episteme on 21 January 2015
| Versus_Evil said: Hey, so as you can probably guess I'm an xbox guy and PC newd, xbox one is the only console I own in fact, in the past PC gaming was something that I just pushed aside but is something I'd like to get into now. Pretty much all my friends tell me its better to build my own but I have absolutely zero knowledge on that. So I was hoping you PC guys could help me out abit. I'm in the UK so any UK based site would be helpful. I'm looking for a medium to small PC, something that can in theory play everything maxed out to get the best experience, I plan to buy all digital and play through my TV so a disc drive and monitor are not needed. a machine that I can play for maybe the next 2-3 yrs without upgrading would be nice. You PC guys always say PC gaming is inexpensive so I'm looking for something in the 300-400 £ range. So throw the builds at me and maybe explain why they're a good option (like I said I know nothing when it comes to this stuff I just like to play games). Thanks very much i appreciate it |
No, you can't max everything out with a 400 £ PC.
A AMD FX 6300 (CPU) and a R9 280 (GPU) offer good performance for the price, but they're only slightly above the minimum requirements for the Witcher 3...
It's probably still better than the X1 version because the GPU has more than twice the GFLOPS.
R9 280 for 139.98: http://www.amazon.co.uk/SAPPHIRE-AMD-Graphics-Card-DDR5/dp/B00IRTXPBM
FX6300 for 76: http://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-FX6300-Edition-4-1GHz-Socket/dp/B009O7YORK
But that would probably be close to 500 with all other components... Don't try to save money with a crappy PSU or CPU cooler.
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