What do y'all think - 350 pound budget gaming pc

[Cazzer505]

What do you think of my 350 pound budget gaming pc. It can run my games at 720p high/maxed for now but I will upgrade cpu in the future.

It will be used for gaming and some schoolwork and light internet usage, never more than 5 tabs probably.

 

I will buy gpu from ebay refurbished to fit in my budget.

 

I know some parts (case) may seem out of place in a tight budget but I want it to be decent quality when i upgrade in the future.

 

The build: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/CdHrsY

[NeatSquidYT]

Looks good.

[Guest]

As long as you've taken into account the cost of an OS, and peripherals, looks good to me. 

[beach_boy98]

What do you think of my 350 pound budget gaming pc. It can run my games at 720p high/maxed for now but I will upgrade cpu in the future.

It will be used for gaming and some schoolwork and light internet usage, never more than 5 tabs probably.

 

I will buy gpu from ebay refurbished to fit in my budget.

 

I know some parts (case) may seem out of place in a tight budget but I want it to be decent quality when i upgrade in the future.

 

The build: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/CdHrsY

Probably one of the best builds at that price point

[ShadowofReason]

Looks good to me aswell.

The only thing that scares me is that WD Blue drive.

Those fellas tend to die on me.... or maybe that's just my bad luck  .

[SkywardKkalox]

Looks good to me aswell.

The only thing that scares me is that WD Blue drive.

Those fellas tend to die on me.... or maybe that's just my bad luck  .

Most likely bad luck.

WD Blues are well known for being extemely reliable.

[Cazzer505]

Looks good to me aswell.

The only thing that scares me is that WD Blue drive.

Those fellas tend to die on me.... or maybe that's just my bad luck  .

 

any similarly priced replacement?

[ShadowofReason]

You could try the blue drive still but personally i'd go with a WD Black/Green drive.

[MrSpeed]

the WD blue drives are reliable, i still have a 500GB SATA 3Gb one running  in my old pc

anyway here's some changes


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£48.88 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£38.17 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£43.38 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 285 2GB TurboDuo Video Card  (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman Z12 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  (£39.02 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£33.78 @ Aria PC)
Total: £362.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-30 15:06 BST+0100

[Cazzer505]

the WD blue drives are reliable, i still have a 500GB SATA 3Gb one running  in my old pc

anyway here's some changes

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£48.88 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£38.17 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£43.38 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.00 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 285 2GB TurboDuo Video Card  (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)

Case: Zalman Z12 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  (£39.02 @ CCL Computers)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£33.78 @ Aria PC)

Total: £362.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-30 15:06 BST+0100

 

i thought this was too good to be true. That r9 285 is actually 149.99 which takes it outside my budget.

Thanks though.

[DhruvS]

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

this is what i came up with.

can play gta 5 at medium 1080 60 fps no problem

would recommend.

sorry for bad english,its my first language.

[TheCaptain53]

Why not a Z97 board instead? As well has having official support for overclocking, it'll be a better platform for a CPU upgrade later on down the road. It is a bit more expensive, but doing a motherboard swap is always a ballache.