Recommended Components for a Budget Build

[jmcdonald27_]

Sorry, I don't know what I were thinking.

 

Thanks anyway.

Edited March 22, 2015 by jmcdonald27_

[wyattzx]

 

I would list parts and such, but this tells you the parts, and how they perform!

[Unhelpful]

I am on a low budget of around £250 or $300 and need to choose my components for a build. 

 

I want to be able to play popular games on medium to high settings flawlessly while slicing through everyday tasks.

You can't really do both of those together. Save up more. You won't be playing many popular games on medium to high with a $300 pc.

 

Do you have any idea what specific games you would be playing?

[Fate]

Probably not going to happen unless you play CS:GO/LoL or buy older used parts off ebay

[zappian]

@jmcdonald27_

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£49.14 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: ASRock H81 Pro BTC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£32.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£27.57 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£27.57 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.39 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB TurboDuo Video Card  (£113.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Enermax Thorex ATX Mid Tower Case 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£37.19 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £328.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-01 10:11 GMT+0000

That budget is way too low

[Fate]

 

@jmcdonald27_

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£49.14 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: ASRock H81 Pro BTC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£32.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£27.57 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£27.57 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.39 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB TurboDuo Video Card  (£113.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Enermax Thorex ATX Mid Tower Case

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£37.19 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £328.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-01 10:11 GMT+0000

That budget is way too low

 

No case

[zappian]

No case

Enermax Thorex ATX Mid Tower Case

 

you wut m8

[Fate]

Enermax Thorex ATX Mid Tower Case

 

you wut m8

It's not included in the price as there's none of those cases on PCPP

[zappian]

It's not included in the price as there's none of those cases on PCPP

 

Hemmmm...

Any cheap case will do i guess.

 

Ops budget is way too low anyways .

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£49.14 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: ASRock H81 Pro BTC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£32.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£27.57 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£27.57 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.39 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB TurboDuo Video Card  (£113.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Cooler Master K350 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£23.99 @ CCL Computers) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£37.19 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £352.83

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-01 10:18 GMT+0000

[Darel]

guys.. its even better to go with amd apu rather than h81 chipset with g3258 he wont be able to overclock, isnt the athlon 4x 860k a better choice?? -.-, you get 4 cores for the same prize of that pentium....

[zappian]

guys.. its even better to go with amd apu rather than h81 chipset with g3258 he wont be able to overclock, isnt the athlon 4x 860k a better choice?? -.-, you get 4 cores for the same prize of that pentium....

 

The pentium has better upgrade path.

 

You can upgrade to a locked i7 in the future.

[Unhelpful]

guys.. its even better to go with amd apu rather than h81 chipset with g3258 he wont be able to overclock, isnt the athlon 4x 860k a better choice?? -.-, you get 4 cores for the same prize of that pentium....

h81 as a chipset can OC. As for specific boards... Depends on the quality of the board. 

 

Regardless I would say don't buy anything and just save up. Not worth it at $300.

[JAKEBAB]

guys.. its even better to go with amd apu rather than h81 chipset with g3258 he wont be able to overclock, isnt the athlon 4x 860k a better choice?? -.-, you get 4 cores for the same prize of that pentium....

More cores doesn't mean its better.

 

Op thats way too low unless your playing CS or LoL just get an xbox or ps4? 

[Deletive]

guys.. its even better to go with amd apu rather than h81 chipset with g3258 he wont be able to overclock, isnt the athlon 4x 860k a better choice?? -.-, you get 4 cores for the same prize of that pentium....

You can overclock with a h81

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($40.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Mushkin Silverline 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($36.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 250X 2GB Video Card  ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($19.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $285.91

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-01 05:35 EST-0500 

sometimes you just have to make do. there is also a 260x for 25$ more.

[Darel]

hhahaahhah .. millions quotes ... people rly like being smart :lol: sure dudes whatever you say :lol: intel said... its good, so it must be :rolleyes: