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[NeoG4m3r]

I have a budget of roughly £300, does anyone know any decent gaming laptops or computers I can get for that, I won't be mlg gaming or anything, just something that's fast and can handle at least Team fortress 2.

I can push my budget up to £450

Edited by NeoG4m3r, 13 November 2012 - 08:13 AM.

[SuperC2414]

I wouldn't recommend a laptop and I wouldn't recommend a pre-built... I would save up about £100 more and build this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ntKs

SuperC2414, on 12 November 2012 - 10:06 PM, said:

I wouldn't recommend a laptop and I wouldn't recommend a pre-built... I would save up about £100 more and build this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ntKs

That should run TF2 at about 100 frames and run Minecraft highest settings at about anything... LOL! You might even be able to play games like battlefield 3 on low-medium settings.

SuperC2414, on 12 November 2012 - 10:08 PM, said:

I wouldn't recommend a laptop and I wouldn't recommend a pre-built... I would save up about £100 more and build this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ntKs

That should run TF2 at about 100 frames and run Minecraft highest settings at about anything... LOL! You might even be able to play games like battlefield 3 on low-medium settings.

TF2 highest settings.

[BKrenz]

You're definitely going to get your best by building it yourself. It's fairly easy.

Here's a list of what you need.
Here's how to put it together.

You can drop the optical drive if you have at least a 4 GB flash drive. That's all you need to install the OS. Or you can simply steal an optical drive from a computer you already own.

[SuperC2414]

BKrenz, on 12 November 2012 - 10:34 PM, said:

You're definitely going to get your best by building it yourself. It's fairly easy.

Here's a list of what you need.
Here's how to put it together.

You can drop the optical drive if you have at least a 4 GB flash drive. That's all you need to install the OS. Or you can simply steal an optical drive from a computer you already own.

That build is really crappy.

[Ankenmann2]

SuperC2414, on 12 November 2012 - 10:42 PM, said:

That build is really crappy.

Better than yours.

[SalvyNerd]

SuperC2414, on 12 November 2012 - 10:42 PM, said:

That build is really crappy.

How? APU's are really good for low-budget builds.

[pwiftw04]

$700 = £450 Bro.
Plus, for a budget of $700: Always include peripherals and you can get a much better rig than that for $700
Also, Hitachi? EW, unreliable, noisy, slow.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nu80
$25 dollars more (like 15 pounds) for atleast a 25% gaming boost. Worth it.

Problems: Coolmaster Elite 430 has NO cable management, but is cheap so yeah.

[SuperC2414]

Ankenmann2, on 12 November 2012 - 10:45 PM, said:

Better than yours.

It doesn't have a video card

[Baconboy2015]

pwiftw04, on 12 November 2012 - 10:51 PM, said:

$700 = £450 Bro.
Plus, for a budget of $700: Always include peripherals and you can get a much better rig than that for $700
Also, Hitachi? EW, unreliable, noisy, slow.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nu80
$25 dollars more (like 15 pounds) for atleast a 25% gaming boost. Worth it.

Problems: Coolmaster Elite 430 has NO cable management, but is cheap so yeah.

You seem to be missing the part where his budget is £300, which is around $476.

[lolpierandom]

SuperC2414, on 13 November 2012 - 12:14 AM, said:

It doesn't have a video card

You went a LARGE amount over his budget, while managing to fit in a crappy processor, mobo, EXTREMELY crappy HDD, overpriced 7770 (why the hell would you get 7770 for $130? It's a freaking 7770- any one will do fine. If you're going to overclock the damn thing, you should get a better video card), the case is horrible, the PSU is terrible for the price (the cheapest corsairs are very well priced) and the monitor is 1366x768.

1366x768. 'Nuff said.

[BKrenz]

SuperC2414, on 13 November 2012 - 12:14 AM, said:

It doesn't have a video card

It's an APU: Accelerated Processing Unit. It combines the CPU and GPU. It's used for low budget builds, and gives good results. Far better than integrated graphics on an i3.

