Gaming PC €300-€400

Pompous

1. What is your budget? [€350]

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? [Gaming (mostly league of legends, but would also like to be able to play all modern games at low settings)]

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? [No]

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? [No]

5. Do you need a monitor? [No]

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? [1440x900] [No]

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? [Keyboard/Mouse/Wireless Card/Card Reader/Speakers/etc.] [No]

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? [No]

8. How can you pay? [Bank Transfer/Laser/Paypal]

9. When are you purchasing? [As soon as possible]

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? [Hopefully won't need any help]


Thanks for looking!

Pompous

Would this be a wise purchase for €300? http://www.adverts.ie/desktops/amd-triple-core-gaming-pc-amd-hd5870/5143090

truedoom

for 350-400 euro you won't be building a gaming PC.

at least not with parts that aren't 2-3 years old.

Pompous

truedoom wrote: »

for 350-400 euro you won't be building a gaming PC.

at least not with parts that aren't 2-3 years old.

I don't care how old the parts are.

SterlingArcher

Pompous wrote: »

I don't care how old the parts are.

Can maybe help you on adverts if there are any real deals.

SterlingArcher

Pompous wrote: »

Would this be a wise purchase for €300? http://www.adverts.ie/desktops/amd-triple-core-gaming-pc-amd-hd5870/5143090

No

Pompous

SterlingArcher wrote: »

Can maybe help you on adverts if there are any real deals.

Are any of these worth it? http://www.adverts.ie/for-sale/computers/desktops/492/county-Dublin/sortby_price-asc/price_350-400/

SterlingArcher

Pompous wrote: »

Are any of these worth it? http://www.adverts.ie/for-sale/computers/desktops/492/county-Dublin/sortby_price-asc/price_350-400/

You said in forms fill out you didn't need windows? Do you have a copy of Windows...
Or are you just aiming for second hand?

Pompous

SterlingArcher wrote: »

You said in forms fill out you didn't need windows? Do you have a copy of Windows...
Or are you just aiming for second hand?

I don't care if it's second hand really. I have a copy of windows.

yawhat!

truedoom wrote: »

for 350-400 euro you won't be building a gaming PC.

at least not with parts that aren't 2-3 years old.

Of course you can!

Item|Price
AMD FX-6300 Prozessor, Boxed, Sockel AM3+|€95.67
Cooltek X1, Midi Tower, ATX, schwarz, ohne Netzteil|€20.99
ASRock 880GM-LE FX, Sockel AM3+, mATX|€50.63
4GB G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9-9-9-24|€31.64
Super Flower Amazon 80Plus Bronze Netzteil - 450 Watt|€46.32
WD Blue 1TB 6Gb's|€49.80
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€314.04

Now whats missing from the above is a graphics card.

R9 270 - Although this is going to bring your budget up to 464. If you could manage the extra 50 this definitly would be the way to go.

GTX 750 Would get you roughly within in budget.

Lu Tze

OK ill bite, here you saved you €30!




Might get another euro or two off through the discount site

Pompous

yawhat! wrote: »

Of course you can!

Item|Price
AMD FX-6300 Prozessor, Boxed, Sockel AM3+|€95.67
Cooltek X1, Midi Tower, ATX, schwarz, ohne Netzteil|€20.99
ASRock 880GM-LE FX, Sockel AM3+, mATX|€50.63
4GB G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9-9-9-24|€31.64
Super Flower Amazon 80Plus Bronze Netzteil - 450 Watt|€46.32
WD Blue 1TB 6Gb's|€49.80
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€314.04
Now whats missing from the above is a graphics card.

R9 270 - Although this is going to bring your budget up to 464. If you could manage the extra 50 this definitly would be the way to go.

GTX 750 Would get you roughly within in budget.

This looks very promising. Thank you so much for taking the time to build me a PC. I like the look of the specs for that graphics card. Do you know if my geforce gtx 8800 graphics card would work with this build while I save up for that mouth-watering R9 270?

SterlingArcher

These are much better options than second hand. Case is out of stock try the thermaltake v3 black edition. 33 euro ish.

Yes your card will work with this till you're sorted.

beauf

For gaming would you not be better getting a cheaper CPU and separate gfx card. Than spending the extra on the APU which is expensive if you using a gfx card anyway?

Pompous

beauf wrote: »

For gaming would you not be better getting a cheaper CPU and separate gfx card. Than spending the extra on the APU which is expensive if you using a gfx card anyway?

What do you mean when you say apu? The north bridge on the motherboard? If you get a cheap cpu you will probably end up with a bottleneck.

All gaming machines have a separate graphics card so I don't know what you're on about in that regard.

beauf

The A10 above?

