Best gaming PC Build I can get for £500 or $700

LittleRedPC · Apr 9, 2016

Friend of mine is looking into getting a Gaming PC and his budget will be around 500 GBP or 700 USD. He wants a Gaming PC That will Run Games such as DayZ SA, Arma 3, Arma 2, Battlefield 4 ect on Good settings.

With this 500 GBP he will need-
Case
Motherboard
CPU
GPU
PSU
RAM - I said I would give him 8GB of DDR3 Kingston
HDD
Disk Reader

And possibly, If enough money an SSD, But not necessary as he'd rather put that money to better parts if needed.

Any help would be appreciated. Thankyou!

Nnick321 · Apr 9, 2016

through out my experience you ought to spend the most money on GPU , SDD , HDD , this will help you very less cost

Swordkd · Apr 9, 2016

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($77.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($61.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.77 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card ($180.70 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT H230 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($60.89 @ NZXT)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $682.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-09 17:37 EDT-0400

Total cost is $702 out of pocket, then the discounts and MiR's take effect.

:edit: Misread the post, thought you had said card reader. I'm assuming disc reader is an optical drive.

Outlander_04 · Apr 9, 2016

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£97.98 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus H170M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£80.90 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£33.17 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Crucial BX200 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£55.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card (£124.03 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£36.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£60.50 @ Kustom PCs)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£13.35 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £502.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-09 22:38 BST+0100

storage is limited by including the SSD . If you wanted more space at the expense of slower boots and loads then swap the SSD for a terabyte hard drive.
Personally I would stick with the SSD and add storage later when it is needed

smorizio · Apr 9, 2016

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7cwZnQ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7cwZnQ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£149.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£66.56 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£50.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.85 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card (£124.03 @ Amazon UK)
Case: SHARKOON MA-M1000 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX XT 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£48.22 @ More Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£12.48 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £522.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-09 22:40 BST+0100

LittleRedPC · Apr 9, 2016

Swordkd :

Thank you, And sorry about that. Totally messed up what I write there.
Really like the looks of this build, I've passed it onto him.

How well would this Machine run games such as Arma 3 on higher settings at would you know? I would have to assume that this machine would run games such as Battlefront 3, BF4 ect easily at max settings, right?

Thanks also!

Also thankyou for the other suggestions to the other guys who posted!

Outlander_04 · Apr 9, 2016

I would check the pricing and availability if the UK .
But if you are going to spend more then this makes sense
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£172.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Asus H170M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£80.90 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£33.48 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Crucial BX200 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£55.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.84 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card (£168.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£36.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£60.50 @ Kustom PCs)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£13.32 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £662.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-10 03:43 BST+0100

Swordkd · Apr 10, 2016

LittleRedPC :

This build should max settings at 1080p on most titles. Some of the most advanced might require you to drop settings down to high on a few settings, but that's just a few games. Not sure I could make this build under £500 though. The Radeon 380x is the best video card listed under any of the builds so far, and that's your main component for performance. The nVidia 960 isn't bad, just doesn't perform as well as a 380x. I'm actually building a pc for a friend with the same parts as I listed, just waiting on parts to arrive.

LittleRedPC · Apr 10, 2016

Swordkd :

LittleRedPC :

This build should max settings at 1080p on most titles. Some of the most advanced might require you to drop settings down to high on a few settings, but that's just a few games. Not sure I could make this build under £500 though. The Radeon 380x is the best video card listed under any of the builds so far, and that's your main component for performance. The nVidia 960 isn't bad, just doesn't perform as well as a 380x. I'm actually building a pc for a friend with the same parts as I listed, just waiting on parts to arrive.

Sorry for the late reply, Been busy most the day, As usual, thanks for your response. We know a guy selling an MSI R9 280x, Would it be worth picking up the MSI 280x or the card you suggested is better? If this card is better, he'll be picking up this exact build Wed, Although switching out the WD Caviar for a Barracuda. Thanks a lot for your help also, It is much appreciated, And sorry to bombard you with questions!

Swordkd · Apr 11, 2016

Th3 280x isn't a bad card, but the 380x will perform better. Depending on what the price difference will be the big deciding factor though.

The Barracuda drives have a much higher failure rate than the WD Blue's.

There is a good reason why the Blue's are generally recommended instead of the Barracudas.

LittleRedPC · Apr 11, 2016

Swordkd :

Hes going to stick with the 380x, And also sticking with the WD now. Hes ordering the parts Wed, Thanks for all of your help, Much appreciated!

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