Sisters Gaming PC

[Quido]

Ok my Sister wants a PC and her budget is £500-£550. She needs a monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers and a wireless adapter. 

It doesnt have to be in any fancy case as she is not bothered by that or she will just spray paint it. She also needs it to be M-ATX. 

Her games will be just anything she gets into. I know she is waiting to play BF3 though as she always wants to play it on my PC. 

 

One bad thing is that the monitor has to be pretty small. 18.5 inch or smaller... eww. Anyway so it better for to get a 1366x768, 1600x900, 1440x900 or 1280x1024? I know she wont need the most powerful rig to play at those resolutions but i know she wont be upgrading for a long time so the more "future proof" the better. 

 

Ok thanks 

[Joshua]

 1366x768

 

Absolutely not.

[CoolBeans]

Changed 

[Samskip]

I'd go for 1600x900 cause it's still 16:9.

[Quido]

 

I would recommend a APU.

 

Could you throw something together?

[CoolBeans]

Could you throw something together?

K just refresh

[CoolBeans]

Could you throw something together?

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1rURq

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1rURq/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1rURq/benchmarks/

 

CPU: AMD A10-6800K 4.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£105.54 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£22.85 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: Asus F2A85-M PRO Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard  (£91.97 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  (£70.58 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£71.99 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£48.36 @ CCL Computers) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£28.78 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply  (£40.47 @ Amazon UK) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) 

Monitor: AOC e2351F 60Hz 23.0" Monitor 

Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder X4 (UK Layout) Wired Standard Keyboard  (£32.99 @ Novatech) 

Mouse: Logitech G400 Wired Optical Mouse  (£52.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £566.52

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-14 18:56 BST+0100)

 

Changed it a little

[Quido]

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1rURq

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1rURq/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1rURq/benchmarks/

 

CPU: AMD A10-6800K 4.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£105.54 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£22.85 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: Asus F2A85-M PRO Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard  (£91.97 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  (£70.58 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£71.99 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£48.36 @ CCL Computers) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£28.78 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply  (£40.47 @ Amazon UK) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) 

Monitor: AOC e2351F 60Hz 23.0" Monitor 

Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder X4 (UK Layout) Wired Standard Keyboard  (£32.99 @ Novatech) 

Mouse: Logitech G400 Wired Optical Mouse  (£52.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £566.52

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-14 18:56 BST+0100)

 

Changed it a little

 

 

The price for the monitor is not there, sorry forgot to mention no windows needed and sorry for not mentioning that she can only have a small keyboard (Laptop style or TKL), already has a mouse and what would the performance be like on BF3/4?

[CoolBeans]

The price for the monitor is not there, sorry forgot to mention no windows needed and sorry for not mentioning that she can only have a small keyboard (Laptop style or TKL), already has a mouse and what would the performance be like on BF3/4?

It could probably run it on low in 1080P

[CoolBeans]

The price for the monitor is not there, sorry forgot to mention no windows needed and sorry for not mentioning that she can only have a small keyboard (Laptop style or TKL), already has a mouse and what would the performance be like on BF3/4?

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1rV7t

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1rV7t/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1rV7t/benchmarks/

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£85.80 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£53.97 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£59.97 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£48.36 @ CCL Computers) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£28.78 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply  (£49.80 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  (£93.14 @ Dabs) 

Keyboard: SIIG JK-US0312-S1 Wired Mini Keyboard  (£20.70 @ Amazon UK) 

Other: AMD 9XXX series GPU (£110.00)

Total: £550.52

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-14 19:09 BST+0100)

 

This would be better then

[guyfromnebraska]

How about this: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1rV9X

 

A beast graphics card and a solid FX cpu. Great for a budget without skimping on performance.

 

Should get great FPS at high settings on most games for a long time to come. 

 

If you wanted to you could change the CPU to an FX 6300 and change the video card to a 7850/660.

[Quido]

What do you think about this? http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1rVo5

 

Edit : I have talked to my sister and she will be ok will 1366x768. 

 

I have also made this http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1rVyB

 

Which build? Anyone got any idea's?

[Quido]

Anyone?

 

Edit: I have looked at 720p benchmarks of the APU + HD 7750. They are not good.

Athlon 750k + HD 7770 is better and cheaper. 

So i guess the Athlon 750k and HD 7850 is miles better. 

[WoodenMarker]

Edits: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1s5Qd

[Quido]

Edits: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1s5Qd

 

Always make some of the best builds. Thanks