Help with a component list for gaming pc

stulaunch

Hope somebody can help me.

14yr old son wants to pool his Chrimbo money, then build a gaming pc with my help. Promised him i'd do it with him last year and thought it would be a good project for him to learn from, but never got round to it.

Has a troublesome Xbox 360 at moment, but needs a new pc anyway, which he wants to use new PC for gaming as well. He's into Call of duty type games and FIFA but not sure how good a PC is going to be for his budget of around £450 - £500

So before i agree just hoped somebody would give me a componant list for his budget.

I was thinking of buying components in January, maybe them being a bit cheaper then.

Already have a monitor and OS but thats about it. I put a corsair 500W PSU in his PC about year ago, so not syre if thats usable?

I told him for the money he will have, i'm not sure he will be happy with quality of gameplay, since he's been used to Xbox.
Am i correct?

Thanks in advance

Cisco001

PSU can be use.
What is your existing set-up of current PC?
You can upgrade existing and save a bit on case/ HDD/ DVD-RW


Edit - here is the list I come up with

FX6300
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009O7YORK/?!!!!!pcp0f-21

Asus M5A97 R2.0
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008RPYB0U/?!!!!!pcp0f-21

G-Skill 8GB Ripjaws X DDR3 2133 Dual Kit - Red
http://www.amazon.co.uk/G-Skill-Ripjaws-DDR3-2133-Dual/dp/B0050119O0/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1384875723&sr=8-4&keywords=2+x+4GB+DDR3+2133

Gigabyte Nvidia GTX760 OC 2GB
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-Nvidia-GTX760-PCI-E-Graphics/dp/B00DMUN9TE/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1384875671&sr=8-6&keywords=gtx+760

Seagate ST1000DM003
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-ST1000DM003-Barracuda-inch-Drive/dp/B006BRBSE8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384875763&sr=8-1&keywords=Seagate+ST1000DM003

Case - what style do you prefer?

stulaunch

Cisco001 wrote: »

PSU can be use.
What is your existing set-up of current PC?
You can upgrade existing and save a bit on case/ HDD/ DVD-RW

Thanks Cisco, need new case and HDD but yes, could use DVD drive

stulaunch

Thanks Cisco, I'll take a look at that list.

As regards case. Smaller would be better, not sure about style, but he's 14,some something a bit trendy if posssible.

Cisco001

How small would you like?
I picked standard ATX motherboard, so the case may not be too small.
Is (W x H x D) 195mm x 440mm x 496 mm small enough? mid-atx tower are all with similar size.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/NZXT-Source-210-Tower-Chassis/dp/B005869J4O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384892868&sr=8-1&keywords=nzxt+source+210

If you want something smaller, best to get intel which has more option on motherboard.

Mobeer

Surely the case is something you can reuse?

stulaunch

Cisco001 wrote: »

How small would you like?
I picked standard ATX motherboard, so the case may not be too small.
Is (W x H x D) 195mm x 440mm x 496 mm small enough? mid-atx tower are all with similar size.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/NZXT-Source-210-Tower-Chassis/dp/B005869J4O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384892868&sr=8-1&keywords=nzxt+source+210

If you want something smaller, best to get intel which has more option on motherboard.

I suppose we can have that size case. I presume Intel is going to be a fair bit dearer?

Mobeer wrote: »

Surely the case is something you can reuse?

No, existing case is broken.

gonzo127

you can go smaller, but it comes at a premium price tag for a example a pre built system

http://www.fiercepc.co.uk/budget-gaming-pcs/prodigy-mini-gaming-pc/#customise

simular budget wise, but a much lower powered graphics card, although if you are building yourself and reusing some parts you might be able to save enough to up the GPU/processor - but be mindful of space and temps!

but it is a really nice looking case (can be had in lots of colours to suite tase) and is surprisingly easy to build in for the size

Cisco001

stulaunch wrote: »

I suppose we can have that size case. I presume Intel is going to be a fair bit dearer?

If you want intel, I would probably get i5-4430 + B85 mobo + R9 270X + DDR3 1600 RAM

Pro: CPU can be upgrade to i7
Cons: I think FX6300 + GTX760 is better for gaming. i5-4430 + B85 is not overclockable, where you can overclock FX6300 to increase performance


And if you want a small case
ASRock B85M-ITX

Cooler Master Elite 130

DigForVictory

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