Pompous

yawhat! wrote: »

Of course you can!

Item|Price
AMD FX-6300 Prozessor, Boxed, Sockel AM3+|€95.67
Cooltek X1, Midi Tower, ATX, schwarz, ohne Netzteil|€20.99
ASRock 880GM-LE FX, Sockel AM3+, mATX|€50.63
4GB G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9-9-9-24|€31.64
Super Flower Amazon 80Plus Bronze Netzteil - 450 Watt|€46.32
WD Blue 1TB 6Gb's|€49.80
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€314.04

Now whats missing from the above is a graphics card.

R9 270 - Although this is going to bring your budget up to 464. If you could manage the extra 50 this definitly would be the way to go.

GTX 750 Would get you roughly within in budget.

Right, I have ordered these parts and they are on their way

I now have enough money to get the graphics card so my question is what is the difference between this MSI R9 270 GAMING 2G, AMD Radeon R9 270, 2GB DDR5 and this PowerColor Radeon R9 270 OC, 2GB GDDR5, DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort?

The main difference I can spot is PCIe vs PCIe x16. What does PCIe x16 even mean? Is it ok to get the PCIe x16 for my build?

Thanks again!

SterlingArcher

Get the MSI , or gigabyte best cooling between available ones.... 148 using geizhals.de,

The power cooler and other ones not as good quality wise.

But any of the brands you listed will work in your machine.

Pompous

SterlingArcher wrote: »

Get the MSI , or gigabyte best cooling between available ones.... 148 using geizhals.de,

The power cooler and other ones not as good quality wise.

But any of the brands you listed will work in your machine.

Do you know what the difference is between PCIe and PCIe x16?

TerrorFirmer

This works out at about 150 delivered to you, which is good, good model.

Another good one here also for 150 delivered to you.

TerrorFirmer

Pompous wrote: »

Do you know what the difference is between PCIe and PCIe x16?

You can ignore that. All those cards are the same.

SterlingArcher

I'd strongly recommend the Amazon gigabyte terror linked. Amazon is a great place to shop.

Pompous

SterlingArcher wrote: »

I'd strongly recommend the Amazon gigabyte terror linked. Amazon is a great place to shop.

I ordered a 430W PSU and these cards need 500W.

I need a new power supply now?

TerrorFirmer

Pompous wrote: »

I ordered a 430W PSU and these cards need 500W.

I need a new power supply now?

No. Those cards would work on a 300w psu fine. They only make such requirements to cover the fact that there are so many junk power supplies out there in the market.

Pompous

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

No. Those cards would work on a 300w psu fine. They only make such requirements to cover the fact that there are so many junk power supplies out there in the market.

Sweet, thanks!

Pompous

Just so you guys can I see I was not wasting your time

This is €453 worth of gear. Now to build it (I have no idea what I'm doing)

beauf

That's my favourite bit building it!

Pompous

beauf wrote: »

That's my favourite bit building it!

Except I'm in Swords and the only shop that would sell thermal paste (PC World) doesn't sell thermal paste any more lol

fml :rolleyes:

beauf

Maplins do it.

DERPY DERPFACE

you got the boxed fx 6300 so it should come with a fan and heatsink already attached?
No thermal paste required.

Pompous

DERPY DERPFACE wrote: »

you got the boxed fx 6300 so it should come with a fan and heatsink already attached?
No thermal paste required.

Oh my god you're right! There's perfectly applied thermal paste already on the heat sink! It's beautiful :'D

Dude thank you so much you just saved me a trip to Santry and €9.

DERPY DERPFACE

your welcome!!:)

Pompous

So I built the computer. What do I do next? Install windows by booting from a device with the files? Or do I install something else first? What is on this CD that came with the motherboard? Does that have to be installed first?

Sorry for all the questions I'm such a newbie.

I definitely built it correctly because I can get to the bios settings.

beauf

Windows first. Then the cd with the motherboard. Its drivers and apps.

Pompous

Cheers man!

Pompous

I don't have a CD-Rom, so just to confirm: I can boot from a USB and install Windows that way right?

DERPY DERPFACE

Pompous wrote: »

I don't have a CD-Rom, so just to confirm: I can boot from a USB and install Windows that way right?

Yes.

Pompous

I just completed my first custom gaming PC build and it feels great. I could not have done it without the help of everyone in this thread. I am so grateful. I still can't believe I have such a powerful rig for just €453

You guys are the best! I love you all!

Matto501

I'm looking to build a pc to run flight simulator x on the same budget, I've looked around and tried quite a lot of set ups. I made this one up on hardwareversand.de last night (it adds up to around €320) but I need to get an alright GPU for around €90. Would this set up be any good?

