Budget gaming rig, help!

[cferns1]

Just a bit of background on the situation. So I am currently in Year 11 in the UK and my parents have promised me if I get into 6th form then I can have a budget of £500-£600 to spend on a gaming rig.

I already know what case, Storage and RAM I am going to get, just the other hardware like processor, motherboard and video card.

I posted another topic asking whether I should get an i5 or an FX-8350, but I don't know now whether to go with a 4th gen i5-4460 or something on the i7 product line

Just for reference, here is my list so far:

8GB Hyper X DDR3 RAM

WD 500GB HDD

Kingston V300 120GB SSD

InWin 703 Dark Case

Thanks!!

[Tmt97]

One recommendation I would make, not necessarily relating to specific parts is to buy this off "jet.com" I found this website the other day and they have a lot of deals like free shipping for orders over $35 and %20 off the first time you order from them, plus discounts depending on your zipcode, ect... It all adds up a ton, and you can get some components for nearly half the price that you would get somewhere like newegg or amazon. Not trying to be a walking ad here, but I'm telling you because I regret having not found them and bought certain parts earlier.

[TheRandomness]

One recommendation I would make, not necessarily relating to specific parts is to buy this off "jet.com" I found this website the other day and they have a lot of deals like free shipping for orders over $35 and %20 off the first time you order from them, plus discounts depending on your zipcode, ect... It all adds up a ton, and you can get some components for nearly half the price that you would get somewhere like newegg or amazon. Not trying to be a walking ad here, but I'm telling you because I regret having not found them and bought certain parts earlier.

Because England, import charges and shipping costs will just raise the price back up.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£135.21 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 GAMING ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£74.98 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£33.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£62.74 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.84 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (£159.31 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£51.36 @ CCL Computers) 

Other: InWin 703 (£53.99)

Total: £607.42

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-22 22:38 GMT+0000

 

Case is a custom part because for some reason it wasn't price listed on pcpp.

[Guest]

Just a bit of background on the situation. So I am currently in Year 11 in the UK and my parents have promised me if I get into 6th form then I can have a budget of £500-£600 to spend on a gaming rig.

I already know what case, Storage and RAM I am going to get, just the other hardware like processor, motherboard and video card.

I posted another topic asking whether I should get an i5 or an FX-8350, but I don't know now whether to go with a 4th gen i5-4460 or something on the i7 product line

Just for reference, here is my list so far:

8GB Hyper X DDR3 RAM

WD 500GB HDD

Kingston V300 120GB SSD

InWin 703 Dark Case

Thanks!!

Do you plan on overclocking?? Do you need a monitor? Do you need an OS?

[Tmt97]

Because England, import charges and shipping costs will just raise the price back up.

Didn't think of that... Kinda sucks, sorry to get your hopes up.

[jimakos234]

here you go

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£135.21 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£61.66 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£33.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.09 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (£159.31 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£41.45 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£58.26 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £563.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-22 22:39 GMT+0000

[Guest]

Just a bit of background on the situation. So I am currently in Year 11 in the UK and my parents have promised me if I get into 6th form then I can have a budget of £500-£600 to spend on a gaming rig.

I already know what case, Storage and RAM I am going to get, just the other hardware like processor, motherboard and video card.

I posted another topic asking whether I should get an i5 or an FX-8350, but I don't know now whether to go with a 4th gen i5-4460 or something on the i7 product line

Just for reference, here is my list so far:

8GB Hyper X DDR3 RAM

WD 500GB HDD

Kingston V300 120GB SSD

InWin 703 Dark Case

Thanks!!

This is a really good budget build for your budget:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£135.21 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£53.38 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Sandisk Z400s 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£32.99 @ Novatech)

Storage: Toshiba  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£31.19 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  (£120.00 @ CCL Computers)

Case: Thermaltake VO600A1W3N ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.74 @ CCL Computers)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£49.38 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £478.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-22 22:40 GMT+0000

[cferns1]

Do you plan on overclocking?? Do you need a monitor? Do you need an OS?

In regards to overclocking, I lack the experience and knowhow to do so, so probably not, I do not need a monitor because I already have a relatively good one connected to my laptop at the moment, and I have a copy of Windows 7 Pro at home which I can upgrade to 10 Pro

Cheers!

[cferns1]

This is a really good budget build for your budget:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£135.21 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£53.38 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Sandisk Z400s 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£32.99 @ Novatech)

Storage: Toshiba  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£31.19 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  (£120.00 @ CCL Computers)

Case: Thermaltake VO600A1W3N ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.74 @ CCL Computers)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£49.38 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £478.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-22 22:40 GMT+0000

This looks like a pretty solid build, thanks!

 

I think I will go with this one because it is a better graphics card than I originally imagined (GTX 750 Ti) and much less.

 

Although I will change the case because I really like the case that I have picked out!!

 

Thanks again!!

[Guest]

This looks like a pretty solid build, thanks!

