Budget PC

[SteamedCabbage]

Hey all, so I recently build myself a gaming rig, but I'd like to build one for my brothers birthday (He's going to be 16). I was wondering if any of you could make a list of parts, under £350. It must not be over £350 as I need to get the OS. He plays games like CS:GO, GTA 5, Fallout 4, black ops 3 and will be playing Just Cause 3. He'd like to run those games at decent frames (60fps) or more, but he does not mind about the graphics. If you help me with this I will be very grateful. Remember, it can't be over £350, and I do not need any peripherals. Many thanks, Steamed Cabbage 

[RuLeZ]

Just the PC? without peripherals and monitor? Ops, already read, I will make one soon.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£58.83 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£45.58 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£29.49 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.97 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R7 370 2GB PCS+ Video Card  (£109.87 @ More Computers) 

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£39.82 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£41.99 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £364.55

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-27 23:54 GMT+0000

[stealth80]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£52.98 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.89 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£27.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  (£94.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix Neos White/Blue ATX Mid Tower Case  (£27.64 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£32.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £363.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-27 23:56 GMT+0000

 

About the best I can do

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[Hulkbert]

 

Just the PC? without peripherals and monitor? Ops, already read, I will make one soon.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£58.83 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£45.58 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£29.49 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.97 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R7 370 2GB PCS+ Video Card  (£109.87 @ More Computers) 

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£39.82 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£41.99 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £364.55

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-27 23:54 GMT+0000

 

I would go with an APU so then he can later install a GPU.

[SteamedCabbage]

 

Just the PC? without peripherals and monitor? Ops, already read, I will make one soon.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£58.83 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£45.58 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£29.49 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.97 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R7 370 2GB PCS+ Video Card  (£109.87 @ More Computers) 

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£39.82 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£41.99 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £364.55

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-27 23:54 GMT+0000

 

Any knowledge on how well it can play these games?

[SteamedCabbage]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£52.98 @ Amazon UK)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.89 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£27.99 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.14 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  (£94.98 @ Amazon UK)

Case: BitFenix Neos White/Blue ATX Mid Tower Case  (£27.64 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£32.99 @ Aria PC)

Total: £363.60

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-27 23:56 GMT+0000

 

About the best I can do

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I have built 2 pc's before, but is the amd athlon better or worse than the intel pentium?

[pcman365]

I have built 2 pc's before, but is the amd athlon better or worse than the intel pentium?

amd athlon is sligghtly worse but has 2 extra cores

[Streetguru]

I would go with an APU so then he can later install a GPU.

an APU won't be out performing a 370

 

the 370 is faster than the 750ti especially for the small difference in cost, not sure how much the 950 costs over there, but it's faster than the 370

Compared to the G3258 the 860K can run some games better as it's a quad core, games like GTA V and Far Cry 4 don't like dual cores.

[stealth80]

an APU won't be out performing a 370

 

the 370 is faster than the 750ti especially for the small difference in cost, not sure how much the 950 costs over there, but it's faster than the 370

Compared to the G3258 the 860K can run some games better as it's a quad core, games like GTA V and Far Cry 4 don't like dual cores.

 

I agree, plan been he can drop in an I5 later down the line. The 370 is around £15 more, I guess if funds are that tight OP could drop the 212 and drop in a 370. The 950 is around £150 in the uk

[Hulkbert]

I have built 2 pc's before, but is the amd athlon better or worse than the intel pentium?

The athlon. Some games must run on a quad core. 

 

an APU won't be out performing a 370

 

the 370 is faster than the 750ti especially for the small difference in cost, not sure how much the 950 costs over there, but it's faster than the 370

Compared to the G3258 the 860K can run some games better as it's a quad core, games like GTA V and Far Cry 4 don't like dual cores.

I thought it was in USD. What currency is he referring to? 

[stealth80]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£52.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£27.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 2GB OC Edition Video Card  (£124.05 @ Dabs)
Case: BitFenix Neos White/Blue ATX Mid Tower Case  (£27.64 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£32.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £367.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-28 00:16 GMT+0000

 

For these prices you may be able to drop on used components as well, especially the GPU, maybe a 280X

[SteamedCabbage]

an APU won't be out performing a 370

 

the 370 is faster than the 750ti especially for the small difference in cost, not sure how much the 950 costs over there, but it's faster than the 370

Compared to the G3258 the 860K can run some games better as it's a quad core, games like GTA V and Far Cry 4 don't like dual cores.

