Budget Game PC build advice needed
Hi all,
First off please accept my apologies for having to post this but I am well out of the game - literally! and have not kept up to date with all the latest despite dropping in here often.
I have scratched a budget build from a magazine but am not sure whether it is any good and am open to suggestions / alternatives of any kind - not bothered who makes what. I have a case already but would be happy to swap it for a new model.
This will be primarily for gaming.
I have a budget of up to £700 for mine and my son will have approx. £1000 (sad when he has more money than me at the age of 16) although he hasn't got a wife to spend it.
Parts listed for mine - if I had the money I would go for a SFF build.
Intel i5 4460 - £145
Cooler master hyper T4 - £20
Asus H97 – plus - £80
RAM – crucial ballistix sport 8gb £45
Sapphire radeon r9 290 4gb £200
SSD – already have one 256mb (I think) Win 7 on it.
HD - £80 - £100
PSU tbc £80ish.
My son is building from scratch incl OS.
Thanks in advance
Hi all,
First off please accept my apologies for having to post this but I am well out of the game - literally! and have not kept up to date with all the latest despite dropping in here often.
I have scratched a budget build from a magazine but am not sure whether it is any good and am open to suggestions / alternatives of any kind - not bothered who makes what. I have a case already but would be happy to swap it for a new model.
This will be primarily for gaming.
I have a budget of up to £700 for mine and my son will have approx. £1000 (sad when he has more money than me at the age of 16) although he hasn't got a wife to spend it.
Parts listed for mine - if I had the money I would go for a SFF build.
Intel i5 4460 - £145
Cooler master hyper T4 - £20
Asus H97 – plus - £80
RAM – crucial ballistix sport 8gb £45
Sapphire radeon r9 290 4gb £200
SSD – already have one 256mb (I think) Win 7 on it.
HD - £80 - £100
PSU tbc £80ish.
My son is building from scratch incl OS.
Thanks in advance
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