£400 budget gaming build

[jasher11]

planning on building a PC hopefully on my own for light gaming for under £400

i am not sure of the compatability needed but i am basing it off a AMD fx-6300

i dont plan on over clocking so no extra fan needed
no copy of windows needed
no sound card nessecary

 

[bodeen2012]

do you have the cpu or do you need the cpu?

 

[jasher11]

sorry i dont have the CPU that should be included in the price

 

[bodeen2012]

A good 6300 based computer is not gonna happen at your budget.Try this you could always upgrade to a 6300 later .
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/OKAv
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/OKAv/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/OKAv/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£69.99 @ Maplin Electronics)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 PRO3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£51.56 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.81 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7790 1GB Video Card (£114.50 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Xigmatek ASGARD PRO (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£34.96 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: XFX 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£34.99 @ Maplin Electronics)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.77 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £389.57
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-06 13:11 BST+0100)

 

[jasher11]

A good 6300 based computer is not gonna happen at your budget.Try this you could always upgrade to a 6300 later .
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/OKAv
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/OKAv/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/OKAv/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£69.99 @ Maplin Electronics)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 PRO3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£51.56 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.81 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7790 1GB Video Card (£114.50 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Xigmatek ASGARD PRO (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£34.96 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: XFX 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£34.99 @ Maplin Electronics)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.77 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £389.57
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-06 13:11 BST+0100)

so i know this isnt at all what you suggested but it seems like a decent build to me, do you know if these are all compatible and will be decent
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/OPK1

CPU AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core £104.88
Motherboard MSI 760GM-P21 (FX) Micro ATX AM3+ £33.17
Memory Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 £36.58
Storage Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM £38.95
Video Card HIS Radeon HD 7850 1GB £124.98
Case NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower £31.18
Power Supply Corsair 430W ATX12V £34.15
Optical Drive Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer £11.77

 

[Agonyworm]

I'd be concerned with motherboard compatibility for definite. It's a struggle to get a 970 compatible out of the box with vishera, let alone a 760G. I'd make sure you AT LEAST get a 970 chipset motherboard. If it's comptible with Vishera (FX 6300) it'll either have a note saying "Rev 2.0" or higher, or it will be a 990FX mobo. Most AM3+ can have bios updates to support Vishera but triple check FIRST before buying. In any case, the motherboard you've chosen looks pretty feature sparse so you'd want a more up-to-date one.

Try and get two sticks of ram (2x4GB) as this increases performance. Generally one stick is a nono.

I'd try and get a 500W PSU to make sure you're 100% safe. Antec and Zalman are especially good brands.

 

[jasher11]

I'd be concerned with motherboard compatibility for definite. It's a struggle to get a 970 compatible out of the box with vishera, let alone a 760G. I'd make sure you AT LEAST get a 970 chipset motherboard. If it's comptible with Vishera (FX 6300) it'll either have a note saying "Rev 2.0" or higher, or it will be a 990FX mobo. Most AM3+ can have bios updates to support Vishera but triple check FIRST before buying. In any case, the motherboard you've chosen looks pretty feature sparse so you'd want a more up-to-date one.

Try and get two sticks of ram (2x4GB) as this increases performance. Generally one stick is a nono.

I'd try and get a 500W PSU to make sure you're 100% safe. Antec and Zalman are especially good brands.

so basically i need a better motherboard rather than the cheapest one i could find (which is what I did )

I can get 2 sticks of ram and probably a better PSU however it may not be 80+ or reliable brand

 

[jasher11]

here is the new one- better motherboard 2x4gb ram and £30 over budget but i can deal with it
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/jasher11/saved/1qZj

CPU AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core £104.88
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 ATX AM3+ £50.39
Memory Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 £32.99
Storage Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM £38.95
Video Card HIS Radeon HD 7850 1GB £124.98
Video Card(alternative) Gigabyte Radeon HD 7790 1GB Video Card (£113.74)
Case Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower £32.74
Power Supply Corsair 430W ATX12V £34.15
Optical Drive Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer £11.77
Total: £430.85
Total with alterantive video card : £419.61

would you say it is worth saving that £10 on the graphics card?

 

[Agonyworm]

Definitely go for the 7850 - the performance is SO much better than the 7790.

You may need to do a BIOS update on the motherboard but compatibility is all good

 

[jasher11]

here is the new one- better motherboard 2x4gb ram and £30 over budget but i can deal with it
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/jasher11/saved/1qZj

CPU AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core £104.88
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 ATX AM3+ £50.39
Memory Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 £32.99
Storage Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM £38.95
Video Card HIS Radeon HD 7850 1GB £124.98
Video Card(alternative) Gigabyte Radeon HD 7790 1GB Video Card (£113.74)
Case Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower £32.74
Power Supply Corsair 430W ATX12V £34.15
Optical Drive Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer £11.77
Total: £430.85
Total with alterantive video card : £419.61

would you say it is worth saving that £10 on the graphics card?

this is a very good build, but get the 7850 defo. I think there isn't much to improve on

okay thanks for that i will be getting this in a month or so, so hopefully prices will have dropped by like £5 or £10 just to save me some cash

here is final build (i noticed i may need a wireless card so i just added a cheap pci one)
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/jasher11/saved/1rdT

 

[jasher11]

just to check though, the build is pretty solid, but I didn't check on the prices, you sure those are right? included VAT? Dunno but a quick google searching I can't find those parts at those prices.. might just be me X)

okay thanks and i do think they all include VAT, maybe im very lucky but the prices are always changing?

 

[jasher11]

okay thanks all for the help here is my final build i think:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/jasher11/saved/1snW

Total: £432.43
CPU AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core £101.94
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 ATX AM3+ £50.39
Memory Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 £32.99
Storage Seagate Pipeline HD 500GB 3.5" 5900RPM £34.99
Video Card HIS Radeon HD 7850 1GB £124.98
Wireless Network Adapter TP-Link TL-WN781ND 802.11b/g/n PCI £8.08
Case Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower £32.94
Power Supply XFX 450W ATX12V / EPS12V £34.99
Optical Drive Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer £11.13

 

[jasher11]

actually jasher, do you live anywhere near london? if you do, my company sort of specialize in doing custom computers, we will make/plan the whole thing for you hassle free? XDD

you don't have to tell me where you live if you don't wanna buy from us, it does sort of sound like shaddy advertising through a thread XDD

i do live in London, however i was originally planning for getting on my birthday (May) but it will be after my exams now (probably for the best), these end at the end of June

 

[jasher11]

Me and couple of my pc enthusiast friends started a custom pc building computer business a few months back, and we've only got one sale fully complete so far (advertising is so hard when your starting out small + have AS-levels).

So we are doing no profit sales atm just to get as many sales as possible under our belt (i.e. to build up our credibility + make us more popular).

But!! we have held off on sales until june (since we have exams too XD), and we have some planned builds for our clients in the summer. That's why I said its perfect timing , so if you are willing to proceed we can plan out a build for you as well, as I said it would be free of charge!

Again please don't feel like I'm trying to force you into buying from us XDDD, hope I don't sound too dodgy.

So ye, what'd you say?

(private message me your email address if you wanna go through with it)

yeah i will see but at the moment im gonna try stop thinking about it so i can get on with my work. thanks for the offer and i may well accept just not atm

 

[jasher11]

Good Luck on your exams mate

Thanks, you too