£550 gaming build

[Random1234567]

My friend is on a tight budget, and is transitioning into a PC gamer.

The build is to include a wireless card, and a SSD.

Any ideas on an ideal build?

[Laputacake]

Just the tower?

[tom_mack98]

Here's a build I did for my friend http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/bsNxbv- Need a little tweaking to accommodate an SSD and a few things to get the price down but its a good start.

[Random1234567]

Just the tower?

Yes, no monitor, or speakers, etc.

[C0LL0SS0S]

you most likely will need a i5 44xx or something and a r9 280/ 750ti should be around that price

[Laputacake]

Yes, no monitor, or speakers, etc.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.00 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£38.17 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£52.20 @ Kustom PCs)

Storage: Sandisk X110 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£42.83 @ Scan.co.uk)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.34 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£169.99 @ Novatech)

Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£17.27 @ Dabs)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£39.81 @ Amazon UK)

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£13.00 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £555.61

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-11 13:34 BST+0100

[Guest]

Here's a build I did for my friend http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/bsNxbv- Need a little tweaking to accommodate an SSD and a few things to get the price down but its a good start.

No point buying old tech unless you can get it cheap 2nd hand.