is it possible to build a £400-500 pc with monitor

[lmao234]

Yeah, so hi guys! I'm new to this forum. I've been redirected here by a guy on another forum where I've been posting quite often. 

I've been trying to plan out a build (I've planned out several actually) and none of them met my price range. What I wanted was a decent £400-500 PC that could handle all of the higher end games on low to high settings. Of which I don't really mind. 

The problem is, I want decent parts - for these partlists I've planned out, I've used FX 8350, i3-3220, maybe i7-2600K secondhand from ebay and i5-2500K secondhand too. 

For GPU, I've been going for Radeon because the new series are coming out soon and hopefully they will drop the prices of the lesser GPUs, I've been going for the HD 7850/7870/7890. 

The rest were a range of others, different cases, mobos, PSU, memory and storage for each one. 

The real question, lol, is it possible or will I need to downgrade some parts first to achieve this, or can I achieve this.

I dropped the OS, maybe I can get it later, but its too expensive. I can achieve all of this in say £600, but thats out of my price range. 

FYI, this will be my first build.

[FireFox]

It is possible but I think you'll have to get something cheaper than those Intel's and AMD's.

 

My system in my signature has cost me around £480 so far but that is using my 32'' TV as a monitor.

 

Have a look at AMD's APU's, half decent CPU and a good built in GPU and take it from there.

[itsMacyyyy]

Hmm try going for an AMD A10-6800K and some fast memory. The onboard graphics are decent and you can always add a dedicated one later. For this price range I wouldn't really recommend going with dedicated graphics. 

[CoolBeans]

Yes http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1E1uG

[itsMacyyyy]

Yes http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1E1uG

 

Actually screw the APU. This build looks amazing for the price.

Edited September 15, 2013 by itsMacyyyy

[Youbetternot]

Yes http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1E1uG

You can always count on @CoolBeans to make cheap builds that's awesome 

[lmao234]

Yeah, thanks for the replies - I have a decent TV, should I just connect to that instead and wait till I have the money to get a decent monitor. And thanks for that build @CoolBeans, its awesome, but would the Athlon be upgrade-proof for the next couple of years?

[FireFox]

Yes http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1E1uG

 

Shit, an old Athlon X4, that is cool

[target39]

Yes http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1E1uG

This, but spend £0.10 more and get this IPS monitor: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/lg-monitor-ips224vpn

Also, if you can stretch the budget a bit more, get the Sapphire 7950 instead of the XFX. XFX coolers are known to be loud and bad performers.

[target39]

Yeah, thanks for the replies - I have a decent TV, should I just connect to that instead and wait till I have the money to get a decent monitor. And thanks for that build @CoolBeans, its awesome, but would the Athlon be upgrade-proof for the next couple of years?

It's AM3+, so you could always upgrade to an FX CPU. It won't support the FX 8 cores though.

[ComputerNoob]

 

 

Actually screw the APU. This build looks amazing for the price.

 

APU are quite useless anyways. They are terrible compared to a gpu.

[CoolBeans]

Yeah, thanks for the replies - I have a decent TV, should I just connect to that instead and wait till I have the money to get a decent monitor. And thanks for that build @CoolBeans, its awesome, but would the Athlon be upgrade-proof for the next couple of years?

You could upgrade to a 6300/8320 without changing the motherboard in the future, so I would say so

[target39]

You could upgrade to a 6300/8320 without changing the motherboard in the future, so I would say so

Actually, that board unfortunately only supports CPU's with TDP's up to 95W, so it wouldn't be able to support the 125W FX 8320.

But, you could upgrade to a 6300.

[lmao234]

Yep thanks guys - I might downgrade the storage a bit. I wouldn't need that much. And if it did get filled up I've got an external as back up. What @target39 said, I might upgrade the mobo a bit then. I want to possibly house the 8350 later on.

[coen113]

the "coolbeans" build is very solid, and will run everything good.

[ComputerNoob]

the "coolbeans" build is very solid, and will run everything good.

Yes and he should totaly name his build the "@CoolBeans rig"

[Guest GRRigger]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1E1ZN

if you dont get monitor

you can also get 7950 for 20 bucks more

[lmao234]

I tweaked it a bit, the "Coolbeans rig" here http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1E26B

Though I am questioning whether I should get a cheaper CPU and upgrade later. Actually then again, maybe not. I could wait a bit so that the GPU's price would go down after the release of the new cards. I'm crossing my fingers that it drops at least 10 pounds. Haha!

[coen113]

i got a build with monitor, mouse, keyboard, gpu, for under 250 pounds. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1E28X

[target39]

I tweaked it a bit, the "Coolbeans rig" here http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1E26B

Though I am questioning whether I should get a cheaper CPU and upgrade later. Actually then again, maybe not. I could wait a bit so that the GPU's price would go down after the release of the new cards. I'm crossing my fingers that it drops at least 10 pounds. Haha!

Make sure to get a 2x molex to 6 pin PCI-E power adapter if you're going to use that PSU since it only comes with a single 6+2 pin PCI-E connector. That 7950 requires an 8 pin and 6 pin.

[lmao234]

Make sure to get a 2x molex to 6 pin PCI-E power adapter if you're going to use that PSU since it only comes with a single 6+2 pin PCI-E connector. That 7950 requires an 8 pin and 6 pin.

Could I have an example then please? Is this suitable http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-100b10500kr

Sorry, I'm only a novice in this kinda stuff. Thanks.

 

i got a build with monitor, mouse, keyboard, gpu, for under 250 pounds. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1E28X

That's mega cheap, but I'd need better hardware than that, I'm afraid. I want to run the newer games on low-high settings.

[target39]

Could I have an example then please? Is this suitable http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-100b10500kr

Sorry, I'm only a novice in this kinda stuff. Thanks.

 

That's mega cheap, but I'd need better hardware than that, I'm afraid. I want to run the newer games on low-high settings.

The PSU you picked out is fine, just make sure you get one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Akasa-AK-CB4-6-cable-adapter/dp/B00118EWLS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1379266950&sr=8-3&keywords=molex+to+6+pin

[itsMacyyyy]

APU are quite useless anyways. They are terrible compared to a gpu.

Agree on that although I am quiet impressed with 6800K performance. Only onboard graphics I would ever recommend. 

[lmao234]

The PSU you picked out is fine, just make sure you get one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Akasa-AK-CB4-6-cable-adapter/dp/B00118EWLS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1379266950&sr=8-3&keywords=molex+to+6+pin

Wait, so it isn't included with the PSU?

[target39]

Wait, so it isn't included with the PSU?

No, but it's only £2, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem.