Advice on buying a new PC for around £400

[Duplicity2]

Hi there
I'm looking for advice on what to buy for about £400. I occasionally use my PC for games & I use it for entertainment (films & tv) everyday. I can get away with the monitor, network adaptor & DVD RW I already have so they aren't included in the budget.
Any ideas on what I can get for such a low price? I am in the UK & have been looking at configuration sites like pcspecialist, overclockers & chillblast.
I wanted to get a gigabyte mobo with intel CPU using socket Z97 & GeForce graphics, also SSD/HDD but can't afford it. I'm told that it's not worth spending more than £400 as it'll be obsolete in a couple of years anyway (my brother's advice).
If anyone has any ideas on what would be value for money for what I want, I would be grateful.
Cheers!

 

[Duplicity2]

That's great then! I'm happy with it

 

[Duplicity2]

Do you have any other advice for me as I haven't done this before?

 

[zeyuanfu]

It does not have less connectors. It will ONLY have less ancient PCI (not GPU) slots which no one really uses. It will have the same SATA, USB, and all that connectors.

Oh, I thought that smaller meant less...

 

[zeyuanfu]

Do you have any other advice for me as I haven't done this before?

GROUND YOURSELF IF YOU DON'T WANT TO FRY YOUR PARTS!

 

[Duplicity2]

Do you have any other advice for me as I haven't done this before?

GROUND YOURSELF IF YOU DON'T WANT TO FRY YOUR PARTS!

Good point! I've upgraded ram, graphics & HDD before. Haven't fried anything (including myself yet) though. Not to say I won't this time! 😉

 

[tiny voices]

It is actually very difficult to damage parts with static. Just build it on a hard surface and not while wearing your fuzzy socks on the shag carpet. Shouldn't be any problems. Look up a few guides to assembling computers. Newegg has a good one on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_56kyib-Ls

 

[zeyuanfu]

Do you have any other advice for me as I haven't done this before?

GROUND YOURSELF IF YOU DON'T WANT TO FRY YOUR PARTS!

Good point! I've upgraded ram, graphics & HDD before. Haven't fried anything (including myself yet) though. Not to say I won't this time! 😉

Good luck!
BTW it WILL be hard to pick a Best Answer...

 

[Duplicity2]

It is actually very difficult to damage parts with static. Just build it on a hard surface and not while wearing your fuzzy socks on the shag carpet. Shouldn't be any problems. Look up a few guides to assembling computers. Newegg has a good one on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_56kyib-Ls

Thank you for the link & the adivice! I'll be sure to do my home work before messing with my parts 😉

 

[Duplicity2]

Do you have any other advice for me as I haven't done this before?

GROUND YOURSELF IF YOU DON'T WANT TO FRY YOUR PARTS!

Good point! I've upgraded ram, graphics & HDD before. Haven't fried anything (including myself yet) though. Not to say I won't this time! 😉

Good luck!
BTW it WILL be hard to pick a Best Answer...

It will be hard to pick the best answer! As I came up with it myself with the help of you all. But I think I'll go with Tiny 😉

 

[tiny voices]

Awesome! Should go perfectly smoothly. Feel free to PM me if you have any other questions or would like help building.

 

[Duplicity2]

Thanks guys. You've been really helpful. I have to scoot as my dinner is ready. Thank you!

 

[tiny voices]

Always glad to be able to help!