Need help picking a Gaming PC! : Please?!

[JeromeCole]

Hello, so my friend wanted to buy a Gaming PC. I know all the top notch stuff however i have no clue what to recommend and i don't know exactly what is good, especially for the prices that he is saying.

First of all he has around £300.

I recommended to get an Intel CPU and motherboard due to the fact that i bought an AMD one and realised Intel was basically better, know i have to go through a long, costly process.

The PC doesn't have to have a GPU as he will be buying that later on however it must have a 600w PSU so that the GPU, once bought has enough power supplied.

If anyone could link any PC from amazon / ebay / any other legit sited that would be great thanks!

 

[JeromeCole]

Thanks for your reply.

That looks good, do you know of any already built just like that? If yes that would be amazing please.

 

[JeromeCole]

Yes please, so we can just upgrade the part gradually or just replace them.

 

[JeromeCole]

Ahaha, i suppose, do you have skype or anything? I can make him buy the parts and if i need help i could message you? The thing is, it's not hard but it's easy to mess up..

 

[JeromeCole]

Okay thank you ^_^

 

[lcp1109]

Its hard to recommend a build without knowing what GPU you will use, but, if you dont need a dedicated graphic card for now, you can go with:

Option 1
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4360 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£113.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£36.30 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£51.72 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£31.94 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£14.50 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.33 @ More Computers)
Total: £307.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-11 20:12 BST+0100

Option 2

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.00 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£36.30 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£51.72 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£31.94 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£14.50 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.33 @ More Computers)
Total: £337.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-11 19:59 BST+0100

Of course the second one is better, gives more assurence against bootkeneck and more future proof, but over your budget

 

[JeromeCole]

Thank you guys! Really big help, will look into both of them.

 

[lcp1109]

np

 

[sora]

Its hard to recommend a build without knowing what GPU you will use, but, if you dont need a dedicated graphic card for now, you can go with:

Option 1
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4360 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£113.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£36.30 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£51.72 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£31.94 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£14.50 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.33 @ More Computers)
Total: £307.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-11 20:12 BST+0100

Option 2

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.00 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£36.30 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£51.72 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£31.94 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£14.50 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.33 @ More Computers)
Total: £337.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-11 19:59 BST+0100

Of course the second one is better, gives more assurence against bootkeneck and more future proof, but over your budget

+1; These two builds are solid builds for 300 quids!