Friends budget PC

[Swegly]

So my friend has 1,100$ to spend but he is not teach savvy at all so he would like you guys to come up with a PC build that would suit a gamer. His only priority with the rig is to game and he doesnt mind whether its amd or nvidia. He will also be paying someone in his local area to assemble this for him. Thanks!

[CoolBeans]

Location, does he need peripherals, monitor, OS?

[antoainb]

Location, does he need peripherals, monitor, OS?

 

He's in Sweden.

[Swegly]

Location, does he need peripherals, monitor, OS?

He lives in the UK, and I already subtracted the money that it would cost him to buy peripherals but the monitor needs to be included, sorry i forgot to mention.

[ShadowCaptain]

He lives in the UK, and I already subtracted the money that it would cost him to buy peripherals but the monitor needs to be included, sorry i forgot to mention.

 

What is his budget in £650?

 

Doing a build now 1 min 

 

 

Same as below but with i5 4440 £767 http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/fYqnyc

 

 

i3 build

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£81.78 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.25 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£31.33 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£52.98 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£32.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£201.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£30.25 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£44.12 @ Aria PC) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Monitor: LG 22MP55HQ-P 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  (£102.24 @ CCL Computers) 

Total: £635.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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[brob]

He lives in the UK, and I already subtracted the money that it would cost him to buy peripherals but the monitor needs to be included, sorry i forgot to mention.

 

So what is the budget for the system + monitor - other peripherals in GBP? And, is o/s needed?

[CoolBeans]

He lives in the UK, and I already subtracted the money that it would cost him to buy peripherals but the monitor needs to be included, sorry i forgot to mention.

 

Is his budget 1100 pounds?

[Swegly]

Is his budget 1100 pounds?

$ dollars, keep it lower if you can

[CoolBeans]

$ dollars, keep it lower if you can

 

so 650 pounds...

[Swegly]

so 650 pounds...

Are you here to make a build or not

[WereCat]

Hi, there

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/ $1021,60

+ OS

https://www.g2a.com/windows-8-professional-32-64-bit-cd-key-global.html $18,64 (YES THIS IS LEGIT! But you will get only key, you still have to download ISO from somewhere and make bootable USB/Disc and then activate OS with that purchased key).

 

TOTAL: $1040,24

 

i5 4670k + R9 290 + 8GB RAM + SSD 120GB + HDD 1TB

 

EDIT:

You may save some money on getting different case if he dont care about looks (I tried to pick good performing case that will color match system) and get i5 4690k instead with Z97 motherboard (which is more expensive platform, not by a much but still.. and performance difference is next to the zero) or get a better cooler.

 

EDIT2: Nevermind, I was reading only original post and did not included monitor.. also on UK partpicker it is over 800 pounds.

[gigabyte]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YzsNxr

I guess you can remove one of those GPU's if you want to

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

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3YtTpg

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7mKmmG

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/29pst6

[CoolBeans]

Are you here to make a build or not

 

well I don't know what currency, they don't use $ in the uk

here is a 650 pound build http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/VH9cGX

here is a 1000 pound build http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/fbW3gs

here is a 1050 USD build http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zndzhM

[ZetZet]

never build in dollars if you buy in eu currency. us has no vat.

[WereCat]

I tried to hit 650 pound budget with this including monitor

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

it is slightly over budget without OS (around 675 pound with OS from G2A).

[brob]

Are you here to make a build or not

 

Why is it that you refuse to provide the budget in GBP? It seems pointless to build with US prices since VAT is not included and part selection is different.

[optic_Vithu]

I tried to hit 650 pound budget with this including monitor

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

it is slightly over budget without OS (around 675 pound with OS from G2A).

Hi, Im the friend Swegly made this thread for, <3 I really like this build. But can you redesign one for me, I want it to have Wireless, Wired, and sound card on it, With everything else that you designed it with. Its a very good build 9/10 I will go with this build, but when I tried to add it, said something about PCI and I got no clue what it is. ThankYou

[WereCat]

Hi, Im the friend Swegly made this thread for, <3 I really like this build. But can you redesign one for me, I want it to have Wireless, Wired, and sound card on it, With everything else that you designed it with. Its a very good build 9/10 I will go with this build, but when I tried to add it, said something about PCI and I got no clue what it is. ThankYou

Hi, there is system with wireless card.

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

As for sound card, I am not a sound card guy but I know that there is no point of getting soundcard because those that are builded in motherboards are very good now days. I recommend you to ask on forum in topic related to soundcards. I added one to the build to check what is causing incompatibility but it looks like everything fits. I have no idea if this particular one is good or not because as I mentioned I am not sound card guy.

Next thing, if you play games a lot then consider wired connection over wireless as it will give you better response time in multiplayer games.