£59.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£44.49 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£26.49 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£18.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 370 2GB Core Edition Video Card (£104.22 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.98 @ Novatech)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £373.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-01 22:38 GMT+0000

I don't need an operating system so could that £52 be used for something else/ an upgrade? Thanks

siviprime · Mar 12, 2016

mcchowdhury :

If so, I would suggest getting a bigger capacity hard drive + small SSD or just a faster HDD like a WD Black. This would be helpful for storing your games/game load times. There isn't really much point in upgrading anything else as it would likely cause a bottleneck or just unnecessary for your needs.

superninja12 · Mar 12, 2016

the black over blue is a waste of money sometimes the blue is even faster.
My recommandation is get a better powersupply for that extra 50 dollars, its really worth it.

siviprime · Mar 12, 2016

superninja12 :

Fair point, a few seconds off loading times isn't worth it. An SSD to boot off would be a great boost though, you can't argue with that.

Also, you don't need to pay another £50 for a good PSU! Here's a quality one which should keep you going safe and well for years:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003BIEOCI/

superninja12 · Mar 12, 2016

siviprime :

true but thats 25 more (and i really recommand this psu) than badactor his build(which i really recommand too).
what can i do with those other 25

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