Pc Build Under 500$ Europe

[t1Ringo]

Hey guys one of my friends told me about this site and heard was a great place to get some advice..
Im looking to build a cheap gaming Rig that can run modern games at High settings. I'm thinking of going with Amd as it is more bang for the buck, could anyone recommend me a build that is euro friendly Im open to any options thanks!

 

[ggadrian]

Hey guys one of my friends told me about this site and heard was a great place to get some advice..
Im looking to build a cheap gaming Rig that can run modern games at High settings. I'm thinking of going with Amd as it is more bang for the buck, could anyone recommend me a build that is euro friendly Im open to any options thanks!

Where are you buying and what are your expectations?

500$ are something like 368€ and for that money, you'll be lucky to build a quality office rig. I think that you should increase your budget to something in the 500-600€ range to be able to purchase some decent hardware.

Why don't you post the answers to the questions you can find in this post so we're able to help you?

And welcome to the forum, you'll discover that this is an amazing place.

 

[t1Ringo]

Okey 🙂
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
(gaming)

2. What YOUR budget is.(€500)

3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.(Ireland,England)

4. IF you're buying parts OUTSIDE the US, please post a link to the vendor you'll be buying from.
http://www.pixmania.ie/index.html, http://www.overclockers.co.uk/

5. IF YOU have a brand preference. Amd/Intel, Nvidia


7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds, If OCing is an option i will.

8. What resolution, not monitor size, will you be using? 1980x1020

9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
ASAP

X. Do you need to purchase any software to go with the system, No

 

[ggadrian]

OK, would you buy from Amazon? They usually have good prices and if you are premium (or whatever they call it in the UK, I think that they have different names for the service) or you sign up for the one month free trial you'll have free shipping.

Here's what I'd do, I know it's off budget, but that's the minimum I'd buy for a computer dedicated to gaming:

-i5-3330
-ASRock B75-Pro3-M
-1x8GB RAM (so you can upgrade in the future to 16GB)
-Sappire R9-270X 2GB GDDR5
-Corsair CX500M (just 2 or 3€ mor expensive than the non modular one, so no brainer)
-1TB Seagate Barracuda
-Fractal design core 1000 (nice and really cheap little case, just throw a couple of vent more to it and you're good to go)

TOTAL: 590€ shipping and taxes included

If you're not willing to spend more than 500€ you have a couple of options:

-Swap the motherboard for a LGA1150 H81 and throw a 50€ pentium or celeron or whatever, (you'll be able to play just fine, but you have 0% future proofing and some games will require more CPU power than that) and reduce the RAM to 4GB. You can also get a cheaper PSU, just stick with a good brand and don't go under 450 or 500W

-Same as above: 4GB of RAM, chapter PSU if you want and a cheap FM2 A78 motherboard (they go as low as 50&#8364😉 with an Athlon II x4 740K that should cost less than 65€. Just don't buy and APU, they're not worth the money if you're using a dedicated GPU, and the AM3 platform might be good for budget gaming, but I see it just and old and power hungry platform, in 2014 I'd stay far from it.

 

[xapo99]

I wouldn't buy anything off OCUK, even though they were taken over by a German firm, the staff still talk to you like dirt if you dare to try and return something. That and the the fact most of their stuff is more expensive than anywhere else.

Scan or Amazon would be my first choice, you can check out with Amazon in Scan to save registering etc.

Exercise caution with Ebuyer, their staff could not care less if you have an issue, they just fob you off on the phone.

 

[t1Ringo]

Thanks for the replys guys, i actually threw in another 100€ and came up with this build?

AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler £23.90

Motherboard
Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard £54.64 £54.64

Memory
Corsair XMS3 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory £49.67

Storage
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £36.96 £36.96

Video Card
Gigabyte Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card £136.34 £136.34

Case
Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case £47.98

Power Supply
Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply £47.23

Optical Drive
Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer £11.98
Total: £506.00...

Is an SSD drive essential?
Is there a cheaper/simalar case with LED's?
Is the CPU Okey?
Thanks again 🙂

 

[ggadrian]

Thanks for the replys guys, i actually threw in another 100€ and came up with this build?

AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler £23.90

Motherboard
Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard £54.64 £54.64

Memory
Corsair XMS3 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory £49.67

Storage
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £36.96 £36.96

Video Card
Gigabyte Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card £136.34 £136.34

Case
Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case £47.98

Power Supply
Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply £47.23

Optical Drive
Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer £11.98
Total: £506.00...

Is an SSD drive essential?
Is there a cheaper/simalar case with LED's?
Is the CPU Okey?
Thanks again 🙂

An SSD is not essential, but one you try a computer with one you don't want to go back to using an HDD as an OS disk. If you go with and HDD at least buy a Seagate 7200.14, they're pretty fast for the price, or a WD black, I wouldn't buy a WD blue as my OS drive.

I wouldn't go with an AM3 processor, they use a lot of power and the performance is not especially good in single threaded apps. Plus the AM3 platform is old and outdated, I wouldn't build a new sister using AM3, for me now the choice is between FM2+ and 1550/1555.

I think that with the money you spend in the fx6350 and the CPU cooler you can buy and i5 and run it on the stock cooler. I've recently built a couple of computers using an i5-3330 and with the stock cooler you can run prime95 as long as you want, the CPU doesn't go above 55ºC, pretty awesome.

Why don't you use micro ATX? I think that nowadays ATX shouldn't be used as standard, it's too big for 99% of the users. If you are not going to be using a lot of PCI cards or something like that don't buy ATX.

 

[t1Ringo]

Alight what about this then?

 

[ggadrian]

Alight what about this then?

That motherboard and CPU aren't compatible: the motherboard is LGA1150 (Haswell) and the processor is LGA1155 (Ivy). You have to change the the CPU or the motherboard to make them be from the same LGA. If you can fit it in your budget LGA1150 will be slightly better, but if you can't 1155 is completely fine.