Gaming on a tight budget

[tezza192]

I need to upgrade for 5 year old box which is literally on its last legs, Unfortunately my budget is 500 British Pounds max, I have picked the following parts. I would like a good all round machine with decent 1080p gaming, I play a bit of COD, indie games and stuff like tomb raider.

 

P.S optical drive left out intentionally as I have no use for one.

 

Whats your thoughts on this? Would this give a decent gaming setup for £500?

 

[coen113]

you can get a 760k if you dont need the gpu part in the APU, that will cut costs

[KamiKatze]

No point getting an APU AND a dedicated GPU. Opt for a 750K/760K or a FX 6300 based system instead. Other than that, it's very solid.

 

Edit: 7 P over the budget, but now also with a CPU cooler: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2Q4DJ

 

@tezza192

[bosnian_guy]

Do you have a monitor?

[ForsakenLive]

Don't get the APU if you are going with a dedicated GPU.

[tezza192]

Yes I have a monitor, mouse, keyboard etc

 

OK I have made some changes, I still need to fit within £500, How is this?

 

[SSOB]

You are better off with this for 500 UK Pounds :

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£107.99 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler:  Be Quiet SHADOW ROCK 2 87.0 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler  (£34.61 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard:  ASRock 970 PRO3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£51.19 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory:  Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£59.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£41.94 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Video Card:  Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card  (£144.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Case:  NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£38.65 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply:  Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£36.79 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £515.16

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-09 15:53 GMT+0000)

[KamiKatze]

SCHNIPP!!!

 

 

The FX 6350 is just an overclocked 6300, you can save 20 quid there.

 

The build that ^SSOB put together is actually pretty bauss, since it uses a FX 8320. However I'd try to save some money and go with a Hyper 212 EVO and a R9 270 (since it performs very similarly to a 270X) And put that monbey into a different PSU (CX 500M) and a little bit nicer case (Corsair 200R), the NZXT however is acrtually a solid choice!

[WoodenMarker]

Better: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2QbUq