Gaming Pc windows 8 under £400?

angela2095

Hi, My son has £400 christmas money to spend and is hoping to buy a new gaming PC. I havent a clue where to start. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thankyou very much.

shortchanged_2

angela2095 wrote: »

Hi, My son has £400 christmas money to spend and is hoping to buy a new gaming PC. I havent a clue where to start. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thankyou very much.

Unfortunately he isn't going to get much of a gaming PC on that budget. What sort of games does he play?

Ozzuk

Half decent graphics card will eat that budget! You might be better off trying to upgrade old one with better components.

GunJack

shortchanged wrote: »

Unfortunately he isn't going to get much of a gaming PC on that budget. What sort of games does he play?

not really..... AMD A8 or 10 CPU, GTX750Ti gfx card and suitable PSU can be got for under £400, and will play Shadow of Mordor and Planetfall on high res

shaneshaneshane

Go to pc part picker forums, lots of well informed people can help you out there and get you the most for your money.

Knarf44

Why not just buy him an Xbox 360? You can get one on Amazon for £189 with free delivery and spend the rest on games or accessories for it.

PenguinJim

Knarf44 wrote: »

Why not just buy him an Xbox 360? You can get one on Amazon for £189 with free delivery and spend the rest on games or accessories for it.

Depending on how many games he gets and if he plays online, that will probably be more expensive in the long run.

Having said that, I just tried putting together a great (for 1080P) gaming PC and couldn't manage it for less than £415. I was ******* by the ********** keyboard and mouse. I would go so far as to say £425 should be the minimum.

Of course, with an old ATX case lying around, that could be £25 saved..? Bam! £400!

Collabora

look at http://www.alienware.co.uk/Landings/desktops.aspx

pmartin86

I recently built a PC for a friend for a little over 400 quid, howerver, keyboard, mouse, monitor and speakers were not included. As others have mentioned, you won't set the world on fire with 400 quid but if you can source the peripherals seperatly and can either build yourself or find someone who can, then this is a reasonable start.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/pmartin86/saved/8GRqqs

angela2095

My son thinks this is a good combination. Any views on this please ? http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/ang2095/saved/wWVbt6

GunJack

angela2095 wrote: »

My son thinks this is a good combination. Any views on this please ? http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/ang2095/saved/wWVbt6

pretty good, and could shave off £20-30 by shopping around for PSU and RAM - I got similar PSU from ebuyer for just over £30, for example

Do you have Win7 license to install on it? If not, you need to budget for it.