build for £300

[JORDANonPC]

my nephew is currently looking to get parts for to build a computer for general use and playing a few games on, it will be nothing too intensive, the games he plays now are only things like garrys mod and minecraft and i was wondering what he would be able to get for £300 (cant go over) without an OS or any peripherals. This pc would have to last at least 3 years playing these games which hopefully wont be an issue since they aren't very graphically intensive. 

[YoyiSkill]

Check out Austin Evan's Boson a $300 Build.

 

[YoyiSkill]

Check out Austin Evan's Boson a $300 Build.

 

That was the build guide, this is the video of the parts list :  

 

[Interfectorem]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.00 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: MSI A88XM-E35 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($67.95 @ Amazon) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($72.00 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 1GB Core Edition Video Card  ($99.97 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($15.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $423.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-27 23:07 EDT-0400

[AlwaysFSX]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£43.14 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B85M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£38.50 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£57.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£32.34 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260 1GB Video Card  (£67.51 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Xigmatek Recon ATX Mid Tower Case  (£27.34 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£35.09 @ Aria PC)
Total: £301.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-28 04:10 BST+0100

[AlwaysFSX]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.00 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: MSI A88XM-E35 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($67.95 @ Amazon) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($72.00 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 1GB Core Edition Video Card  ($99.97 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($15.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $423.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-27 23:07 EDT-0400

 

Wrong currency, wrong amount, wrong retailers.

[JORDANonPC]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£43.14 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: MSI B85M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£38.50 @ CCL Computers)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£57.99 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£32.34 @ CCL Computers)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260 1GB Video Card  (£67.51 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Xigmatek Recon ATX Mid Tower Case  (£27.34 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£35.09 @ Aria PC)

Total: £301.91

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-28 04:10 BST+0100

thanks, didn't expect such a fast response 

[Interfectorem]

Wrong currency, wrong amount, wrong retailers.

$423 is under 300 pounds, but I did get the retailer wrong. For future reference, how did  you chose to only show UK prices?

[Clyne]

Wrong currency, wrong amount, wrong retailers.

over budget a bit 

[Clyne]

thanks, didn't expect such a fast response 

here

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 740 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£50.17 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard  (£29.99 @ Aria PC) 

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£55.01 @ CCL Computers) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card  (£76.14 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£15.09 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£35.22 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £297.56

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-28 04:13 BST+0100

[AlwaysFSX]

thanks, didn't expect such a fast response 

It's what we do.

 

$423 is under 300 pounds, but I did get the retailer wrong.

Use the UK PCPP next time, it's accurate.

 

over budget a bit 

Shush you, I will mail the extra 2 pound if I had it.

[JORDANonPC]

$423 is under 300 pounds, but I did get the retailer wrong.

cant just convert it, prices differ due to tax differences also you used re-baits which would bring the price up to $475  

[Clyne]

It's what we do.

 

Use the UK PCPP next time, it's accurate.

 

Shush you, I will mail the extra 2 pound if I had it.

Well it's a good build

[JORDANonPC]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£43.14 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: MSI B85M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£38.50 @ CCL Computers)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£57.99 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£32.34 @ CCL Computers)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260 1GB Video Card  (£67.51 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Xigmatek Recon ATX Mid Tower Case  (£27.34 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£35.09 @ Aria PC)

Total: £301.91

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-28 04:10 BST+0100

 

 

 

here

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 740 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£50.17 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard  (£29.99 @ Aria PC) 

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£55.01 @ CCL Computers) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card  (£76.14 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£15.09 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£35.22 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £297.56

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-28 04:13 BST+0100

 

 

I've been out of the loop for a fair amount of time especially on lower end parts so which of these builds is better of is it just subjective ?

[Interfectorem]

cant just convert it, prices differ due to tax differences also you used re-baits which would bring the price up to $475  

I know, I know. I just forgot that I could've changed the domain to UK.

[Clyne]

I've been out of the loop for a fair amount of time especially on lower end parts so which of these builds is better of is it just subjective ?

Mine 1TB HDD, R7 260X, AMD CPU, 

@AlwaysFSX Intel CPU, 500GB HDD, R7 260, i don't know if you can overclock on that B85 mobo

[JORDANonPC]

Mine 1TB HDD, R7 260X, AMD CPU, 

@AlwaysFSX Intel CPU, 500GB HDD, R7 260, i don't know if you can overclock on that B85 mobo

Really should have checked the builds better and i would have saw the stuff about the gpu and hard drive myself but its 4 am here so I'm a little tired anyway thanks again for the help