[SOLVED] Best PC to buy for under £400

[outdoorwill07]

I am looking to buy a new computer for around £400, with the ability to buy a graphics card, SSD and more ram in the future.
I have been looking at the below two models from PC world:
DELL Inspiron Small Intel® Core™ i3 Desktop PC - 1 TB, Grey
HP Pavilion 590 AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop PC - 1 TB HDD, Silver

 

[ampedupdad]

What are you trying to play? Are you okay with building your own pc?

 

[logainofhades]

Prebuilds like that tend to be difficult to upgrade. DIY is the way to go here.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor (£125.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£79.07 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£52.99 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.59 @ Aria PC)
Case: RIOTORO - CR488 ATX Mid Tower Case (£32.21 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£69.96 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £397.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-01 14:52 GMT+0000

 

[Supahos]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor (£125.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - B450M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£62.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£94.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.82 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Deepcool - Frame MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£25.74 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£65.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £411.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-01 15:09 GMT+0000

Bit over budget but does have 16gb ram which will be useful

 

[outdoorwill07]

Thanks for all the responses.

It needs to include windows 10 in the £400 buget which is why I was looking at store bought machines as it comes standard.

I would like to ideally buy a pre-built pc that I can add to in the future.

My idea is to buy a pc around £400 with I3 8100 CPU or similar and then slowly add extra ram, a 1060 gpu and 500gb SSD, to be able to play VR once fully built.

 

[Supahos]

The 2400g beats the i3, and will offer at least one most likely 2 more generations after it for future upgrades. Additionally you can install Windows 10 for free and just activate it whenever you get the funds. Trying to game on the igp with a 8100 will leave you sad

 

[ampedupdad]

Thanks for all the responses.

It needs to include windows 10 in the £400 buget which is why I was looking at store bought machines as it comes standard.

I would like to ideally buy a pre-built pc that I can add to in the future.

My idea is to buy a pc around £400 with I3 8100 CPU or similar and then slowly add extra ram, a 1060 gpu and 500gb SSD, to be able to play VR once fully built.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/PALICOMP-Gaming-3-6Ghz-3-9Ghz-Threads/dp/B079VMFN58/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1549035860&sr=1-1&keywords=gaming%2Bpc%2B2400g&refinements=p_36%3A-42000%2Cp_n_style_browse-bin%3A11416345031&th=1