edutech4schools Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) I recently built myself a gaming rig which cost me rather more than I had wanted but well worth every penny. The issue is my 8 year old is wanting to play some steam games so I would like to build him a separate system. I got given an old small form factor dell pc, but this only has on board graphics (no reall expansion room) and even stutters playing Minecraft, so I am now thinking of building him a cheap rig. Anyone seen any cheap pre built rigs that would run some of the steam games on medium settings or have any advice. OS I have covered as I have full Win7 pro on DVD. Edited June 15, 2015 by edutech4schools
MkII Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 These Cyberpower desktops have all of the right bits. Pick your spec/ price. Cyberpower Quad Commando Pro Gaming PC 1
halbaradkenafin Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 Might be worth contacting @ICTDirect_Dave as he's usually got some great deals on PCs. 1
GTX Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 If you have a case - drives and ram etc. I got my other half: AMD X6 Core FX-6300 3.5Ghz & ASUS M5A78L-M USB3 - Board & CPU Bundle | eBay and MSI AMD Radeon R7 260X 2GB Graphics Card 2GB Graphics Memory R7 260X 2GD5 OCV1 | eBay Great setup. She loves it. Plays all the games she wants.
edutech4schools Posted June 15, 2015 Author Posted June 15, 2015 Thanks for the info. Out of interest what graphics card would you recommend based on my OP. I was looking at the nvidia cards but the numbers 570 etc really mean nothing to me. Would a 2gb card be OK?
edutech4schools Posted June 15, 2015 Author Posted June 15, 2015 How does this card lool Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2GB Windforce Graphics Card - GV-R927XOC-2GD - CCL Computers
Achandler Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 For the games an 8 year should be playing it will be ample.
3s-gtech Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 How cheap is cheap? And what resolution are you hoping to run it through?
edutech4schools Posted June 15, 2015 Author Posted June 15, 2015 How cheap is cheap I was thinking of starting at £300 as I can get second hand bits etc like HDD's, memory etc. and then in 6 month time add something a bit newer. Probably need to buy Case Graphics card processor PSU I have got HDD memory OS Keyboard Mouse
3s-gtech Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 £300 is doable. You could build a machine based on AMD Kaveri (FM2+) in that budget, which would play most games fine at medium detail up to 1080p with money to spare for an SSD. Otherwise, that budget will get you an LGA1150 Pentium, motherboard, 8GB of RAM and something like a R9 270X which will do pretty nicely.
ICTDirect_Dave Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 (edited) Might be worth contacting @ICTDirect_Dave as he's usually got some great deals on PCs. How about a barebones Dell T5500 workstation Chassis? Intel Xeon W5590 3.33GHz Quad Core CPU 8GB PC3-10600R RAM MSI GeForce GTX 750OC 2GB GDDR5 (VGA, DVI, HDMI) DVDRW £300 Inc VAT & delivery Edited June 16, 2015 by ICTDirect_Dave
NB9457 Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 I built my gaming rig for £130 using used parts: i3 2120 ITX Asus board 4GB RAM GTX750ti ITX case Windows 7 Licence I say gaminbg, it plays what I want on medium settings, I'm not as big a nerd as I used to be, all money goes on cars now
GTX Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 How about a barebones Dell T5500 workstation Chassis? Intel Xeon W5590 3.33GHz Quad Core CPU 8GB PC3-10600R RAM MSI GeForce GTX 750OC 2GB GDDR5 (VGA, DVI, HDMI) DVDRW £300 Inc VAT & delivery Jesus, thats a good price! Might have to come to you next time im looking for referbs 1
ICTDirect_Dave Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 Jesus, thats a good price! Might have to come to you next time im looking for referbs By all means, come test us out
Oaktech Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 By all means, come test us out He means 'try', try him out... 'Test' is what I do to him: "I know it's not on your website, and you've never had any before, but can you get me 50 of $Thing, and I don't want to pay more $amount for it" He's not been found wanting yet. PS, how is the research for those monitors going? 1
ICTDirect_Dave Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 He means 'try', try him out... 'Test' is what I do to him: "I know it's not on your website, and you've never had any before, but can you get me 50 of $Thing, and I don't want to pay more $amount for it" He's not been found wanting yet. PS, how is the research for those monitors going? I've got a lead in Romania, I'll hopefully know in a day or so mate 1
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