£350 Build

[TAHIRMIA]

My cousin is thinking about getting a PS4 and I am trying to move him over to PC. The max he has to spend is £350. He will be using it for just gaming.He needs all these things
CPU-
CPU Cooler-If it can fit in budget 
Motherboard
Memory
Storage
Video Card
Case
Power Supply
Monitor-If it can fit in budget

Keyboards- If it can fit in budget

Mice-If it can fit in budget

[Charcoal_]

Thats quite vague and we all know what a PC needs, no need to list CPU, Motherboard ect. Just peripherals...

[Supercian411]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7GN6vK bit over budget

[Charcoal_]

Just now, Supercian411 said:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7GN6vK bit over budget

Yeah this is pretty good.

[Streetguru]

11 minutes ago, TAHIRMIA said:

 

I take it he already has a TV with HDMI he can use? If waiting for AM4 is an option that would be a better platform

 

Benchmarks, would be a bit faster than the A8 stuff here naturally

Spoiler

 

A10 memory scaling
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Memory/Ultra-Speed-DDR3-Revisited-AMD-APU-Memory-Scaling/Graphics-Benchmarks

 

A8 7650K | CS:GO/Dota 2/SC2 benchmarks Tested With 1866Mhz RAM
http://www.technologyx.com/featured/amd-a8-7650k-apu-review-the-little-apu-that-could/4/

A8 7650K | Various AAA titles Tested with 2133Mhz RAM
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9217/the-amd-a8-7650k-apu-review-also-new-testing-methodology/7

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/VZvj8d
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/VZvj8d/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£89.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£47.97 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  (£34.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.91 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Rosewill SRM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£25.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic ECO 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£41.57 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £279.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-03 17:06 BST+0100

[Supercian411]

9 minutes ago, Charcoal_ said:

Yeah this is pretty good.

I looked at your build and its awesome also are you from Berkshire or are you referring to the film

[Charcoal_]

8 minutes ago, Supercian411 said:

I looked at your build and its awesome also are you from Berkshire or are you referring to the film

What? Neither...

[Streetguru]

21 minutes ago, Supercian411 said:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7GN6vK bit over budget

Should go for the 430W from seasonic over a low end EVGA PSU though

 

and I'd probably go for an 860K if he doesn't plan on upgrading that dual core anytime soon.

[Supercian411]

profile location

 

[Supercian411]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

Should go for the 430W from seasonic over a low end EVGA PSU though

 

and I'd probably go for an 860K if he doesn't plan on upgrading that dual core anytime soon.

g4400 is much better for gaming

[Charcoal_]

1 minute ago, Supercian411 said:

profile location

 

No Berk is the fictional Viking village from How to Train Your Dragon. Hence Toothless for my profile image.

[Streetguru]

Just now, Supercian411 said:

g4400 is much better for gaming

They're going to be pretty close, and you can't OC it like the G3258 if I'm not mistaken.

 

aside from that your minimum frame rates can suffer with a dual core, and some games like GTAV or Far Cry 4 just don't like dual cores.

 

If he isn't going to upgrade for 6 months or more, you're going to be better off with the 860K for the long run there, the only difference is spending a bit more money down the line when upgrading to a haswell i5 to keep the RAM

Dunno if the 880K is available over there yet though, that one actually keeps up with an i3 going by these tests.
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/72286-amd-athlon-x4-880k-review.html

[CtrlAltELITE]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-7870K 3.9GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£106.99 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£43.65 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  (£34.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  (£56.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman ZM-T1 PLUS MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£25.97 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£26.99 @ Novatech)
Monitor: BenQ GL2023A 60Hz 19.5" Monitor  (£64.66 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Logitech K120 - UK Layout Wired Standard Keyboard  (£10.00 @ Amazon UK)
Mouse: Zalman ZM-M300 Wired Optical Mouse  (£9.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £379.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-03 17:46 BST+0100

 

This is about as cheap as i could get for a whole PC including peripherals for gaming

CPU/GPU: Its using the top of the line AMD A10. This will be about on par with a console raw power wise being able to play most games on medium settings at 1600x900

RAM: Fastest RAM for a reasonably cost (for the APU)

HDD: No budget for SSD, Tried to fit as fast a HDD in as is reasonably priced

Case: Cheap placeholder

PSU: EVGA budget PSU nowadays are reliable enough, this is the cheapest one on the market

Monitor: 1600x900, cheapest from a "decent" brand. It is also a very good resolution for the AMD APU.

