€400-450 Gaming PC?

MyNameIsEoghan

Hi guys, first post woo!
I was wondering if I could make a decent build on my budget. I don't need OS keyboard, monitor etc. but if I could get them in on this budget it would be good, but again not essential.

I plan on playing anything from Minecraft and TF2 up to BF3(well not on highest settings)

Thanks in advance,
Eoghan.

deconduo

What resolution are you gaming at? If its 1080p heres a build at the top end of the budget:

Total build cost: €427.33 + €30 shipping
Xigmatek Asgard, ATX, ohne Netzteil, schwarz €31.61
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 450W €40.94
Samsung SH-222AB bare schwarz SATA €16.64
ASUS EAH6870 DC/2DI2S/1GD5, AMD Radeon HD 6870, 1GB, PCI- Express €141.35
MSI H61M-E33 (B3), Intel H61, mATX, DDR3 €53.03
Intel Core i3-2100 Box, LGA1155 €93.27
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB, SATA II (HD502HJ) €33.59
4GB Corsair Valueselect DDR3-1333 CL9 €16.90

A bit cheaper but it will do well for anything up to 1080p:

Total build cost: €330.75 + €30 shipping
Xigmatek Asgard, ATX, ohne Netzteil, schwarz €31.61
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 450W €40.94
Samsung SH-222AB bare schwarz SATA €16.64
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB, SATA II (HD502HJ) €33.59
4GB Corsair Valueselect DDR3-1333 CL9 €16.90
Club 3D Radeon 6770 1024MB, AMD Radeon 6770, PCI-Express €84.64
AMD Athlon II X3 450 "Boxed" 95W, Sockel AM3 €59.87
MSI 870-C45, Sockel AM3, ATX, PCIe €46.56

MyNameIsEoghan

Thanks for the quick reply
Will probably go for the cheaper option, I mean I'm only 14 this kind of money is hard to come by.
One thing, will going up to 8GB of RAM be much of an improvement performance wise?

Fluffy88

It won't give any performance gain, unless you enjoy editing images larger than 10000x10000.

Basically, unless you do LARGE amounts of photo editing or do video editing you won't need any more than 4GB.

MyNameIsEoghan

OK thats grand, thanks a lot for your help.

sealgaire

Hi,

Would that 2nd option be able to handle COD and play movies via TV without effort?

Monotype

Do you mean playing films on PC and displaying on tv? Yes.
I will handle all games reasonably well but you might have to sacrifice some detail and maybe HD resolution in the latest games.

sealgaire

Thanks,
Could you recommend me something with 1tb storage and well able to play HD via tv.
Good quality gaming might be nice too, but I'm not a huge gamer.

May need to add extra storage at some stage.

Monotype

All you should need for playing to a modern tv is a HDMI cable (and a graphics card with HDMI).

1TB HDD
http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=28152

Something like a 6870 would have a bit more power than a 6770. Should handle games at HD.
http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=45198

If you had any money left over, you could bump up the quality of the motherboard.

You should probably make your own thread with the details of everything you need and budget.