Best Budget PC mid 2016

Found this standard post:
http://www.pcgamer.com/pc-build-guide-budget-gaming-pc/

This is a little pricey. But found this suggestion in the comments:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/zw8Yr7

Much cheaper! Don't need the graphics card straight away. Will upgrade this later!

New Budget PC - Late 2015

Found this article on PCgamer.com for a budget PC:
Component type Recommended component Price
Processor Intel Core i3-6100
$125 (£107)
Motherboard AsRock Z170M Pro4S
$100 (£78)
Memory Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 (8GB)
$60 (£45)
Graphics card AMD Radeon R9 380 4GB
$195 (£183)
Power supply EVGA 500W 80PLUS Certified ATX12V/EPS12V
$40 (£41)
Primary storage Crucial BX100 250GB
$80 (£63)
Secondary storage Western Digital Blue HDD (1TB)
$52 (£40)
CPU cooler Arctic Alpine 11 Pro Rev. 2
$15 (£8)
Disc drive None $0 (£0)
Cases Cooler Master N200 (see below for more) $50 (£42)
$717 (£607)

This is a little out of the 'budget' price range. I remember that the previous article was a Pentium g3258 at a

much cheaper price. Found this from a recommended proper budget build:
CPU
$59.99Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core

MOTHERBOARD
$28.99MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150

MEMORY
$36.29Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866


STORAGE
$62.22Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" SSD


CASE
$79.98NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower


POWER SUPPLY
$0.00SeaSonic 620W ATX12V / EPS12V
$272.47


This is sooo much cheaper!! Just need a graphics card. He recommends a 380/380x, or 960. We'll see. Think I might just go for what I got last year: R9 270. Budget card of choice seems to be $106.98Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB WINDFORCE
Also adding a Cooler from top as will be overclocking

Bought. Here's what I got:
1 x Intel Pentium Dual Core G3258 3.2GHz Socket 1150 3MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor £45.82
1 x MSI H81M-P33 Socket 1150 VGA DVI 8 Channel Audio mATX Motherboard £25.82
1 x HyperX 8GB 1866MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM Fury Series Blue £26.65
1 x Ace Black 120mm Fan 700W Fully Wired Efficient Power Supply £14.99
1 x Gigabyte GTX 750 Ti 2GB GDDR5 Dual Link DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card £72.49
1 x Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO 3 Heatpipes/1x92mm Fan CPU Air Cooler £16.24

Total: £242.43

Going to yoink an old case from who knows where, saved about £15.00

Saved money on PSU and case. He used stock cooler, I don't trust in them, especially when overclocking!

Building a budget gaming machine Jan 2013 for less then £250

So, what with all the Christmas money (about £250), thought it best spent on a nice gaming machine. Where to start? Research:

• AMD or Intel?
• AMD is the cheap option, Intel the expensive. So, as it's a budget PC then AMD is first choice. If I had more money I'd go Intel.
• AMD just released FM2 socket A series, with APU (on chip graphics). After reading a few reviews this seemed the obvious choice.
• Go with cheap A4 chip or expensive A8 chip?
• basically I could buy a cheap A4 chip with good motherboard and good RAM or
• expensive A8 chip with cheap motherboard and cheap RAM
• I choose expensive chip. The only real benifit of an expensive motherboard is an extra 2 slots for RAM. But I think I'll only need a max of 32GB RAM for the near future.
• Chipset - A75 or A85X?
• I think the A85X is newer, but I like the fact that the A75 is cheaper and also has USB 3 native controller to make it more future proof
• both have SATA III support for fast SSD action
• graphics card or APU?
• after reading this nice review from Anandtech I wanted to go for the higher priced A8 chip, and when I get more cash, get a graphics card which uses crossfire.
• SSD or HDD?
• HDD are cheap and BIG! £40 for 1TB!
• I can't believe the price of an SSD (about £40 for 64GB). I can always plug an external one in for more storage, which isn't a priority. I want SPEED!
• Also SATA III is a must!
• 2 sticks of 4GB RAM, or 1 stick of 8GB?
• reading up on it, because the new motherboards support "Dual Channel" RAM thought it best to get two. Apparently works out at 1/3 quicker.
• Windows 7 or Windows 8?
• Windows 8 is the future. Also reviews say it's a little quicker.

So after scouting about in ebuyer.com I found:

£20 - Micro ATX case with 500W PSU

£75 - AMD A8 5600K 3.6GHz Socket FM2 Processor

£40 - Biostar HiFi A75S3 Socket FM2 motherboard

£40 - SanDisk 64GB Pulse SSD SATA III

£35 - 2 x 4GB DDR3 1866MHz RAM

£12 - Liteon DVD RW Drive SATA

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£222 - total!!!

So, when I get more money I can always:

1. Buy AMD 6670 graphics card
1. cheapest at the moment is £52
2. replace 8GB (2 x 4GB) with 32GB (2 x 16GB)
1. cheapest at the moment is £185!
3. Buy an AMD A10 5800K processor
1. currently £94

And these will be cheaper in the future.

I predict without the upgrades it'll last me 2 to 3 years (£220 / 3 = £73 per year), with the upgrades it'll last up to 5 years (hard to say what things will cost in 3 years time).

Just putting it together at the moment, will send some pictures and do some benchmark testing for games!

If anyone has any other recommendations, or perhaps what I should have done with the £250 then comment below.