How about rendering?

[Hulkbert]

I agree, plan been he can drop in an I5 later down the line. The 370 is around £15 more, I guess if funds are that tight OP could drop the 212 and drop in a 370. The 950 is around £150 in the uk

If he went with the pentium, shouldn't he go with a skylake pentium?

[Streetguru]

How about rendering?

Seems like the 860K would be better for now, but with the G3258 if you're planning upgrading soonish then you can toss in a Xeon 1231v3 into the 1150 board(preferably H97/Z97) Otherwise, 860K if you aren't going to be buying anything new in the near future

 

Like if you're going to upgrade in a year or 2 anyways then it's not going to matter, as zen and kaby lake will be out by then.

 

If he went with the pentium, shouldn't he go with a skylake pentium?

Not sure if you can overclock the skylake Pentiums, and it's not going to be worth most likely

[Streetguru]

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[Hulkbert]

Seems like the 860K would be better for now, but with the G3258 if you're planning upgrading soonish then you can toss in a Xeon 1231v3 into the 1150 board(preferably H97/Z97) Otherwise, 860K if you aren't going to be buying anything new in the near future

 

Like if you're going to upgrade in a year or 2 anyways then it's not going to matter, as zen and kaby lake will be out by then.

 

Not sure if you can overclock the skylake Pentiums, and it's not going to be worth most likely

I don't know if you can OC them but it will be one less component he will need to buy when upgrading to a better skylake CPU.

[Hulkbert]

an APU won't be out performing a 370

 

the 370 is faster than the 750ti especially for the small difference in cost, not sure how much the 950 costs over there, but it's faster than the 370

Compared to the G3258 the 860K can run some games better as it's a quad core, games like GTA V and Far Cry 4 don't like dual cores.

What about an i5 with iris graphics?

[Streetguru]

What about an i5 with iris graphics?

Only broadwell had a chance against APUs

 

as far as upgrading, I don't see 1151 adding anything major, intel sockets only last a generation or 2 anyways, and the next generation is going to be the big one with PCI-e 4.0 and probably 10nm chips.

[Hulkbert]

Only broadwell had a chance against APUs

 

as far as upgrading, I don't see 1151 adding anything major, intel sockets only last a generation or 2 anyways, and the next generation is going to be the big one with PCI-e 4.0 and probably 10nm chips.

Based on that, he should go with an amd cpu and wait until the good stuff gets released. 

[RuLeZ]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£52.98 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£27.99 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.14 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 2GB OC Edition Video Card  (£124.05 @ Dabs)

Case: BitFenix Neos White/Blue ATX Mid Tower Case  (£27.64 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£32.99 @ Aria PC)

Total: £367.78

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-28 00:16 GMT+0000

 

For these prices you may be able to drop on used components as well, especially the GPU, maybe a 280X

 

This PSU is really bad, but the rest of the build is nice.

[RuLeZ]

I have built 2 pc's before, but is the amd athlon better or worse than the intel pentium?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£58.83 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£45.58 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£29.49 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.80 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  (£121.98 @ Ebuyer) 

Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£27.48 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£41.99 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £364.15

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-28 10:27 GMT+0000

 

 

 

I remade the build, you just get the 860K if you are not planning on changing the CPU later, because many games will simply not run on a dual core (like the Pentium), but if you want to get some i5 later and just dont play this games for now, you can get the Pentium.

[Streetguru]

This PSU is really bad, but the rest of the build is nice.

It's actually pretty alright

 

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&file=print&reid=384

[stealth80]

It's actually pretty alright

 

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&file=print&reid=384

 

 

This PSU is really bad, but the rest of the build is nice.

 

At that budget is kinda hard to fit in a top class CPU, cuts had to be made across the build, but as already pointed out, it isn't as bad as people expect

[ShaunC]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/j4cxXL

$378

i3 4170

750 ti 2gb

hybrid hdd

8gb 1600 ram

500w psu

dvd burner haha