Cheap Gaming PC thats under £500?

[JakeyBxd]

I'm doing my first ever build of a PC and I want to use it for game like Minecraft, Cube world and so forth. Plus the PC will need to be good for recording my gameplay for YouTube , but it needs to be as cheap as possible.

I've done research for a couple of weeks and I know I need to have 7200RPM on hard drive and PSU and a good graphics card. So here's what i've come up with (I know very little on hardware for gaming):

Motherboard-Asus P8Z77-V LX Motherboard (Socket 1155, 32GB DDR3 Support, ATX, Intel Z77 Express, USB 3.0, CrossFireX Support, Dual Intelligent Processors 3) £84.96
Processor-Intel Core i3 3220 Dual Core CPU £93.68
Memory-Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz CL9 XMP Performance Desktop Memory Kit Black £57.85
Graphics Card-Asus Nvidia GeForce GT 640 Graphics Card (2GB DDR3, PCI Express 3.0, VGA, 2x DVI-D, HDMI, Nvidia 3D Vision Ready) £72.96
Hard Drive-Western Digital Black - 3.5 inch 1TB Desktop SATA Hard Drive - OEM £71.99
Power supply-Corsair CX750 Builder Series CX 750W ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze PSU  £67.97

Total: £449.41

Is there any way I can make this cheaper and what can I improve on everything helps.

 

[Seladon-1370374]

You don't need 750W, I'd advice you to rather get this PSU. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

[bc5]

And if you can stretch to £540 (including Windows cost) then you can get an SSD in there for a far more responsive system all-round (load times for games but also Windows performance, boot times, software load time etc).

 

[JakeyBxd]

Is there anything else I could possibly improve on can I have something else that's cheaper?

 

[Seladon-1370374]

If you want to get as cheap as it can be while still running those things that you asked for perfectly fine, you could get this build :

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1rx0J
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1rx0J/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1rx0J/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD A10-6800K 4.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£105.54 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£22.85 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard (£35.46 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.59 @ Aria PC)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case (£36.72 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£35.49 @ Dabs)
Total: £334.64
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-13 18:42 BST+0100)

You can overclock this one, if you choose to do so, which you couldn't do with the other one. It is probably a better price/performance ratio than your build.

 

[JakeyBxd]

You don't need 750W, I'd advice you to rather get this PSU. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

Is there anything else I could possibly improve on can I have something else that's cheaper?

You didn't quote on a graphics card so should I use the one on my list?

If you want to get as cheap as it can be while still running those things that you asked for perfectly fine, you could get this build :

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1rx0J
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1rx0J/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1rx0J/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD A10-6800K 4.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£105.54 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£22.85 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard (£35.46 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.59 @ Aria PC)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case (£36.72 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£35.49 @ Dabs)
Total: £334.64
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-13 18:42 BST+0100)

You can overclock this one, if you choose to do so, which you couldn't do with the other one. It is probably a better price/performance ratio than your build.

 

[Seladon-1370374]

The CPU that is in my build is actually an APU, meaning CPU+GPU. And it is enough for Minecraft/Cubeworld.

 

[JakeyBxd]

The CPU that is in my build is actually an APU, meaning CPU+GPU. And it is enough for Minecraft/Cubeworld.

What bit can it go up to (64-bit, 128-bit, 256-bit ideal)

 

[Seladon-1370374]

I don't think 128 bits will be a problem if you change the RAM that you allocate to Minecraft, but I'm not really sure. 256 bits is another story. You would need a much pricier GPU, your Geforce GT 640 wouldn't even be close to be enough.

 

[JakeyBxd]

I don't think 128 bits will be a problem if you change the RAM that you allocate to Minecraft, but I'm not really sure. 256 bits is another story. You would need a much pricier GPU, your Geforce GT 640 wouldn't even be close to be enough.

seriously my mate claims that the geforce GT 640 is one of the top GPU's. He's clearly a bit screwy in the head!!!

How do you change the RAM allocated to Minecraft?? I know you can do a batch file way were you do a code and it "works" (I don't notice a difference) is there another way?

 

[Seladon-1370374]

I guess you can find your answer here. http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1395030-tutorial-allocate-more-memory-for-minecraft/

 

[JakeyBxd]

I guess you can find your answer here. http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1395030-tutorial-allocate-more-memory-for-minecraft/

Thanks for all your help are you sure that your one is the best for gaming under £500 ?

 

[Seladon-1370374]

I can tell you that it is for sure the cheapest one to fit what you want to do. You could get something better than that, but it wouldn't really do anything better on Minecraft/Cubeworld. With that, you should get a cool over 60 FPS on Minecraft with Optifine and pretty much everything maxed out except AA that you might want to keep at x6 or so. Maybe even forget the AA and then trade it for better texture pack.

 

[JakeyBxd]

I can tell you that it is for sure the cheapest one to fit what you want to do. You could get something better than that, but it wouldn't really do anything better on Minecraft/Cubeworld. With that, you should get a cool over 60 FPS on Minecraft with Optifine and pretty much everything maxed out except AA that you might want to keep at x6 or so. Maybe even forget the AA and then trade it for better texture pack.

well you have pretty much just sold me a PC thanks for all your help

 

[Seladon-1370374]

No problem, I'm here for that, sir !

 

[JakeyBxd]

No problem, I'm here for that, sir !

LOL, sir ha ha ha


Thank You!!! you have been very patient with me about a gaming PC

But one last question which is most important !!!

Are all the parts you said Compatible ??????

 

[Seladon-1370374]

Sure they are. I wouldn't recommend you anything that won't work together, sir.

 

[JakeyBxd]

Sure they are. I wouldn't recommend you anything that won't work together, sir.

Thank you sir !

 

[bc5]

Be aware sir that setup will be pretty crappy if you ever decide to play more modern games on it. Like Seladon says though it'll do fine for Minecraft.