First PC Gaming Setup

[Viroth]

Right my friend is looking to move into pc gaming on a budget to move away from console, Ive put together a quick list of a super cheap one, She has a pc atm but its not upgrade-able.  Parts are excluding case, monitor, kb, mouse as these can be reused from old one. Budget is 350, any views on the below config would be appreciated.

 

[JAKEBAB]

never heard of swift

[Erik4boss]

Need better powersupply and you should also get the FX 6300.

[LOST TALE]

I recommend steam machine at 400$

or a prebuilt.

 

they suually are good options on the low end.

since all of the pieces are veyr balanced and low end

 

using this until a full re-upgrade is almost whats going to happen.

[Chris is awesome]

Don't get the fx4130, it has terrible price to performance and you might want to consider a better PSU.

[LOST TALE]

Need better powersupply and you should also get the FX 6300.

Yes .

[Viroth]

cheers all for the fast input, swapped the cpu to 6300 + a 500w evga psu, this makes it just 20£ over budget but its worth it.

[venturizhou]

This is my suggestion if you don't want to upgrade in the future. Yes the FX-6300 is a much better CPU.

4GB of RAM realistically in today's environment (especially if you are running 64 bit) is probably not a safe amount. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£55.84 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard:  MSI A88XM-E35 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£40.14 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory:  Avexir MPOWER Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£53.90 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 

Storage:  Toshiba  2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£46.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card:  PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card  (£119.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Power Supply:  XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£34.14 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Optical Drive:  Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£11.83 @ CCL Computers) 

Total: £362.83

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-22 13:32 GMT+0000)

[antoainb]

I'd suggest this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor  (£92.39 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£35.86 @ Ebuyer) 

Memory:  Kingston Blu 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£29.23 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Toshiba  500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  (£113.70 @ Scan.co.uk) 

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

Total: £343.95

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-22 13:34 GMT+0000)

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£55.84 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard:  MSI A88XM-E35 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£40.14 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory:  Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£55.18 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£41.99 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card:  Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card  (£129.99 @ Ebuyer) 

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

Total: £359.93

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-22 13:39 GMT+0000)

[Erik4boss]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£77.99 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard:  MSI 760GM-P23 (FX) Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£28.96 @ Ebuyer) 

Memory:  Kingston Blu 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£29.23 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.99 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  (£122.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Power Supply:  XFX 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£34.99 @ Maplin Electronics) 

Optical Drive:  Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive  (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £343.93

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-22 15:53 GMT+0000)

[consoleconvergence2pc]

 

I'd suggest this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor  (£92.39 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£35.86 @ Ebuyer) 

Memory:  Kingston Blu 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£29.23 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Toshiba  500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  (£113.70 @ Scan.co.uk) 

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

Total: £343.95

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-22 13:34 GMT+0000)

 

Edit:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£55.84 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard:  MSI A88XM-E35 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£40.14 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory:  Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£55.18 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£41.99 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card:  Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card  (£129.99 @ Ebuyer) 

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

Total: £359.93

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-22 13:39 GMT+0000)

 

Best build on here so far, i suggest he goes for this one