Budget 'Runescape-PC'

[off wave surfer]

I'm looking to build a budget PC for a friend, they only really play Runescape so I'm debating if it's even worth it but thought I'd spec a build anyway. Small form factor is a must as it needs to be easyish to transport and hide away. mATX generally seems cheaper than mITX in terms of board and case. My main question though is whether or not on board graphics would be good enough to max out Runescape as it suggests at least Radeon HD GPU however vague that is. Beyond that it just needs to be a good solid build that'll last with some upgrade potential. Also I've seen a lot of guides from quite some time ago or newer ones based on outdated information as the game isn't just browser based anymore and is definitely 1080p at the least whereas these build guides I'm finding are saying onboard i3 graphics could easily max the game with barely any load.

 

As a basic template I'd say

i5/Athlon X II minimum

8GB RAM

mATX mobo

1TB HDD

Around 400W PSU

mATX case

Wi-Fi card

Windows included in price

I'm just not sure on the GPU

 

Budget is around £350 but could go over a bit.

Thanks in advance for any help or insight

 

[aeroencychris]

Jesus christ just buy him a nuc

[SImoHayha]

Just get an APU build. No way in hell your going ot get an i5 at least a new one with the budget you got.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-7700K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£76.96 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  (£77.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£34.40 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: PNY CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£41.69 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  (£39.85 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply  (£63.64 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM 64-bit  (£44.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £413.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-10 02:04 BST+0100

 

[Energycore]

17 minutes ago, off wave surfer said:

I'm looking to build a budget PC for a friend, they only really play Runescape so I'm debating if it's even worth it but thought I'd spec a build anyway. Small form factor is a must as it needs to be easyish to transport and hide away. mATX generally seems cheaper than mITX in terms of board and case. My main question though is whether or not on board graphics would be good enough to max out Runescape as it suggests at least Radeon HD GPU however vague that is. Beyond that it just needs to be a good solid build that'll last with some upgrade potential. Also I've seen a lot of guides from quite some time ago or newer ones based on outdated information as the game isn't just browser based anymore and is definitely 1080p at the least whereas these build guides I'm finding are saying onboard i3 graphics could easily max the game with barely any load.

 

As a basic template I'd say

i5/Athlon X II minimum

8GB RAM

mATX mobo

1TB HDD

Around 400W PSU

mATX case

Wi-Fi card

Windows included in price

I'm just not sure on the GPU

 

Budget is around £350 but could go over a bit.

Thanks in advance for any help or insight

 

For the pleasure of building, here's a build.

 

I assume he'll want to do browsing and only play runescape and some other light games, so he won't need more than 250GB of space. An SSD is a great upgrade for him.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-7860k 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£97.02 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock A88M-G/3.1 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£62.93 @ BT Shop)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  (£40.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£77.99 @ Novatech)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.96 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: XFX TS 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£36.22 @ More Computers)
Total: £353.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-10 02:11 BST+0100

 

Updated build: an M.2 SSD has the advantage of not requiring cables.