Budget PC deal -- Is it good?

[LewisSpring]

Hey,
I'm looking for a tight budget gaming PC 0-450 >£< max.

I found a Gladiator Computers Sniper, At 400£ with a Pentium G4400 3.30Ghz, Gtx 980 XTREME 2GB, and 4gb of ram, 

Is that good?

If you guys find any alternatives within my limit please give me a shout!

Thanks guys,
MBTT

[Sahil10416]

Its fine but your cpu will be a bottleneck for gaming.

[stconquest]

10 minutes ago, MineblockTechTips said:

Hey,
I'm looking for a tight budget gaming PC 0-450 >£< max.

I found a Gladiator Computers Sniper, At 400£ with a Pentium G4400 3.30Ghz, Gtx 980 XTREME 2GB, and 4gb of ram, 

Is that good?

If you guys find any alternatives within my limit please give me a shout!

Thanks guys,
MBTT

GTX 980s do not come with 2GB of VRAM, none of them.

[Sahil10416]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/F7h74C

This would be a much better choice.

[stconquest]

Drop to an i3 6100 to get in your budget range:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£174.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-D Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£45.44 @ More Computers)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£25.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£17.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 470 4GB HS Black Edition Video Card  (£179.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  (£25.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX TS 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£36.90 @ CCL Computers)
Case Fan: ARCTIC Arctic F12 74.0 CFM  120mm Fan  (£3.74 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £510.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-24 09:10 BST+0100

[don_svetlio]

19 minutes ago, MineblockTechTips said:

Hey,
I'm looking for a tight budget gaming PC 0-450 >£< max.

I found a Gladiator Computers Sniper, At 400£ with a Pentium G4400 3.30Ghz, Gtx 980 XTREME 2GB, and 4gb of ram, 

Is that good?

If you guys find any alternatives within my limit please give me a shout!

Thanks guys,
MBTT

It's a scam - 980s NEVER come with 2GB and the Pentium is garbage

[Taswell]

guys its a 950 not a 980. check out the website

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, ITheSpazI said:

guys its a 950 not a 980. check out the website

That....doesn't make it any better

[LewisSpring]

I found a PC building site called Computer Planet and managed to get a PC within my budget, is it good??

[don_svetlio]

8 minutes ago, MineblockTechTips said:

I found a PC building site called Computer Planet and managed to get a PC within my budget, is it good??

Absolutely terrible - the PSU is dangerous, the CPU is garbage, the RAM is not enough and the GPU can't even run Dota 2 at 60fps. Please don't buy garbage.

[LewisSpring]

2 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

Absolutely terrible - the PSU is dangerous, the CPU is garbage, the RAM is not enough and the GPU can't even run Dota 2 at 60fps. Please don't buy garbage.

Thanks!

 

will a A10 7700k 3.4ghz

8Gb ram

750TI

 

be a smooth gamer?

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 minutes ago, MineblockTechTips said:

Thanks!

 

will a A10 7700k 3.4ghz

8Gb ram

750TI

 

be a smooth gamer?

1080p at medium on demanding titles, but get the x4 845/860k and an rx 460/gtx 950 instead, it'll do much better.

[LewisSpring]

17 hours ago, herman mcpootis said:

1080p at medium on demanding titles, but get the x4 845/860k and an rx 460/gtx 950 instead, it'll do much better.

Can you recommend any new prebuilts for me? 300 GBP max 

Its quite a awkward ask so if you have problems orb don't have time etc gimme a shout

 

i found these three in budgets, which is best?

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 hour ago, MineblockTechTips said:

Can you recommend any new prebuilts for me? 300 GBP max 

Its quite a awkward ask so if you have problems orb don't have time etc gimme a shout

 

i found these three in budgets, which is best?

i wouldn't recommend them, even if the pc itself has a good cpu/gpu, there might be things like the motherboard and power supply(unless you get lucky with a delta/FSP unit) that they might cheap out on. build it yourself instead. do you need windows/monitor/peripherals?

[LewisSpring]

On 9/25/2016 at 9:47 AM, herman mcpootis said:

i wouldn't recommend them, even if the pc itself has a good cpu/gpu, there might be things like the motherboard and power supply(unless you get lucky with a delta/FSP unit) that they might cheap out on. build it yourself instead. do you need windows/monitor/peripherals?

shouldnt need anything but the PC

[Guest]

Please, dont get scammed by those prebuilds. All of them perform like a potato and building one yourself ensures you a better gaming (and building) experience. 