 

I think I will go with this one because it is a better graphics card than I originally imagined (GTX 750 Ti) and much less.

 

Although I will change the case because I really like the case that I have picked out!!

 

Thanks again!!

Have you looked at the NZXT S340 Designed By Razer

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£133.85 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£53.38 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Sandisk Z400s 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£32.99 @ Novatech)

Storage: Toshiba  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£31.19 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  (£120.00 @ CCL Computers)

Case: NZXT S340 - Designed by Razer ATX Mid Tower Case  (£84.96 @ Novatech)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£49.38 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £535.74

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-23 01:24 GMT+0000

[DGaming]

Just a bit of background on the situation. So I am currently in Year 11 in the UK and my parents have promised me if I get into 6th form then I can have a budget of £500-£600 to spend on a gaming rig.

I already know what case, Storage and RAM I am going to get, just the other hardware like processor, motherboard and video card.

I posted another topic asking whether I should get an i5 or an FX-8350, but I don't know now whether to go with a 4th gen i5-4460 or something on the i7 product line

Just for reference, here is my list so far:

8GB Hyper X DDR3 RAM

WD 500GB HDD

Kingston V300 120GB SSD

InWin 703 Dark Case

Thanks!!

Something like this probobly for the 500-600 pound budget!

Motherboard: H97

CPU: I5 4460

GPU: GTX 960 2GB

PSU: EVGA SUPERNOVA G2 550W

Also, you can't fit an I7 in this budget mate

[GalacticRuler]

If you get a cheaper case you can get a much better graphics card.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£133.85 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.74 @ Aria PC) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£33.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.09 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  (£242.74 @ More Computers) 

Case: Thermaltake Versa H25 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.57 @ CCL Computers) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£74.81 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £615.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-23 04:19 GMT+0000

[cferns1]

Something like this probobly for the 500-600 pound budget!

Motherboard: H97

CPU: I5 4460

GPU: GTX 960 2GB

PSU: EVGA SUPERNOVA G2 550W

Also, you can't fit an I7 in this budget mate

[PCPartPicker part list](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/4Y7vXL) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/4Y7vXL/by_merchant/)

 

Type|Item|Price

:----|:----|:----

**CPU** | [intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i74790) | £234.51 @ Amazon UK 

**Motherboard** | [MSI B85-G43 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-b85g43) | £53.54 @ Amazon UK 

**Memory** | [Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/patriot-memory-psd38g1600k) | £29.99 @ Amazon UK 

**Storage** | [sandisk Z400s 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/sandisk-internal-hard-drive-sd8sbat128g1122) | £32.99 @ Novatech 

**Storage** | [Toshiba  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/toshiba-internal-hard-drive-dt01aca100) | £31.19 @ Aria PC 

**Video Card** | [Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-gtx950m2gd5) | £120.00 @ CCL Computers 

**Case** | [Thermaltake VO600A1W3N ATX Mid Tower Case](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/thermaltake-case-vo600a1w3n) | £26.74 @ CCL Computers 

**Other**| EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply| £19.99 

 | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |

 | **Total** | **£548.95**

 | Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2015-11-28 20:23 GMT+0000 |

[DGaming]

 

[PCPartPicker part list](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/4Y7vXL) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/4Y7vXL/by_merchant/)

 

Type|Item|Price

:----|:----|:----

**CPU** | [intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i74790) | £234.51 @ Amazon UK 

**Motherboard** | [MSI B85-G43 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-b85g43) | £53.54 @ Amazon UK 

**Memory** | [Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/patriot-memory-psd38g1600k) | £29.99 @ Amazon UK 

**Storage** | [sandisk Z400s 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/sandisk-internal-hard-drive-sd8sbat128g1122) | £32.99 @ Novatech 

**Storage** | [Toshiba  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/toshiba-internal-hard-drive-dt01aca100) | £31.19 @ Aria PC 

**Video Card** | [Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-gtx950m2gd5) | £120.00 @ CCL Computers 

**Case** | [Thermaltake VO600A1W3N ATX Mid Tower Case](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/thermaltake-case-vo600a1w3n) | £26.74 @ CCL Computers 

**Other**| EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply| £19.99 

 | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |

 | **Total** | **£548.95**

 | Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2015-11-28 20:23 GMT+0000 |

 

If you think a i7 with a gtx 950 is better than an i5 with gtx 960... then sure ... but its not... so yeah

[cferns1]

If you think a i7 with a gtx 950 is better than an i5 with gtx 960... then sure ... but its not... so yeah

Oh ok, so I should not spend as much on the processor and spend more on the graphics card to get more performance?

 

Sorry, i'm new to computer components

[DGaming]

Oh ok, so I should not spend as much on the processor and spend more on the graphics card to get more performance?

 

Sorry, i'm new to computer components

Exacly .. gtx 960 with a good i5 is better than an i7 with a gtx 950

[cferns1]

Exacly .. gtx 960 with a good i5 is better than an i7 with a gtx 950

Ok, thank you!!