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I'm building a budget PC for a friend who primarily want's to play MC and record it. He also wants to play a few AAA titles and some F2P games, nothing like BF4 multi 64 man. 

 

He already has a 900p monitor, KB, mouse and a 500GB drive.

 

Here's what I've managed to create so far http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/cYQhFT

 

-he already has a HDD to record to, so i didn't include one and I have a spare 1TB hdd for him, for media and games

 

Is there anything I can improve/cut down on, as £300 pound is the goal and £350 is the max. I'd like to find a sweet spot.

Also, can you recommend a better case than the source 210 for the same price or any good cases under £40?

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Everything in that build is fine, personally i'd prefer the 200R from corsair but it exceeds the 40 pounds limit

My current rig for entertainment/gaming: i5 4570 3,2GHz; MSI B85M-E45; ZOTAC GTX760 AMP!; 8GB (2x4GB) by Kingston; Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm; Corsair 200R, Corsair VS650; Dell U2312HM, Samsung DVD R/W optical drive; CM Devastator; Corsair MM400 gaming pad

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Looks good, you don't need the SSD if you want to save money

hellooooooooo

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you can omit the SSD

 

 
Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£62.36 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory: Kingston Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£58.18 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card  (£89.99 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.19 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £366.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Budget? Uses? Currency? Location? Operating System? Peripherals? Monitor? Use PCPartPicker wherever possible. 

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With out any real performance Loss I've gotten it down to £311.79
 

 
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£34.62 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 750 1GB Video Card  (£79.36 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£29.40 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £311.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
Though personally I'd drop the SSD and go to an R7 265

 
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£34.62 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card  (£109.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£29.40 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £297.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

CPU: i7 5820K 4.0GHz @1.15V | MOBO: Asus X99 Sabertooth | GPU: Gigabyte Windforce GTX 980Ti, LTT Orange | CASE: NZXT H440 Black 2015 | COOLER: Noctua NH-D15S w/ LTT Fans | RAM: 32GB Patriot 3000MHz | STORAGE: 512GB Samsung 950 Pro, 960GB Sandisk Ultra II 3 x 8TB Seagate HDD's | PSU: 750W Seasonic X series, black / orange cablemod cables| Monitors: 3x Asus VX24AH's | AUDIO OUT: Microlab SOLO 8C, Sennheiser HD 650's, Audio engine D1 Amp / DAC | AUDIO IN: Blue Snowball | Keyboard: CM Storm QuickFire TK MX Green | Mouse: Logitech G900 Proteus Spectrum + RSI Extended Mouse Pad | PCPP Link: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/hPjFd6

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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/qLFH7P


 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3420 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£44.30 @ Ebuyer) 

Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£34.62 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£62.16 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£36.00 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  (£89.48 @ CCL Computers) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.99 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£35.52 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £340.07

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available


CPU: Intel i5 4570 | Cooler: Cooler Master TPC 812 | Motherboard: ASUS H87M-PRO | RAM: G.Skill 16GB (4x4GB) @ 1600MHZ | Storage: OCZ ARC 100 480GB, WD Caviar Black 2TB, Caviar Blue 1TB | GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 | ODD: ASUS BC-12D2HT BR Reader | PSU: Cooler Master V650 | Display: LG IPS234 | Keyboard: Logitech G710+ | Mouse: Logitech G602 | Audio: Logitech Z506 & Audio Technica M50X | My machine: https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/b/JoJ

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Looks good, you don't need the SSD if you want to save money

Yh i knew that, but he really wants the snappiness of an SSD after playing on my rig for a day. any cheaper SSD's out there?

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http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/MahuduHD/saved/2wFKHx

 

So i took suggestions from all your guys' builds and made this. The SSD is important to him so it's a no go to ditch that. The only thing I can see on saving now is the GPU. is the 265 really necessary for high 900p? Any cheaper cases I don't like and the PSU is the only semi-modular in the budget.

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Looks like im set on a r7 265 build. Offers way more performance and thanks to you guys I managed to get a build with a £20 more expensive GPU for £13 less! Great optimization, and im sure my friend will be super happy with the build. I am going to order the parts in a week so if you have any further adjustments post em below.

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