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My friends asked me to build him a PC for under £400, can anyone suggest the best build for his money.

 

Anyone got a list?

CPU: FX-6300 GPU: Sapphire R9 380X MOBO: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB PSU: XFX XTR 550W CASE: Zalman Z11 Plus SSD: Samsung 840 Evo

17 years old, PC Enthusiast for 3. Be gentle with me, I'm only young.

 

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What's he using it for?
Does he need Windows, keyboard, monitor, etc etc?

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Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: EVGA RTX 3070 Ti PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

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PSU: Thermaltake TR2 Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX

Monitor: Dell P2214H x2 Mouse: Logitech MX Master Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

 

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My friends asked me to build him a PC for under £400, can anyone suggest the best build for his money.

 

Anyone got a list?

I dont want to be a dick but : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/ < see this and please edit the post, thanks ;P 

it just helps us out and ends up with you getting a better overall build out of it!

But untill then i built a part list assuming a bunch hope it does you well regardless, 

 
CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£92.79 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£34.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card  (£179.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  (£72.46 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£87.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £507.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-09 20:36 GMT+0000

and you have a upgrade path you can replace the cpu with a 4790k and the gpu with a newer one after that when you save up some more! 

 Pc Speck's : i7-6700K 4.0GHz , GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming 6GB , 16 GB Corsair Vengance DDR4 - 3400 , ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz , (2) Acer G277HL bid 60Hz.

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I dont want to be a dick but : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/ < see this and please edit the post, thanks ;P 

it just helps us out and ends up with you getting a better overall build out of it!

But untill then i built a part list assuming a bunch hope it does you well regardless, 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

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You're overspending in certain areas. Give me a moment.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£95.99 @ Novatech) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£78.45 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£31.52 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.98 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£149.99 @ Novatech) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.64 @ CCL Computers) 

Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£47.71 @ CCL Computers) 

Total: £469.28

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-09 20:45 GMT+0000

 

Oh I want @c_marriott's friend to push his budget... Overclocking i3 FTW! If he cannot;

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£57.79 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£56.34 @ Aria PC) 

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£27.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.98 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£149.99 @ Novatech) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.64 @ CCL Computers) 

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

Total: £409.09

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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What's he using it for?

Does he need Windows, keyboard, monitor, etc etc?

Gaming, uk, no keyboard and mouse or monitor

CPU: FX-6300 GPU: Sapphire R9 380X MOBO: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB PSU: XFX XTR 550W CASE: Zalman Z11 Plus SSD: Samsung 840 Evo

17 years old, PC Enthusiast for 3. Be gentle with me, I'm only young.

 

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Probably should have said, he wanted an Matx case so will need to be a matx board too

CPU: FX-6300 GPU: Sapphire R9 380X MOBO: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB PSU: XFX XTR 550W CASE: Zalman Z11 Plus SSD: Samsung 840 Evo

17 years old, PC Enthusiast for 3. Be gentle with me, I'm only young.

 

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You're overspending in certain areas. Give me a moment.

Yeah i did overspend on things like the gpu i was taking the whole budget, but it does leave a good upgrade path for later. i would love to see what you come up with though

 Pc Speck's : i7-6700K 4.0GHz , GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming 6GB , 16 GB Corsair Vengance DDR4 - 3400 , ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz , (2) Acer G277HL bid 60Hz.

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Probably should have said, he wanted an Matx case so will need to be a matx board too

Yeah, that changes a lot of things, here 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£92.79 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£34.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card  (£179.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£39.89 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£87.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £474.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-09 20:48 GMT+0000

 Pc Speck's : i7-6700K 4.0GHz , GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming 6GB , 16 GB Corsair Vengance DDR4 - 3400 , ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz , (2) Acer G277HL bid 60Hz.

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Yeah that changes a lot of things. xD ill rebuild

Sorry guys, had to post quick as busy atm

CPU: FX-6300 GPU: Sapphire R9 380X MOBO: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB PSU: XFX XTR 550W CASE: Zalman Z11 Plus SSD: Samsung 840 Evo

17 years old, PC Enthusiast for 3. Be gentle with me, I'm only young.

 

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Yeah i did overspend on things like the gpu i was taking the whole budget, but it does leave a good upgrade path for later. i would love to see what you come up with though

Edited my post, first build a lot over second not a lot over (A tenner can't be much) And just saying, the 380 is superior to the 960.

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Edited my post, first build a lot over second not a lot over (A tenner can't be much) And just saying, the 380 is superior to the 960.

True. unless you are a die-hard fan of the green team but, i went back and checked i guess the sale is over. it was 50 euro cheap on amazon a minute ago

 Pc Speck's : i7-6700K 4.0GHz , GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming 6GB , 16 GB Corsair Vengance DDR4 - 3400 , ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz , (2) Acer G277HL bid 60Hz.

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Yeah, that changes a lot of things, here 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£92.79 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£34.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card  (£179.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£39.89 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£87.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £474.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-09 20:48 GMT+0000

 

 

A little over, can not be any higher than £400 unfortunately. Was thinking maybe an AMD CPU would be best seeing as it'll be purely for gaming? They aren't that bad so will probably do for the budget.

 

Thanks for all the suggestions by the way, and sorry for the slow reply I've been very busy at the moment

CPU: FX-6300 GPU: Sapphire R9 380X MOBO: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB PSU: XFX XTR 550W CASE: Zalman Z11 Plus SSD: Samsung 840 Evo

17 years old, PC Enthusiast for 3. Be gentle with me, I'm only young.

 

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