New PC build. Some help!? £500

[Adam Georgeson]

Hi wanted to build a PC for £500 no higher than that.

Could someone advise on parts please? I'm lost as I used to own a dual 980 sli pc which was built by a friend and now not sure what to buy. £500 is absolute maximum.

What performance could I see with a £500 pc build? On games like battlefield 4, beamng, gta5 etc?

Thanks

 

[herrwizo]

Without OS, monitor and peripherals, this is the best I could build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£92.91 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-D Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£45.76 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£32.89 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.75 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 4GB NITRO+ 4G Video Card (£194.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus White ATX Mid Tower Case (£39.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.98 @ YoYoTech)
Total: £514.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-30 10:31 BST+0100

You can expect surprisingly high performance in all games on max details at 1080p. For even more performance (CPU-demanding games only), you would need an i5.

If 14 GBP over the budget are unacceptable, you can replace the graphcis card with this one:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/p28H99/sapphire-radeon-rx-470-4gb-nitro-video-card-11256-01

It costs 185 GBP, and is very similar in performance, especially when overclocked.

Anyway, as long as you play on 1080p you should be very, very satisfied.