Hello, one of my friends, who before used to only have laptops, decided to get a desktop PC. As we are students (and therefore obviously not swimming in money) he asked me to help build a budget gaming PC. Here are the parts we picked together. However, I feel like we lack in knowledge about hardware, to really get the best for the money. So I ask, to help us get the best value for the money by suggesting what parts to pick/change that You feel would be a more logical choice.
As my friend is not based in UK, I cannot give a specific budget, but it's around somewhere we already picked (£500-£550). The UK prices are approximately the closest to what he can get.
Thank You very much in advance for any responds!
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£131.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.85 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£62.13 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card (£158.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.98 @ Ebuyer)
Other: PSU Cooler Master ATX GX 650W 80Plus single 12V rail (£64.00)
Total: £556.92
As my friend is not based in UK, I cannot give a specific budget, but it's around somewhere we already picked (£500-£550). The UK prices are approximately the closest to what he can get.
Thank You very much in advance for any responds!
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£131.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.85 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£62.13 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card (£158.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.98 @ Ebuyer)
Other: PSU Cooler Master ATX GX 650W 80Plus single 12V rail (£64.00)
Total: £556.92