First PC Build For Gaming/Streaming - £450 Max, advice?

[Jamescarroll1994]

Hey, I'm new to the forum and need some help. I was unsure where to post so please move if it's in the wrong section.

Basically I have a max budget of £450 and plan on building a moderately powerful AMD system for gaming and streaming, maybe recording too. I'm thinking of this set up after I discussed with a friend who has built his own, I could also upgrade it around November time.

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750TI
FX-4350
78LMT-USB Motherboard
8GB Gskill ram

I just want to know whether the system will be able to do what I want. But at the moment I can't afford anymore than £450, this comes to around £400 with a case and power supply etc. Any help/advice on whether or not this is a solid build or not would be great. Thank you

 

[Woody1999]

Do you need keyboard/mouse, monitor or operating system? If so it's gonna be really hard to get a good system for that price.

Here's what I would recommend without those:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£74.89 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK AIDOS 48.6 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£15.12 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£65.14 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£51.54 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£110.72 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£50.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £442.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-04 15:51 BST+0100

Much more overclocking headroom on a vastly better processor because of the hugely better motherboard and cooler. Fast RAM for again, more overclocking headroom. R9 270 is faster than GTX 750Ti, bargain deal for £110. I honestly don't know where you managed to spend all that money.

Woody

 

[Jamescarroll1994]

It came to £400ish with a case, power supply, 1TB HDD, aswell as a keyboard and mouse. Would what I suggest be able to stream and play a game such as minecraft and counterstrike? As I said I'd be able to upgrade in around six months time.

 

[Woody1999]

Probably no. The FX-4000 series are slow processors that have almost no advantages over an Intel dual core. The cores themselves in the FX series are slow, and the FX-8000/60000 series are only really good because of the sheer amount of cores and the overclocking headroom.

6 cores might just cut it. You can buy a cheapo mouse and keyboard set off Amazon for £10, that should fit in the build I made for you. You will honestly see a huge difference between the builds, I'm not exaggerating.

Woody

 

[madmatt30]

Compromised slightly on the PSU & board to get a 285 in there.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£74.89 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK THEMIS 65.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£19.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£51.00 @ Aria PC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£50.77 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 285 2GB Video Card (£131.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.63 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£8.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £440.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-04 16:33 BST+0100