budget gameing computer

[ladydoll30]

buying a budget compuer for my son found this just wondered if it would be any good??
help??http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200906156137?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

 

[JOOK-D]

Hey,

Build your own. It's like lego for adults, not hard and you'll save a lot of money and get a much better system especially on a budget. If you give me your budget, I can help pick out the parts.

 

[quilciri]

Yes, you can get much more computer for 360 pounds than that. give me a few min, I'll whip up a build.

 

[JOOK-D]

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/25025
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/25025/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/25025/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£60.91 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard (£43.16 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£61.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card (£79.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£25.60 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£48.02 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer (£12.36 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £374.02
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-19 21:19 GMT+0000)

And then with windows 7 (the PC you picked out doesn't have it included)

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2504y
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2504y/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2504y/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£60.91 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard (£43.16 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£61.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card (£79.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£25.60 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£48.02 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer (£12.36 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £434.01
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-19 21:20 GMT+0000)

 

[quilciri]

My humble suggestion. Better quality parts, the performance will eat the "vibox" alive, and it has a longer upgrade path than FM2 systems. (Case isn't as flashy, but it too is higher quality than the vibox )

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£74.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock 960GM/U3S3 FX Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£43.14 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£50.15 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card (£75.44 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£25.60 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£34.99 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)

Total: £357.09
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

 

[JOOK-D]

Pretty similar builds haha. I had faster RAM and higher wattage PSU, as well as Windows 7.

Not sure which performs better, the 4300 or that athlon.

 

[cmi86]

Pretty similar builds haha. I had faster RAM and higher wattage PSU, as well as Windows 7.

Not sure which performs better, the 4300 or that athlon.

I think the 4300 only because of the L3 cache it packs that the Athlon lacks. Otherwise I'd wager they are about the same.

 

[Derppppp]

Using ebay (and a bit of Amazon) I was able to make a gaming build, with an AMD FX 8350, 16gb RAM, Radeon HD 7970, etc. All for £430-£450
Some of the parts were Used and refurbished, that's kinda unavoidable with the limited amount of money.

 

[Derppppp]

£140- AMD FX 8350 + Motherboard - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AMD-FX-8350-Black-Edition-Vishera-8-Core-S-AM3-4-0GHz-16MB-Total-Cache-12-/281209274846?pt=UK_Computing_CPUs_Processors&hash=item41796101de
Pretty good deal.
Radeon HD 7970 (£160) - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sapphire-Radeon-HD-7970-3GB-GDDR5-384-bit-925-MHz-DVI-HDMI-mini-DP-21197-00-40G-/161153404423?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item25857dce07


With a bit more research you could get a build that would run BF4 at Ultra..

 

[ladydoll30]

oh my goodness...my brain is fried..but thank you all for youre help..slightly scared of building it myself and it is a very tight budget..all the numbers just confuse me..but basically the one on ebay is pants?

 

[Avro Arrow]

An HD 6670... what recycle bin did they drag that dinosaur out of? And for that matter, why would an HD 6670 have 2GB of RAM when it can barely use 1GB? LOL

 

[quilciri]

Pretty similar builds haha. I had faster RAM and higher wattage PSU, as well as Windows 7.

Not sure which performs better, the 4300 or that athlon.

They are essentially the same chip, except for thermals. 4 core piledriver 3.8ghz. The 4300 will overclock better since the CPU modules aren't squished to one side to make room for GPU cores (which are on the 760k but disabled). That gives the chip better heat dissipation.

The main reason I use the 4300 is for the longer upgrade path. With an AM3+ board, you could also upgrade later to an 8 core 8k or 9k chip later when prices come down. There are no 8 (or eve 6) core FM2 chips.

yes, you included windows, but the build cost 434 at that point. Including windows in my build would still be less than that. The Corsair PSU is higher wattage, but the CX series are fairly mediocre CWT built units - the only one to receive consistent good reviews was the 430 (and not all versions of that!). All XFX PSU's are built by Seasonic. The system will use 264w at maximum consumption, 450w is more than enough for it and future upgrades.

 

[quilciri]

An HD 6670... what recycle bin did they drag that dinosaur out of? And for that matter, why would an HD 6670 have 2GB of RAM when it can barely use 1GB? LOL

It works well for productivity applications across multiple screens or a cheap video-editing card, but yeah...in a gaming system...worthless.