Peripherals: Basic gaming mouse, alright keyboard

OS: Windows 10 can be picked up on Kinguin for £21.

 

Could be upgraded later with a GPU for better gaming performance (an R7 in crossfire with the APU or R9)

 

EDIT: Benchmarks

 

Edited April 3, 2016 by CtrlAltELITE

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, CtrlAltELITE said:

 

I'm assuming he has a TV ready for the PS4

Also Dual Graphics is never really worth it, and go for the seasonic PSU over the low end EVGA PSU 
 

at minimum at this point, you'd want a 1080p IPS display

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/lg-monitor-22mp55hqp

[CtrlAltELITE]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

I'm assuming he has a TV ready for the PS4

 

at minimum at this point, you'd want a 1080p IPS display

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/lg-monitor-22mp55hqp

Ah yeah good point. OP asked for a monitor so I just chucked one in as cheaply as possible. Without the monitor it would fall into his £350 budget.

[TAHIRMIA]

49 minutes ago, Supercian411 said:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7GN6vK bit over budget

 

44 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

I take it he already has a TV with HDMI he can use? If waiting for AM4 is an option that would be a better platform

 

Benchmarks, would be a bit faster than the A8 stuff here naturally

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A10 memory scaling
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Memory/Ultra-Speed-DDR3-Revisited-AMD-APU-Memory-Scaling/Graphics-Benchmarks

 

A8 7650K | CS:GO/Dota 2/SC2 benchmarks Tested With 1866Mhz RAM
http://www.technologyx.com/featured/amd-a8-7650k-apu-review-the-little-apu-that-could/4/

A8 7650K | Various AAA titles Tested with 2133Mhz RAM
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9217/the-amd-a8-7650k-apu-review-also-new-testing-methodology/7

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/VZvj8d
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/VZvj8d/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£89.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£47.97 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  (£34.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.91 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Rosewill SRM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£25.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic ECO 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£41.57 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £279.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-03 17:06 BST+0100

 

11 minutes ago, CtrlAltELITE said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-7870K 3.9GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£106.99 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£43.65 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  (£34.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  (£56.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman ZM-T1 PLUS MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£25.97 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£26.99 @ Novatech)
Monitor: BenQ GL2023A 60Hz 19.5" Monitor  (£64.66 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Logitech K120 - UK Layout Wired Standard Keyboard  (£10.00 @ Amazon UK)
Mouse: Zalman ZM-M300 Wired Optical Mouse  (£9.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £379.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-03 17:46 BST+0100

 

This is about as cheap as i could get for a whole PC including peripherals for gaming

CPU/GPU: Its using the top of the line AMD A10. This will be about on par with a console raw power wise being able to play most games on medium settings at 1600x900

RAM: Fastest RAM for a reasonably cost (for the APU)

HDD: No budget for SSD, Tried to fit as fast a HDD in as is reasonably priced

Case: Cheap placeholder

PSU: EVGA budget PSU nowadays are reliable enough, this is the cheapest one on the market

Monitor: 1600x900, cheapest from a "decent" brand. It is also a very good resolution for the AMD APU.

Peripherals: Basic gaming mouse, alright keyboard

OS: Windows 10 can be picked up on Kinguin for £21.

 

Could be upgraded later with a GPU for better gaming performance (an R7 in crossfire with the APU or R9)

Thanks for these, I will look through them properly later when I get home!