£150 cpu, new motherboard and case needed!

[Johnny33]

Hi all,

Could someone provide me the best cpu that £150 can buy (loose budget, could go up a bit but not too much).

Also, I need a motherboard that can support the cpu provided plus:
GeForce GTX 660 Twin Frozr
Corsair CX 600
Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB
Not sure if I need to tell you anymore parts (don't know too much about pc hardware).

 

[Danbuscus25]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Danbuscus250/saved/4vN8
CPU AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core £76.79
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 ATX AM3+ £74.66
Total: £151.45

this is assuming the case isnt in the 150 pound budget 😛

 

[targetdan]

Clicky

This i5 would be the best £150 cpu, if that is indeed what you meant and you dont need a case and mobo for that price too.

Dan

 

[Danbuscus25]

yeah, if the 150 pounds is for the cpu only get the i5 4670k

 

[Johnny33]

Clicky

This i5 would be the best £150 cpu, if that is indeed what you meant and you dont need a case and mobo for that price too.

Dan

Could you tell me a decent MOBO that will go with the i5 and the parts listed in the original question?

Thanks,

Johnny

 

[Johnny33]

yeah, if the 150 pounds is for the cpu only get the i5 4670k

Could you tell me a decent MOBO that will go with the i5 and the parts listed in the original question?

Thanks,

Johnny

 

[targetdan]

Need to know your case size really, or are you buying that too?

Anyhow assuming you have a mid-tower that supports ATX or mATX boards then here are some options:

mATX:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H87M-PRO Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£85.88 @ Dabs)
Total: £241.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-28 20:43 BST+0100)

ATX:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£77.42 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £233.41
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-28 20:44 BST+0100)


Most mid-tower cases will support both sizes of motherboards.

I recommended ASUS boards purely because that is my preference. Gigabyte and ASRock have a good rep too

Dan

 

[Danbuscus25]

i dont know your budget, but if you dont plan on sli or heavy overclocking, http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z87pro4 will be fine 😀

 

[Johnny33]

Need to know your case size really, or are you buying that too?

Anyhow assuming you have a mid-tower that supports ATX or mATX boards then here are some options:

mATX:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H87M-PRO Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£85.88 @ Dabs)
Total: £241.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-28 20:43 BST+0100)

ATX:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£77.42 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £233.41
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-28 20:44 BST+0100)


Most mid-tower cases will support both sizes of motherboards.

I recommended ASUS boards purely because that is my preference. Gigabyte and ASRock have a good rep too

Dan

Thanks for that information man, could you link me a cheap case that will get the job done?

 

[targetdan]

Need to know your case size really, or are you buying that too?

Anyhow assuming you have a mid-tower that supports ATX or mATX boards then here are some options:

mATX:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H87M-PRO Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£85.88 @ Dabs)
Total: £241.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-28 20:43 BST+0100)

ATX:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£77.42 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £233.41
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-28 20:44 BST+0100)


Most mid-tower cases will support both sizes of motherboards.

I recommended ASUS boards purely because that is my preference. Gigabyte and ASRock have a good rep too

Dan

Thanks for that information man, could you link me a cheap case that will get the job done?

Sure, there are loads but this one is good

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£151.14 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£77.42 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.90 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £274.46
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-28 22:01 BST+0100)

I take it you dont need anything else? optical drive, storage etc?

 

[Danbuscus25]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/bitfenix-case-bfccom100wwxs1rp if you dont want white then

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/thermaltake-case-ca1b200m1nn00

 

[Johnny33]

Need to know your case size really, or are you buying that too?

Anyhow assuming you have a mid-tower that supports ATX or mATX boards then here are some options:

mATX:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H87M-PRO Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£85.88 @ Dabs)
Total: £241.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-28 20:43 BST+0100)

ATX:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£77.42 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £233.41
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-28 20:44 BST+0100)


Most mid-tower cases will support both sizes of motherboards.

I recommended ASUS boards purely because that is my preference. Gigabyte and ASRock have a good rep too

Dan

Thanks for that information man, could you link me a cheap case that will get the job done?

Sure, there are loads but this one is good

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£151.14 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£77.42 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.90 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £274.46
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-28 22:01 BST+0100)

I take it you dont need anything else? optical drive, storage etc?

No, I believe that's it. However, if I do come into any problems could I possibly send a private?

Thanks again,

Johnny!

 

[targetdan]

Yeah feel free

 

[RazerZ]

Need to know your case size really, or are you buying that too?

Anyhow assuming you have a mid-tower that supports ATX or mATX boards then here are some options:

mATX:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H87M-PRO Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£85.88 @ Dabs)
Total: £241.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-28 20:43 BST+0100)

ATX:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£77.42 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £233.41
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-28 20:44 BST+0100)


Most mid-tower cases will support both sizes of motherboards.

I recommended ASUS boards purely because that is my preference. Gigabyte and ASRock have a good rep too

Dan

Thanks for that information man, could you link me a cheap case that will get the job done?

Sure, there are loads but this one is good

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£151.14 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£77.42 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.90 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £274.46
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-28 22:01 BST+0100)

I take it you dont need anything else? optical drive, storage etc?

Don't bother getting a 4670k with a H87 motherboard. Either get a Z87 mobo or get the locked version of the i5 with the H87.

 

[targetdan]

Don't bother getting a 4670k with a H87 motherboard. Either get a Z87 mobo or get the locked version of the i5 with the H87.

There is very little difference in price with the 4670k and the 4670 so I would stick with the k-series.

It then depends if you will ever want to overclock - if so get a Z series board for slightly more.

All depends what you want to do with it?

 

[Danbuscus25]

yeah, or a xeon E3-1230 v3 if you have ~190 pounds, its a i7 4770 without the graphics.

 

[RazerZ]

OP Go with this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£125.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£58.56 @ Dabs)
Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.04 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £215.59
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-28 23:46 BST+0100)

 

[sora]

Clicky

This i5 would be the best £150 cpu, if that is indeed what you meant and you dont need a case and mobo for that price too.

Dan

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/bitfenix-case-bfccom100wwxs1rp if you dont want white then

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/thermaltake-case-ca1b200m1nn00

I'd personally choose the Thermaltake case or the Corsair 200R case.