AMD FX-6300
Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX motherboard
4gb Corsair Vengeance Blue RAM
500gb HDD
Corsair VS Series VS450 8+ power supply unit
Cooltek X2 Case

What would be the best GPU that I could get for around €90? I'm not looking to run Flight Sim on the highest settings, I wouldn't mind if it ran well at medium settings.

Thanks!

Simi

You can nab a 260X for €100. Failing that a 250x. If your going for a 260x I'd recommend saving up a little more and grabbing a 2gb version. This is currently out of stock, but €8 more for an extra gig of vram is worth it.

Edit: This one is actually in stock. I realise it's significantly over budget at €115 but it is factory overclocked and has 2gb vram.

Matto501

I just saw an AMD Radeon R7 250X 2GB DDR5 for €109 which looks decent enough. May I ask do you know what the postage costs are?

yawhat!

Matto501 wrote: »

I just saw an AMD Radeon R7 250X 2GB DDR5 for €109 which looks decent enough. May I ask do you know what the postage costs are?

Its not, grab a 260x. The 250x is basically a 7770

Matto501

Sorry to bother you all again but I've made some changes and made up another system on mindfactory.de . So this is it:

FX 6300 Hexa-Core 3.5ghz €86.14
Asrock 980DE3 motherboard €43.61
4GB Corsair Vengeance Blue Dual channel kit €39.62
Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2gb Graphics Card €105
500GB Seagate Hard Drive €39.77
Inter-Tech Eterno V6 Paladin Midi Tower with 500w psu €40.84

Total including DHL shipping @€;60 (because it will be sent in 2 packages) is €414

Any opinions on this?

yawhat!

Matto501 wrote: »

Sorry to bother you all again but I've made some changes and made up another system on mindfactory.de . So this is it:

FX 6300 Hexa-Core 3.5ghz €86.14
Asrock 980DE3 motherboard €43.61
4GB Corsair Vengeance Blue Dual channel kit €39.62
Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2gb Graphics Card €105
500GB Seagate Hard Drive €39.77
Inter-Tech Eterno V6 Paladin Midi Tower with 500w psu €40.84

Total including DHL shipping @€;60 (because it will be sent in 2 packages) is €414

Any opinions on this?

The power supplies with cases are usually horrific, especially a 40 euro case like that one. I wouldn't touch them!

Pompous

You're going to pay €105 for your graphics card. I got an R9 270 for €140 from adverts.ie. It's like new and still in warranty until December. I can put you in touch with the guy if you're interested in going the extra €35. I'm pretty sure he has more to sell and he seems very trustworthy.

Here's a comparison of our cards

Matto501

yawhat! wrote: »

The power supplies with cases are usually horrific, especially a 40 euro case like that one. I wouldn't touch them!

So I'd be better off just buying a power supply and case separately? And would you know what power supply would be good value for money (this is the first time I've attempted to make up a pc) so when it comes to things like the psu I haven't a clue haha

Matto501

Pompous wrote: »

You're going to pay €105 for your graphics card. I got an R9 270 for €140 from adverts.ie. It's like new and still in warranty until December. I can put you in touch with the guy if you're interested in going the extra €35. I'm pretty sure he has more to sell and he seems very trustworthy.

I'm extremely tight for money, I could only spend around €10-€15 more on the GPU

Pompous

Matto501 wrote: »

I'm extremely tight for money, I could only spend around €10-€15 more on the GPU

Fair enough.

yawhat!

Item|Price
AMD FX-6300 Prozessor, Boxed, Sockel AM3+|€95.67
ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0, AM3+, ATX|€56.81
4GB G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9-9-9-24|€30.20
WD Blue 1TB 6Gb's|€49.80
Super Flower Amazon 80Plus Bronze Netzteil - 450 Watt|€46.25
Cooltek X1, Midi Tower, ATX, schwarz, ohne Netzteil|€21.54
XFX Radeon R7 260X 1100M, 2GB GDDR5|€108.97
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€428.23

Run these through geizhals to get money off!

Matto501

I had that system built but the GPU is out of stock and I don't know when or if they will stick them again. If they did I'd buy it

yawhat!

Matto501 wrote: »

I had that system built but the GPU is out of stock and I don't know when or if they will stick them again. If they did I'd buy it

Swap with this?

http://www.hardwareversand.de/2048+MB/150728/Sapphire+Radeon+R7+260X%2C+2GB+GDDR5%2C+DVI%2C+HDMI%2C+DisplayPort%2C+lite+retail.article

If there is anyway you could manage an extra 40, the R9 270 is really the best way to go.