 

EDIT:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/FN2XRG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/FN2XRG/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£51.93 @ BT Shop) 

^Nice little dual core, keep in mind that more and more modern games no longer support dual cores, so this will be your first upgrade.

Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-D Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£45.76 @ More Computers) 

^cheapest mobo on pcpartpicker

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£25.99 @ Amazon UK) 

^8 gigs, good enough

 

Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB

2.5" Solid State Drive  (£35.63 @ Amazon UK) 

^win10 takes up ~20gb, add a hdd later if you run out, a ssd will make your system feel snappier, just make sure you put the os on the ssd

Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 460 2GB Dual OC Video Card  (£127.67 @ BT Shop) 

^this gpu is way faster than the 750ti you just showed

Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£29.20 @ More Computers) 

^you could go cheaper here or choose your own case instead, this is just a recommendation

Power Supply: XFX TS 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£36.88 @ CCL Computers) 

^great psu for the price, wouldnt really go any cheaper here

Total: £353.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 

Edited October 4, 2016 by OnfireYH

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£55.18 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: Asus A68HM-K Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£36.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba Product Series:DT01ACA 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 1GB Video Card  (£79.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  (£25.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: XFX TS 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£36.88 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £304.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-04 10:26 BST+0100

[LewisSpring]

4 hours ago, herman mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£55.18 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: Asus A68HM-K Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£36.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba Product Series:DT01ACA 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 1GB Video Card  (£79.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  (£25.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: XFX TS 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£36.88 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £304.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-04 10:26 BST+0100

That seems a good setup, but the case USB and mobo will not work as the USB buses are different, have you got any different cases at the same sorta price?

 

Thanks a bunch!

[Herman Mcpootis]

18 minutes ago, MineblockTechTips said:

That seems a good setup, but the case USB and mobo will not work as the USB buses are different, have you got any different cases at the same sorta price?

 

Thanks a bunch!

the case usb will still work, its just that the usb 3.0 slot won't work as there's no usb 3.0 header on the mobo. the usb 2.0 slot will still work.

[LewisSpring]

On 10/4/2016 at 3:23 PM, herman mcpootis said:

the case usb will still work, its just that the usb 3.0 slot won't work as there's no usb 3.0 header on the mobo. the usb 2.0 slot will still work.

But aren't they different connectors?

[stconquest]

6 minutes ago, MineblockTechTips said:

But aren't they different connectors?

The case has two USB connectors: 

 

1.  USB 2.0  (black)

 

2.  USB 3.0  (blue)

 

The USB 3.0 will be non functioning if the motherboard does not support USB 3.0.  You can buy an adapter for the USB 3.0 on the case to make it function like a USB 2.0... but don't waste money on that.

 

The case's USB 2.0 (black) will work fine though.

[LewisSpring]

Just now, stconquest said:

The case has two USB connectors: 

 

1.  USB 2.0

 

2.  USB 3.0

 

The USB 3.0 will be non functioning if the motherboard does not support USB 3.0.  You can buy an adapter for the USB 3.0 on the case to make it function like a USB 2.0... but don't waste money on that.

 

The case's USB 2.0 (front panel) will work fine though.

PCPP says 

• Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case has front panel USB 3.0 ports, but the Asus A68HM-K Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard does not have onboard USB 3.0 headers.

Can I still use the same headers?

[stconquest]

Just now, MineblockTechTips said:

PCPP says 

• Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case has front panel USB 3.0 ports, but the Asus A68HM-K Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard does not have onboard USB 3.0 headers.

Can I still use the same headers?

The blue one will not work.  The black one will work.  There are two USB sockets on the case.

 

[LewisSpring]

1 minute ago, stconquest said:

The blue one will not work.  The black one will work.  There are two USB sockets on the case.

 

Can i get both to work somehow?

 

[stconquest]

Just now, MineblockTechTips said:

Can i get both to work somehow?

 

Two ways:

 

1.  Get a motherboard with a USB 3.0 header on it.

 

2.  Buy an adapter to make the USB 3.0 cable fit into one of the motherboard's USB 2.0 sockets.

 

Don't worry about the adapter part.  Find another motherboard if you really want USB 3.0.