Budget Gaming Build, Please Help

[Bob Jim]

Hi,

 

I want to build a budget Gaming PC. My budget is £400 UK, although if needed I can stretch that to £500 (not including monitor or peripherals). I want to play games like minecraft (with sometimes up to 200 mods), and some steam games like city skylines, beseige, and any others that catch my eye.

 

I currently am leaning towards the a10 7850k, but I am not sure if it would be good enough. Also, could someone PLEASE tell me why intel are so much more expensive for apparent same specs.

 

If someone could put a build together, that would be very much appreciated.

 

Thanks!

[Jervi]

intel are more expensive than AMD for similar cores/speeds because intel's technology is more advanced, its not all about the amount of cores and the speeds, it is how you use it.

If I was you, I would go on gumtree and get a super cheap but decent PC for £150 and then buy a 970 or 960. Second hand PCs are super cheap for what they are.

[Gaben the Great]

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Go what with Jervi said.

 

But if you want a full part list, a bit over the budget, then here:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor  (£91.54 @ CCL Computers) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.98 @ Novatech) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£51.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£52.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£53.42 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£119.14 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case: Corsair 330R Titanium Edition ATX Mid Tower Case  (£69.54 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£49.98 @ Novatech) 

Total: £548.72

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-03 18:54 BST+0100

[Mattrixx]

Hi,

 

I want to build a budget Gaming PC. My budget is £400 UK, although if needed I can stretch that to £500 (not including monitor or peripherals). I want to play games like minecraft (with sometimes up to 200 mods), and some steam games like city skylines, beseige, and any others that catch my eye.

 

I currently am leaning towards the a10 7850k, but I am not sure if it would be good enough. Also, could someone PLEASE tell me why intel are so much more expensive for apparent same specs.

 

If someone could put a build together, that would be very much appreciated.

 

Thanks!

You can't compare Ghz to Ghz across architectures and especially cross platform, as @Jervi said. At this time Intel is performing much better. You can look at synthetic benchmarks for obvious examples, or look at their performance in games you plan to play for an idea of how a CPU will perform in real world.

 

Also, welcome to the forum! Remember to follow your own topic so you get notified when someone responds, and quote responses so members get notified when you respond to them. 

[ADZ_123_!"£]

£502 best build you could do for this price.

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/dzGf4D

[Bob Jim]

Thanks for the quick replies! Intel is well beyond my budget anyways, but thanks for letting me know. I refined Gaben The Great's partlist, how does this look? Also, do I need an ssd/what difference would it make?

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/N7nnqs

[Weak1ings]

Intel is more expensive because their chips are superior to AMD in the consumer market.  AMD has no chips in the Extreme bracket either.  THe closest is their monster 220W 4.7Ghz Super overlocked CPU which can beat an i5 in multi-threaded apps.  Forget beating the i7.