Is it possilbe to make a £300 budget wow + sims pc
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I would have to say no, unless you are using a bunch of used parts, and already have a copy of Windows.
Barty1884
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Not really.
I was surprised what you can actually do though, if you're willing to buy a used GPU:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£59.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£44.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£27.48 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£14.90 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£23.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX XT 400W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.88 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM 64-bit (£44.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £251.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-15 18:39 BST+0100
Add a GPU, found this 560TI:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ASUS-GeForce-560-TI-1GB-Video-Card-ENGTX560-TI-DCII-2DI-1GD5-NVIDIA-GDDR5-PCI-Ex-/272341664009?hash=item3f68d40109:g
rYAAOSwgZ1XsM8q
Obviously, it's not perfect, but it's surprisingly capable. Storage is minimal though, so you'd need to address that.
I was surprised what you can actually do though, if you're willing to buy a used GPU:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£59.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£44.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£27.48 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£14.90 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£23.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX XT 400W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.88 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM 64-bit (£44.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £251.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-15 18:39 BST+0100
Add a GPU, found this 560TI:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ASUS-GeForce-560-TI-1GB-Video-Card-ENGTX560-TI-DCII-2DI-1GD5-NVIDIA-GDDR5-PCI-Ex-/272341664009?hash=item3f68d40109:g
rYAAOSwgZ1XsM8qObviously, it's not perfect, but it's surprisingly capable. Storage is minimal though, so you'd need to address that.
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