PC build for €500

Redriddick

1. What is your budget? [€500]

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? [Gaming/general use.Farming simulator and a few other games

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]

5a. If yes, what size do you need. [19'/20'/22'/24'/etc.]

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? I don't know

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? no

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

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

9. When are you purchasing? [In 30 days]

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? [South Dublin City/Cork City/Kerry/etc.]

The nephew has tasked me with building a new pc for him for playing games and general use.
I have built my own pc and other pc's before so that is no problem.
I am just a bit out of the loop with regards parts and where to buy em.
€500 is the budget but under is better as he will upgrade as needs be after.
Thanks guys,

K.O.Kiki

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor (€65.25 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€57.54 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (€26.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€51.83 @ Mindfactory)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (€174.84 @ Mindfactory)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (€51.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: XFX TS 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€45.66 @ Mindfactory)
Total: €474.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-05 14:24 CEST+0200

Regarding the video card, if you hold off you could get a 4Gb AMD RX 480 or RX 470.

It'll be bottlenecked by the CPU but that can be upgraded in time.

Digital Solitude

I'd recommend going for an i3 from the start, and drop the GPU to a GTX950. 950 is still a very capable card and should carry him for a few years if he wants to try AAA games, where the i3 should be okay but the Pentium will really hold the system back.

http://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/4bQpbj

€25 more expensive but will save hassle of upgrading CPU, it's going to be much easier to upgrade and sell a 950 than uograde and sell a Pentium.

Jo Satan

There is a guy selling a skylake build on adverts for under €500, its one month old...could be an option, he's in Co Laoise

Intel i3 6100 Skylake 3.7ghz
Cooler master hyper 103 CPU cooler
MSI R9 380 4gb Gaming graphics card
8gb Corsair DDR 4 ram 2400mhz
Asus Z170P motherboard
Samsung 128gb SSD
Evga 500w PSU
Corsair mid tower
NZXT sentry 3 fan controller
Genuine Windows 10 pro

Digital Solitude

That build Jo posted is ahead of what myself and Kiki have posted, so if a seocnd hand PC is on the cards I'd look at it

Jo Satan

He's dropped his price to €425... bargain

Redriddick

Any link to the add

Redriddick

Jo Satan wrote:

There is a guy selling a skylake build on adverts for under €500, its one month old...could be an option, he's in Co Laoise

Selling for parts now and the graphics card is gone

Redriddick

Got this with out the gpu.
Any recs for a gpu??

Digital Solitude

For €75 no, better off saving at least €150 and picking one up. You'll find the benefit of the SSD though

TerrorFirmer

Few GTX750/750Ti's floating around for 80-100 on adverts, pick one of them up and you're golden. Farming Simulator and similar are not going to tax the PC at all, no need to go overboard.

Jo Satan

Digital Solitude wrote: »

For €75 no, better off saving at least €150 and picking one up. You'll find the benefit of the SSD though

€425 was the price including the graphics card. He was looking for €300 for the rest of the pc before it went to PM

Redriddick, how much do you have left in the budget after buying the pc?

Redriddick

Well just got a pm to say he was pulling the advert so I'm back to the drawing board.

K.O.Kiki

There's 2 builds listed above, Digital Solitude's build is above-console level and should do the kid good for at least 2-3 years.

Redriddick

I see he has put the add back up now.Best to avoid I think at this stage!!!