A budget rig, need some advice.

[Classics]

So after hearing the xbone is going to cost £430, I've set a goal to make an entry level gaming pc for the same price and get the same, if not better gameplay experience. 

My main goal is to turn my console peasant friends into entry level pc gamers. 

 

This is what I have thus far; 

 

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CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£75.59 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£38.69 @ Ebuyer) 

Memory:  Corsair 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£31.30 @ Amazon UK) 

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

Video Card:  Asus Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card  (£82.82 @ Amazon UK) 

Case:  Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£47.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 430W ATX12V Power Supply  (£35.32 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£68.39 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £428.45

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

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Can any of you offer some changes that may make this system better? 

I really don't want to break the £430 mark.

 

Thanks for reading.

[Kirihuna]

Do you not need a monitor or a keyboard or mouse?

[Classics]

Do you not need a monitor or a keyboard or mouse?

 

Well, you can pick up a cheap keyboard/mouse combo for like £10, and they'll be able to use a HDMI cable to their TV's for now. So I won't be including them in the price.

[TheSLSAMG]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1tOGP

[ComputerNoob]

The thing is, you cant really get performance like the new consoles for the same price, consoles will have custom parts and better optimization. However if you drop a bit more, then you will definatly see a big improvement over consoles.

[VAITO]

If you are really stuck for cash I would NOT recommend just getting an illegal copy of windows 7 because that is illegal and wrong.

[CoolBeans]

I would go with 8GB of RAM because RAM is cheap. Maybe an APU would be better for this build.

[VAITO]

Well, you can pick up a cheap keyboard/mouse combo for like £10, and they'll be able to use a HDMI cable to their TV's for now. So I won't be including them in the price.

 

if you are going to be gaming don't super cheap out on peripherals, keyboard and mouse for £10, I hope you are not planning to play any FPS titles

[s3ns3]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1tOGP

thats a downgrade lol.

 

the OP build is good . just get it. maybe get http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970ads3

[s3ns3]

Maybe an APU would be better for this build.

how come lol ? its not anywhere near the performance

[CoolBeans]

how come lol ? its not anywhere near the performance

With 2133MHZ/2400MHZ it's about the same and can be cheaper.

[TheSLSAMG]

thats a downgrade lol.

 

the OP build is good . just get it. maybe get http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970ads3

 

The processor, maybe. But the GPU is much stronger, butting heads with the 7850 1GB.

[Classics]

thats a downgrade lol.

 

the OP build is good . just get it. maybe get http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970ads3

 

I was considering it, but then I would be £12 over budget, sounds dumb but I need this rig to be the same as the xbone. Unless there's somewhere else I could lose £12?

[Breakdown]

At that price, an APU might be the best road to take.

[s3ns3]

With 2133MHZ/2400MHZ it's about the same and can be cheaper.

if you add another HD 6670 to xfire with igp,its still lower than hd 7750 

[s3ns3]

The processor, maybe. But the GPU is much stronger, butting heads with the 7850 1GB.

hell yeah the cpu,better get a phenom 2 lol.bottleneck in new games

[ComputerNoob]

maybe something like this: 

[Exyn0s]

An AMD APU might be worth considering. I've seen systems perform pretty well with the internal gpu in crossfire with an added Radeon card. On a side note, trying to match the price of a console and make a gaming PC with the money isn't exactly an easy thing to do since consoles are specifically designed to run games and to be sold at prices that make them available to a large part of the population.

[TheSLSAMG]

hell yeah the cpu,better get a phenom 2 lol.bottleneck in new games

 

[s3ns3]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_hps7TV4d0

[WoodenMarker]

Edits: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1tZ0l