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Mattheww2203
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Need help to choose which Pc to build. One is a budget Pc and the other is also a budget but not gaming orientated. They are both similar prices.

Gaming Build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VqBfGX

Other Build: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Nh8Fyc

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What is your budget?

What will you use it for?

any special requirements?

Im so patriotic, I piss red white and blue. My doctor told me it was pancreatic cancer, I told him to SHUT HIS COMMIE MOUTH.

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I will be doing mostly schoolwork and editing but also.some gaming.

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I will be doing mostly schoolwork and editing but also.some gaming.

Honestly, if your budget is anything similar to the prices of those PCs, you wont be able to do much gaming unless it is minecraft.

What games do you hope to play?

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Alright sorry I am new to this. My budget is £280. I will be using this for schoolwork and gaming such as minecraft and steam games.

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I think spending slightly more for a 260x on the Pentium build is definitely going to be worth your money.

 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£56.49 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  (£91.51 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£25.87 @ Amazon UK) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£10.55 @ CCL Computers) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£9.79 @ CCL Computers) 
Case Fan: Cooler Master R4-L2R-20AC-GP 69.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (£4.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £344.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-19 22:28 GMT+0000

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Ok this was what I was thick ng of as a later upgrade. Should I go with the Pentium build and upgrade with an R7 260x later?

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In my opinion if it's budget, then I'd go with the Amd FX6300, it's no beast but will before better with games becoming better coded for multiple cores, and it's bloody cheap.

Mobo for an AM3+ will be basically the same price.

If you had even more cash is say go for an i5,

Cpu : AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (3.8Ghz), Motherboard : Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3 - RAM : 8GB DDR4 2933 Team (Vulkan) memory, GPU : MSI GTX 980 4GB Case : Antec P50, Storage : 120GB Samsung SSD, 3TB WD Blue, PSU : 530w Thermaltake SPS-530MPC, Cooling : Artic freezer Pro 7, OS : Windows 10. 

 

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Alright sorry I am new to this. My budget is £280. I will be using this for schoolwork and gaming such as minecraft and steam games.

There are a ton of steam games, may I ask which ones?

Im so patriotic, I piss red white and blue. My doctor told me it was pancreatic cancer, I told him to SHUT HIS COMMIE MOUTH.

-A shotgun wielding redneck

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Save a bit more:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£80.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£33.72 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£27.36 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital AV 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£18.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card  (£83.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£21.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£33.59 @ Aria PC)
Total: £299.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-19 22:37 GMT+0000

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Or have you thought of buying used parts?

You'd be surprised what you'll get for that money on eBay etc.

Cpu : AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (3.8Ghz), Motherboard : Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3 - RAM : 8GB DDR4 2933 Team (Vulkan) memory, GPU : MSI GTX 980 4GB Case : Antec P50, Storage : 120GB Samsung SSD, 3TB WD Blue, PSU : 530w Thermaltake SPS-530MPC, Cooling : Artic freezer Pro 7, OS : Windows 10. 

 

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Not very many Steam games. Civilization 5 and other Strategy games that's all

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Or have you thought of buying used parts?

You'd be surprised what you'll get for that money on eBay etc.

There is quite a risk on eBay and i dont recommend new PC builders to find used parts

Im so patriotic, I piss red white and blue. My doctor told me it was pancreatic cancer, I told him to SHUT HIS COMMIE MOUTH.

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Not very many Steam games. Civilization 5 and other Strategy games that's all

Ok then you dont need much power to run those games. I suggest using an AMD processor as a previous user suggested

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Ok I will look.into Amd processors. Just a question. Doubly have integrated GPUs? Or will I need a Gpu.

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or amd route

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/HzznFT
 
CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£55.72 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£33.36 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£23.52 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.34 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  (£89.99 @ Novatech) 
Case: Cooler Master K380 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£23.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£25.87 @ Amazon UK) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£10.55 @ CCL Computers) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN781ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£7.54 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £308.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-19 22:38 GMT+0000

Current Desktop Build | 2200G | RX 580 4GB | 8GB RAM | CTRL | Logitech G Pro Wireless

Laptop | 2018 MBA 256/16GB | MX Master 

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Ok I will look.into Amd processors. Just a question. Doubly have integrated GPUs? Or will I need a Gpu.

does that price include the cost of the OS?

at that price there isnt much benefit of building your own PC as most companies dont pay much for Windows OS

Im so patriotic, I piss red white and blue. My doctor told me it was pancreatic cancer, I told him to SHUT HIS COMMIE MOUTH.

-A shotgun wielding redneck

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Ok I will look.into Amd processors. Just a question. Doubly have integrated GPUs? Or will I need a Gpu.

some will have integrated gpus, however you probably won't have an enjoyable experience (usually).

Current Desktop Build | 2200G | RX 580 4GB | 8GB RAM | CTRL | Logitech G Pro Wireless

Laptop | 2018 MBA 256/16GB | MX Master 

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does that price include the cost of the OS?

at that price there isnt much benefit of building your own PC as most companies dont pay much for Windows OS

i mean if you took 3 seconds to look athe op you can see neither of the builds include a Windows OS

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Ok.thanks people I will tale all these points into.consideration before purchase. Thanks for the help!

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i mean if you took 3 seconds to look athe op you can see neither of the builds include a Windows OS

I meant to ask if he considered the price into his system. Some people forget the fact they need an OS

Im so patriotic, I piss red white and blue. My doctor told me it was pancreatic cancer, I told him to SHUT HIS COMMIE MOUTH.

-A shotgun wielding redneck

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