Help me build a gaming pc at £170
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Have you already got any parts that can go towards this build because £170 is not a lot at British computer parts prices?
It would help the gamers to help you if you told us which games you want to play and if you have frames per second targets.
It would help the gamers to help you if you told us which games you want to play and if you have frames per second targets.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Athlon X2 340 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£28.18 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI - A68HM-GRENADE Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£35.02 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£26.40 @ Kustom PCs)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.95 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX - Radeon R7 250 2GB Core Edition Video Card (£56.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.40 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA - 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.50 @ Aria PC)
Total: £269.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-10 12:22 BST+0100
I did everything I could to keep the cost down and still couldn't get anything remotely workable for less.
CPU: AMD - Athlon X2 340 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£28.18 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI - A68HM-GRENADE Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£35.02 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£26.40 @ Kustom PCs)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.95 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX - Radeon R7 250 2GB Core Edition Video Card (£56.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.40 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA - 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.50 @ Aria PC)
Total: £269.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-10 12:22 BST+0100
I did everything I could to keep the cost down and still couldn't get anything remotely workable for less.
Just to note, "best performance" would be getting something closer to this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor (£425.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake - Water 3.0 Riing RGB 360 40.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£139.99 @ Novatech)
Thermal Compound: Prolimatech - PK-2 Nano Aluminum High-Grade 30g Thermal Paste (£33.02 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: MSI - X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM ATX AM4 Motherboard (£262.90 @ Alza)
Memory: Corsair - Dominator Platinum 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4-3466 Memory (£652.12 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO 4TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£1188.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital - Red Pro 8TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£349.64 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Red Pro 8TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£349.64 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Red Pro 8TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£349.64 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Red Pro 8TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£349.64 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: NVIDIA - Titan Xp 12GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£1325.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: NVIDIA - Titan Xp 12GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£1325.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Thermaltake - The Tower 900 ATX Full Tower Case (£224.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA T2 1600W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£400.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Asus - BC-12D2HT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer (£58.92 @ Eclipse Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro Full 32/64-bit (£180.04 @ Ebuyer)
Sound Card: Creative Labs - ZXR 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card (£249.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: BitFenix - BFF-LPRO-23030R-RP 156.3 CFM 230mm Fan (£15.94 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: BenQ - BL3200PT 32.0" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor (£461.04 @ PC World Business)
Monitor: BenQ - BL3200PT 32.0" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor (£461.04 @ PC World Business)
Monitor: BenQ - BL3200PT 32.0" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor (£461.04 @ PC World Business)
Monitor: BenQ - BL3200PT 32.0" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor (£461.04 @ PC World Business)
Keyboard: Razer - Chroma Blackwidow Professional Wired Gaming Keyboard (£122.96 @ Amazon UK)
Mouse: Razer - DeathAdder Elite Wired Optical Mouse (£66.88 @ Ebuyer)
Headphones: Razer - Tiamat 2.2 Headset (£126.59 @ Amazon UK)
External Storage: Lacie - Porsche Design 8TB External Hard Drive (£221.50 @ Amazon UK)
UPS: APC - SMC1500I UPS (£410.22 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £10673.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-11 05:28 BST+0100
(Yes, I know that's way overkill, but it's just an example)
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor (£425.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake - Water 3.0 Riing RGB 360 40.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£139.99 @ Novatech)
Thermal Compound: Prolimatech - PK-2 Nano Aluminum High-Grade 30g Thermal Paste (£33.02 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: MSI - X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM ATX AM4 Motherboard (£262.90 @ Alza)
Memory: Corsair - Dominator Platinum 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4-3466 Memory (£652.12 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO 4TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£1188.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital - Red Pro 8TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£349.64 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Red Pro 8TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£349.64 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Red Pro 8TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£349.64 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Red Pro 8TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£349.64 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: NVIDIA - Titan Xp 12GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£1325.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: NVIDIA - Titan Xp 12GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£1325.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Thermaltake - The Tower 900 ATX Full Tower Case (£224.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA T2 1600W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£400.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Asus - BC-12D2HT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer (£58.92 @ Eclipse Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro Full 32/64-bit (£180.04 @ Ebuyer)
Sound Card: Creative Labs - ZXR 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card (£249.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: BitFenix - BFF-LPRO-23030R-RP 156.3 CFM 230mm Fan (£15.94 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: BenQ - BL3200PT 32.0" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor (£461.04 @ PC World Business)
Monitor: BenQ - BL3200PT 32.0" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor (£461.04 @ PC World Business)
Monitor: BenQ - BL3200PT 32.0" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor (£461.04 @ PC World Business)
Monitor: BenQ - BL3200PT 32.0" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor (£461.04 @ PC World Business)
Keyboard: Razer - Chroma Blackwidow Professional Wired Gaming Keyboard (£122.96 @ Amazon UK)
Mouse: Razer - DeathAdder Elite Wired Optical Mouse (£66.88 @ Ebuyer)
Headphones: Razer - Tiamat 2.2 Headset (£126.59 @ Amazon UK)
External Storage: Lacie - Porsche Design 8TB External Hard Drive (£221.50 @ Amazon UK)
UPS: APC - SMC1500I UPS (£410.22 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £10673.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-11 05:28 BST+0100
(Yes, I know that's way overkill, but it's just an example)
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