Budget Gaming PC, £200

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Hello, I literally just made an account and I'm already starting to like the community so I though I might aswell post. I was curious as to if the Intel Xeon: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-Xeon-Quad-Core-X5355-2-66-8M-1333-step-code-SLAEG-Processor-CPU-/200803861486?pt=UK_Computing_CPUs_Processors&hash=item2ec0d7c3ee

is capable of running games like Rage, Fallout, Skyrim, Left 4 Dead, Command and Conquer etc.

There are two builds I'm un-sure about. I would like some advice on what to do. I'm completly oblivious to building PCs but i'm not afraid of upgrading them (I'm weird I know). Also, note that the PC NEEDS to have a HDMI output, since i'm using my TV.

The two PCs:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dual-Core-3Ghz-AMD-ATHLON-II-X2-250-8GB-80GB-6570-Desktop-PC-Gaming-Computer-/200839157718?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item2ec2f257d6

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-Dual-Xeon-6-0Ghz-64-Bit-Gaming-PC-NEW-1GB-GFX-4GB-RAM-Desktop-Tower-Computer-/140870583183?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item20cc8a838f

 

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Whoah, that last one for sure, you are not going to buy. DONT...

The first one there... Is atleast worth looking at.

You should ask your friends, to see if anyone might help you in building a coustom one, you could get a better deal that way.

About the Intel Xeon I dont know...

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If you end up building your own I definitely suggest an AMD A10 processor since it has integrated graphics that are half decent.

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If the graphics are integrated, the PC wouldn't really be future proof... Plus, What would you suggest as a build for £200?

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Do note that I'm new to PC and this is my first so... all I really know is the Basics. I appreciate the feed-back by the way.

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A 200$ pc wont get future proof, nor does it get games verry much, its rather a challange of how much pc you get for 200$

I will try to make a coustom build for under 200 =)

 

And I failed :P

 

I managed to get a computer for 281$~ (On a Swedish site). And I'm not sure I would recomend anyone buying it.

 

My recomendation, save up more cash, atleast 350$ Even thats not "gaming pc" in my mind, its a low en pc. That can do some games.

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This is what you could get if you build your own or have someone else put it together http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/nWha 11 pounds over budget but can't go lower.

Pretty damn descent for that price. Would run new games on toned down settings.

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you can crossfire with the amd integrated graphics. it's not like intel where ya got the cpu cores doing graphics work,  amd actually has a real gpu in their apu's

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xeon processors are for servers, and don't perform well in gaming....

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Your not counting shipping, but yeah its decent for that price, but I would not recomend getting it. Maybe for fun etc, but I say save more money.

 

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Hm. Thanks for the advice. What could I get for like £350 or so then?

 

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Um, what does "crossfire" mean?:s

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350 pounds would already give you a pretty nice computer http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/o2m7

The CPU is overclock friendly so you can get a better cooler afterwards to squeeze out a bit more speed from it.

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Wow, okay. Thank you. I'm going to save up and buy that then. Thanks a bunch!

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I put this together for £300, if you can get the money.

http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/o3px

And then later on buy another gfx card and put into crossfire with the intergrated graphics on the a10