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Budget: £200 - £ 300
Hopefully on http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/

No OS, Keyboard, mouse or monitor needed


Only going to be playing games like minecraft, isn't too demanding
 
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I didn't realise my previous suggestion failed to link properly from my phone. So here is something that should allow you to play Minecraft.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A6-5400K 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor (£41.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£47.11 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Elite 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£32.79 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba 500GB 3.5"...
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what parts do you need with it ? (OS, keyboard/mouse, case, moniter, CR-Rom etc').

Here's somthing nice that will run more then minecraft -
PCPartPicker part list /
Price breakdown by merchant /
Benchmarks
CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£56.06 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75 Pro4 ATX FM2 Motherboard (£53.42 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£53.14 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card (£67.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£34.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £300.66 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.) (Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-16 08:35 GMT+0000)


Enjoy!
 
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http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

If all you plan on doing is play Minecraft, try that. Like the above poster said, I am not sure what you have, so I didn't include OS, kb/m, or monitor.
 
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Using charmer's setup would give you very little room for upgrades, but it's hard to get something better for 300 euros... The OS alone costs 80 euros....

Do yourself a favor and save up some more.
 
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I didn't realise my previous suggestion failed to link properly from my phone. So here is something that should allow you to play Minecraft.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A6-5400K 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor (£41.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£47.11 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Elite 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£32.79 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.29 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£31.33 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£40.22 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £231.73
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-17 18:57 GMT+0000)
 
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Thanks alot Epitope, this would work ok right? with the 7770;

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A6-5400K 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor (£41.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£47.11 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Elite 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£32.79 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.29 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card (£67.90 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£31.33 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£40.22 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £299.63
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-17 19:10 GMT+0000)
 
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The problem is that the iGPU inside the A6-5400K is enough to play Minecraft on 1080p, so the Radeon 7770 is not a good value.
 
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Minecraft isn't really a demanding game, so would I be able to record at 60fps with just the A6-5400K on lower settings?

My pc currently is terrible and only thing good is the graphics card
(7750) and I can record 40-50fps on highish settings
 
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Then I would recommend this if you're also recording:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 370K 4.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£38.95 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£47.11 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£30.96 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.29 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card (£67.90 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£31.33 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£40.22 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £294.76

I changed the CPU to 370K because having a dedicated graphics card renders the iGPU in the A6-5400K useless. With the 370K, you'll get a marginally better CPU performance. I also downgraded the memory to 1600 MHz, because higher speeds show a performance improvement with A6-5400K but not with 370K. Upgrading to a Radeon 7770 will allow you to record ~60 FPS with medium settings on Minecraft, I would think.

 
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