Budget Gaming Rig

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

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54440) | £150.99 @ Ebuyer 
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-H81M-D3V ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gah81md3v) |-
**Memory** | [Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-ct102464ba160b) | £23.99 @ Ebuyer 
**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003) | £37.98 @ Novatech 
**Video Card** | [MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx9502gd5oc) | £119.99 @ Novatech 
**Power Supply** | [Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx430m) | £48.26 @ More Computers 
 | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
 | **Total** | **£381.21**
 | Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2016-04-14 16:29 BST+0100 |

 

Balanced? Budget is preferably £300 (can save for more)

[Guest]

POSTED IN WRONG TOPIC, APOLOGIES

[ThyFeared]

Go for a 370

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£150.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-D3V ATX LGA1150 Motherboard 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£23.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 370 2GB Video Card  (£119.99 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£48.26 @ More Computers) 
Total: £381.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-14 16:36 BST+0100

 

Also click BB code when you get this stuff from PCP It'll look cleaner

[TheRandomness]

5 minutes ago, D14RAP said:

POSTED IN WRONG TOPIC, APOLOGIES

Subforum*

A mod will most likely move it. Also, use the BB button instead of the one you used to get a neater list, like this (which is what I recommend you get instead, I advise saving up another £50 to get a budget of £400):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£93.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£38.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£23.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£159.98 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£49.92 @ More Computers) 
Total: £404.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-14 16:37 BST+0100

Go for a 370

-snips-

A 950 is more powerful than a 370 @ThyFeared.

 

[S7117]

5 minutes ago, D14RAP said:

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

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54440) | £150.99 @ Ebuyer 
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-H81M-D3V ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gah81md3v) |-
**Memory** | [Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-ct102464ba160b) | £23.99 @ Ebuyer 
**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003) | £37.98 @ Novatech 
**Video Card** | [MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx9502gd5oc) | £119.99 @ Novatech 
**Power Supply** | [Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx430m) | £48.26 @ More Computers 
 | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
 | **Total** | **£381.21**
 | Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2016-04-14 16:29 BST+0100 |

 

Balanced? Budget is preferably £300 (can save for more)

You have a case? Also I would go for a better PSU as the CX line up isnt that great. Look on the PSU part of the forum to see a list of good PSU's.

Also you may want to consider an ssd because that HDD will somewhat bottleneck your performance.

[Guest]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

A mod will most likely move it.

 

Have already reported the post, thanks for bbcode tip

[Moonzy]

5 minutes ago, D14RAP said:

POSTED IN WRONG TOPIC, APOLOGIES

you can ask a mod to move it

 

7 minutes ago, D14RAP said:

**CPU** | [Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54440) | £150.99 @ Ebuyer 
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-H81M-D3V ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gah81md3v) |-
**Memory** | [Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-ct102464ba160b) | £23.99 @ Ebuyer 
**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003) | £37.98 @ Novatech 
**Video Card** | [MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx9502gd5oc) | £119.99 @ Novatech 
**Power Supply** | [Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx430m) | £48.26 @

assuming you already have a case, this isnt half bad

i would try going for skylake if you dont already own some DDR3

and i would also get a better psu for long term reliability

[ThyFeared]

Just now, S7117 said:

You have a case? Also I would go for a better PSU as the CX line up isnt that great. Look on the PSU part of the forum to see a list of good PSU's.

Also you may want to consider an ssd because that HDD will somewhat bottleneck your performance.

I've had that same PSU with a 260X and I never ran into issues. It might not be the best but it's acceptable in my opinion. Also as you mentioned do you have a case? I ran my system with a HDD before I got my SSD and I never felt bottlenecked at all

[ThyFeared]

4 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Subforum*

A mod will most likely move it. Also, use the BB button instead of the one you used to get a neater list, like this (which is what I recommend you get instead, I advise saving up another £50 to get a budget of £400):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£93.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£38.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£23.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£159.98 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£49.92 @ More Computers) 
Total: £404.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-14 16:37 BST+0100

A 950 is more powerful than a 370 @ThyFeared.

 

Really? That's pretty sad if so.

 

EDIT: Just looked benchmarks up and that's pretty sad from AMD's part...

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The rig is for my brother and will pick up a crappy case from work for free, will upgrading to skylake have much of a budget increase? @ThyFeared @Moonzy @S7117

[S7117]

1 minute ago, ThyFeared said:

I've had that same PSU with a 260X and I never ran into issues. It might not be the best but it's acceptable in my opinion. Also as you mentioned do you have a case? I ran my system with a HDD before I got my SSD and I never felt bottlenecked at all

Boot times would be majorly affected by an HDD versus an SSD and load times for things like games would be faster with an ssd.

As far as the PSU... its just kind of common practice when you get to a certain price point... Rather buy a good PSU than get one that will cause problems... or possibly burn a house down. Corsair is probably fine but its just kind of common practice.

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, ThyFeared said:

Really? That's pretty sad if so.

Well, at most other levels AMD pulls ahead (980Ti > Fury X >= Fury Nano (If not throttling) >= 980 >= Fury > 390X > 390 >= 970 > 380X > 380 >> 960 > 950 >= 370)

[ThyFeared]

1 minute ago, S7117 said:

Boot times would be majorly affected by an HDD versus an SSD and load times for things like games would be faster with an ssd.

As far as the PSU... its just kind of common practice when you get to a certain price point... Rather buy a good PSU than get one that will cause problems... or possibly burn a house down. Corsair is probably fine but its just kind of common practice.

That one is fine I used mine for 2 years with no issues. Going into skylake would be pricier but performance would be a bit better @D14RAP

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, D14RAP said:

The rig is for my brother and will pick up a crappy case from work for free, will upgrading to skylake have much of a budget increase? @ThyFeared @Moonzy @S7117

budget increase depends, if you pick all the lowest prices, maybe few dollars difference (for motherboard and ram)

the processors price should also be slightly higher(?)

 

but the good part is you get to use the DDR4 in your next build if you plan to upgrade and DDR5 isnt a thing yet

save some $$ there