£450 ( UK ) 'Gaming' PC

[MadManMarsBar]

So My brother wants to build a PC but he only has £450 to spend , obviously we are in the UK and the most intensive thing he will play is skyrim 

 

any ideas ?

 

thanks in advance

 

EDIT , no OS or Peripherals are needed

[Izaya Orihara]

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/yrnGbv

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/yrnGbv/by_merchant/

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£70.20 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£49.52 @ Ebuyer) 

Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£52.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£36.00 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£189.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.24 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£36.81 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £461.75

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

[i_build_nanosuits]

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/yrnGbv

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/yrnGbv/by_merchant/

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£70.20 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£49.52 @ Ebuyer) 

Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£52.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£36.00 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£189.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.24 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£36.81 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £461.75

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

nice build can't do any better with that budget, OP go with that you're golden!

[WoodenMarker]

How's this look? http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/9XCrRB

[i_build_nanosuits]

How's this look? http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/9XCrRB

The other build is a much better gaming PC, it has a much more capable GPU...it should be picked and the ssd considered as a future upgrade if it won't fit in the budget.

I'd just change the RAM for something better that cost like 5$ more...here:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£70.20 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£49.52 @ Ebuyer)

Memory: Kingston Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£58.18 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£36.00 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£189.99 @ Ebuyer)

Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.24 @ Scan.co.uk)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£36.81 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £466.94

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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BUT, this one would run skyrim and other single-threaded games (MMO's, RTS, RPGs, indies) better due to a much stronger single core performance

(not as good for modern multi-threaded games though: crysis 3, BF4, watch dogs..etc.):

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£76.99 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: MSI B85-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£50.41 @ CCL Computers)

Memory: Kingston Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£58.18 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£36.00 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£189.99 @ Ebuyer)

Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.24 @ Scan.co.uk)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£36.81 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £474.62

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

[WoodenMarker]

The other build is a much better gaming PC, it has a much more capable GPU...it should be picked and the ssd considered as a future upgrade if it won't fit in the budget.

I'd just change the RAM for something better that cost like 5$ more...here:

In terms of raw gaming performance, yes. However, getting the ssd experience is quite worth having some games at a bit lower of a setting imo. 

[i_build_nanosuits]

In terms of raw gaming performance, yes. However, getting the ssd experience is quite worth having some games at a bit lower of a setting imo. 

i personally rather have longer loading time but fluid game play on higher settings...i guess we'll let the op decide which he prefer...as i pointed out the ssd could be added as a future upgrade but the GPU if he pick cheaper he's stuck with it...