[jppk1]

SuperC2414, on 12 November 2012 - 10:10 PM, said:

I wouldn't recommend a laptop and I wouldn't recommend a pre-built... I would save up about £100 more and build this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ntKs

That should run TF2 at about 100 frames and run Minecraft highest settings at about anything... LOL! You might even be able to play games like battlefield 3 on low-medium settings.

TF2 highest settings.

Processor is horrible, the new Piledrivers are ok but that's Bulldozer, motherboard isn't too great, the hard drive is bad, Hitachi hard drives aren't the most reliable ones out there, change it to a Barracuda/Caviar Blue or to a Caviar Black if it's not much more than the other two, the 7770 is way too much, you could get another one for $30 less, and the monitor isn't great either.
Prices vary on different countries, converting prices like that is impossible.

pwiftw04, on 12 November 2012 - 10:51 PM, said:

$700 = £450 Bro.
Plus, for a budget of $700: Always include peripherals and you can get a much better rig than that for $700
Also, Hitachi? EW, unreliable, noisy, slow.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nu80
$25 dollars more (like 15 pounds) for atleast a 25% gaming boost. Worth it.

Problems: Coolmaster Elite 430 has NO cable management, but is cheap so yeah.

You cannot convert curriencies like that, prices vary depending on the country.

BKrenz, on 13 November 2012 - 12:44 AM, said:

It's an APU: Accelerated Processing Unit. It combines the CPU and GPU. It's used for low budget builds, and gives good results. Far better than integrated graphics than on any i3 right now

Fixed

BKrenz, on 12 November 2012 - 10:34 PM, said:

You're definitely going to get your best by building it yourself. It's fairly easy.

Here's a list of what you need.
Here's how to put it together.

You can drop the optical drive if you have at least a 4 GB flash drive. That's all you need to install the OS. Or you can simply steal an optical drive from a computer you already own.

Switch to FM2 and get an A8-5600k for £5 more.

[NeoG4m3r]

OK, so I'm not really a computer expert, so I couldn't pick one myself. At the moment I'm looking into
BKrenz's recommendation, also my budget is pushed up to £450, so his offer can be made slightly better. Also I already have a monitor, keyboard and mouse so please don't put those in there.

[BKrenz]

This would be for your revised budget. I strongly recommend installing Windows from a Flash Drive (USB) and dropping the optical drive. That should put you directly at the 450 mark.

Otherwise, let the others fix it. I did my best.

[jppk1]

BKrenz, on 13 November 2012 - 08:56 AM, said:

This would be for your revised budget. I strongly recommend installing Windows from a Flash Drive (USB) and dropping the optical drive. That should put you directly at the 450 mark.

Otherwise, let the others fix it. I did my best.

Change the power supply to the XFX 450W, not much more to do than that.

[NeoG4m3r]

At the moment I'm stuck with BKrenz's because it's not too expensive and looks pretty decent. I guess any build's better then my £100 HP mini netbook.  

[NeoG4m3r]

As I said, I don't know much about computers, so is this a good gaming pc? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ny3p
I found it on some other thread and I was wondering if it was good.

[Mhyles]

SuperC2414, on 12 November 2012 - 10:42 PM, said:

That build is really crappy.

LOLOLOLO. Look at yours, then look at his. FAR better than yours. Please, if you don't know what your talking about, don't talk or give advice on a subject you know little about.

NeoG4m3r, on 13 November 2012 - 04:46 PM, said:

As I said, I don't know much about computers, so is this a good gaming pc? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ny3p
I found it on some other thread and I was wondering if it was good.

Yup, it's decent, but a AMD CPU would be better. Something like this: http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/n59g

It's under your budget, and you can add peripherals if you like.

[NeoG4m3r]

This is my finished list http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/nAWG
Does anyone have any ideas of things to change before I go buy this? (I have £28 left)

[jppk1]

NeoG4m3r, on 13 November 2012 - 07:29 PM, said:

This is my finished list http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/nAWG
Does anyone have any ideas of things to change before I go buy this? (I have £28 left)

Get dual channel RAM(two 4GB RAM sticks), the non-R 2.0 version of the motherboard and get the XFX 450W: http://pcpartpicker....pply-p1450sx2b9