Budget Build

[Rixis]

Evening, I'm after a budget (budget budget) build for a friend at works kid. Unfortunately, they want cheap, and that would be fine, but as it's for a kid (12 year old maybe) he wants games, the two don't work hand in hand so well. I've thrown this together modifying the setup of the month and checking about, but even this is a little higher on their price side. I could probably get away with this, or cheaper, but not more expensive, anyone have any thoughts or problems with the build. Know how well it will run what kind of games etc

I don't have reference for what games he wants to play unfortunately, just that he wants a desktop. (yes, people are not helpful at knowing what they want, they just ask vague questions with vague directions/limits >.>)

The Build (is a full build, needs everything, i'll be getting a windows key seperate, so no need to add one):
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£78.69 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£57.38 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£35.34 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.50 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card (£95.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£34.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.49 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.00 @ CCL Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£10.37 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: BenQ GW2265HM 60Hz 21.5" Monitor (£97.99 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Logitech K120 - UK Layout Wired Standard Keyboard (£10.57 @ Ebuyer)
Mouse: Cooler Master CM Storm Xornet Wired Optical Mouse (£20.74 @ Dabs)
Speakers: Creative Labs Inspire T10 10W 2ch Speakers (£29.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £558.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-14 18:17 BST+0100

[Evildeffy]

Evening, I'm after a budget (budget budget) build for a friend at works kid. Unfortunately, they want cheap, and that would be fine, but as it's for a kid (12 year old maybe) he wants games, the two don't work hand in hand so well. I've thrown this together modifying the setup of the month and checking about, but even this is a little higher on their price side. I could probably get away with this, or cheaper, but not more expensive, anyone have any thoughts or problems with the build. Know how well it will run what kind of games etc

I don't have reference for what games he wants to play unfortunately, just that he wants a desktop. (yes, people are not helpful at knowing what they want, they just ask vague questions with vague directions/limits >.>)

The Build (is a full build, needs everything, i'll be getting a windows key seperate, so no need to add one):
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£78.69 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£57.38 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£35.34 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.50 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card (£95.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£34.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.49 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.00 @ CCL Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£10.37 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: BenQ GW2265HM 60Hz 21.5" Monitor (£97.99 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Logitech K120 - UK Layout Wired Standard Keyboard (£10.57 @ Ebuyer)
Mouse: Cooler Master CM Storm Xornet Wired Optical Mouse (£20.74 @ Dabs)
Speakers: Creative Labs Inspire T10 10W 2ch Speakers (£29.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £558.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-14 18:17 BST+0100

Honestly looks fine to me.. but WiFi though?

He would be able to play most games on high (FullHD) with that build barring the GFX as that's a weaker card.
If it requires to be "budget to the max" why not look into 2nd hand kits?

Granted it's not new but it'll allow you to cut prices on components at least (not so much for peripherals).

[Rixis]

Kids don't get the luxury of having their PC wired into the router

[Kagthul]

Id replace the GPU with a GTX 750Ti.. Looking at PCPartpicker, its the same price but is significantly faster (about 20-30%).

If you can stretch the budget a little, the GTX 950 is only about 30 pound more expensive, and WAY faster.

[Deleted]

Don't get an R7 series gpu, go at least R9 or even better a gtx 750ti as a minimum. Here's a mini build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£88.59 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£83.33 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£33.90 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.50 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card (£97.88 @ More Computers)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case (£33.74 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.46 @ More Computers)
Monitor: Asus VE247H 23.6" Monitor (£107.99 @ Aria PC)
Keyboard: Microsoft Desktop 400 Wired Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£26.75 @ Amazon UK)
Speakers: Logitech Z323 30W 2.1ch Speakers (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £571.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-15 06:50 BST+0100