Building a Gaming PC, £500 Budget, What's the best I can get?

[Mokate]

Building a Gaming PC, £500 Budget, What's the best I can get?

Hey guys after my really old PC's graphic card died I came up with the idea of building a new Gaming PC because I don't really wanna put anymore money into that old stuff.

Soo I just want to build a PC. Don't need a monitor or anything. My budget is £500. I want to play games such as GTA V, Battlefield 4 on medium or high specs if possible. Please help me guys! You don't have to count in the operating system. Just the parts.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

From what UK vendor or vendors will you likely purchase?

What are their websites?

What monitor size and resolution will you be using?

How many of these parts do you need to buy with that 500 pounds?

Mouse

Keyboard

Case

Power supply

Motherboard

RAM

Video card

Sound card

Any other internal cards

Hard drive number 1

Hard drive number 2 and higher

CPU

CPU cooler

Case fans

Thermal paste

Anything else such as headphones

 

[Mokate]

To be honest any as long as it's in UK. I was searching for parts on amazon.co.uk.

Parts I want in the 500 Budget:
Case

Power supply

Motherboard

RAM

Video card

Sound card

Hard drive number 1

CPU

CPU cooler

Case fans

Thermal paste

And would I need to buy an ethernet card to connect to the internet using a cable?

 

[Boozad]

You'd really need to up that budget to get a decent gaming system including all of those parts.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
That's not much for a gaming rig
Even if you narrow it down to
Mother board
cpu
Ram
Your probably over budget just with those 3 items.

asus z87
intel 4790k
Probably blew the budget on those 2 items in the uk

 

[ignatzatsonic]

You wouldn't need to buy an Ethernet card.

At that budget level, I'd forget about a sound card too.

If 500 pounds is your limit, about all you can do is get a low level Intel i3 or maybe a Pentium (G3258 I think) and then see how far you can go on your required parts list from your preferred vendor without going over budget. Maybe even an AMD CPU--I know almost nothing about them other than that they are cheap.

Maybe you can't get very far---I'm not sure about UK prices. But i3 and G3258 and most AMDs would be low end processors.

 

[Mokate]

I know my budget is very limited. The other option is...

I was thinking of buying this :
CYBERPOWER Empire Elite Gaming PC Deals | PC World
or
PC SPECIALIST Vortex Elite GT Gaming PC Deals | PC World
or buying one of them and upgrading some parts? Don't want to spend over my budget.

But building a PC by myself would be cheaper?

 

[Boozad]

The highest AMD you'd probably get for that budget is an A10 APU which would be pointless if you're adding a dedicated GPU. I don't see the point of having such an expensive operating system (Ultimate) on a budget PC either.

 

[ThrashZone]

I'd say at least 1000.us for a decent gaming rig otherwise yea just buy another prebuilt it will be a low end system just get a regular sized case and not a mini crap case and you might be able to upgrade items like the psu/ ram/ gpu later

At minimum a mid tower case good luck finding one for basically 560.us
I'm not sure you could even buy a surface 2-3 for that :/
Unless you shop at eBay and take your chances.

 

[maxie]

Yes stick with a prebuilt one or save some more cash ... The Links you Posted the specifications are not very detailed ...

The one in the first Link is a no goer as expansion slots is down to one ...

It would be nice to know which PSU is supplied with the Computer ...

Again prebuilt ones are very low profile in that area ...


Have a look at the Link below it could be the one if your on a low Budget ...


Buy PC SPECIALIST Infinity Trion Barebones Gaming PC | Free Delivery | Currys

 

[Layback Bear]

If you spend £500 Budget on a computer for gaming you are going to be disappointed.

I would suggest saving up some more money so you can be happy gaming.

 

[Laith]

500 pounds isn't enough for a gaming rig. If you can raise it up to 750-800 you can get a decent gaming computer.

 

[Mokate]

Right guys I thought over it. I'm going to raise my budget up to £700-800 .

What's a decent enough gaming PC I could build for that budget? If possible could you send links to parts from amazon or UK websites.

Thank you.

 

[Laith]

You can always try Pick Parts, Build Your PC, Compare and Share - PCPartPicker to choose your parts. I'll make a part list for around 800 pounds and come back.

 

[Laith]

Would you look at that! I was browsing through my saved parts list and found a build for 482 pounds, there's even a mechanical keyboard, mouse and headphones included. Laith225 - Saved Part Lists - PCPartPicker

I think it will provide you with a decent experience.

 

[Mokate]

Would I not need a fan cooler for this build you showed now? I actually have the budget of 700-800 Pounds so should I get the one you send me the link or upgrade it?

 

[Laith]

It's your choice if you add some things. Some things i would recommend upgrading is probably the motherboard and PSU. It is recommended also to get a fan cooler if you are gonna overclock. Else just stay with the stock fan cooler.

 

[Boozad]

For £800 you may as well buy a custom build from PC Specialist. I'll knock a build together shortly.

 

[Laith]

So will i.

 

[Laith]

Here ya go, a 353 pound build! Laith225 - Saved Part Lists - PCPartPicker