Pc for my little brother

adast · Nov 13, 2017

Hi so i want some advise on low budget pc as i want to buy for him for Christmas i want him to have his own Pc he plays most of time Team Fortress 2 minecraft left 4 dead 2 and Garrys mod So what i came up with these parts as for the budget dont wanna go over £400
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor (£44.81 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI - H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£38.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill - NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£56.10 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£27.70 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 550 2GB Low Profile OC Video Card (£70.53 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case (£27.48 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA - 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£41.94 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £307.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-14 00:31 GMT+0000

bjornl · Nov 13, 2017

I would replace the video card with a 1050ti. Only adds around £50-55 to the build and will have the single greatest impact on performance in gaming.

vapour · Nov 13, 2017

Some edits:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£57.95 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - B250M PRO-VH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£54.99 @ Box Limited)
Memory: G.Skill - NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£56.10 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£31.97 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 550 2GB Low Profile OC Video Card (£70.53 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case (£27.48 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£48.53 @ Box Limited)
Total: £347.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-14 00:36 GMT+0000

G4560 is much better: http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-G4560-vs-Intel-Pentium-G4400/3892vs3539
500 gb is better, not much more
PSU is not good, CXM is good budget choice

vapour · Nov 13, 2017

1050 ti is good to have too and match g4560 very well.