Advice on new build.

[peppermintmoe]

Hey all,

I'm building a new pc in December time as my old pc has died. This will be my first own built pc, as my first one was premade (and very overpriced, as I later found out). Anyway, I just want some advice on this build. I am on a budget of around £800 put may be able to push a little bit higher. Any help would be much appreciated.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1X5Yd
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1X5Yd/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1X5Yd/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£141.59 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£129.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£46.96 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (£251.53 @ Dabs)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£48.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£65.99 @ Dabs)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£65.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £810.04
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-04 02:19 GMT+0000)

 

[Computerchap]

Alright, couple things. 1 if you're not overclocking, you can get a cheaper motherboard and not see really any difference. 750 watt is overkill, 600 should be fine. I would change to a better case as well. Also I would switch to corsair RAM( corsair fanboy) And the 770 is the same price with 3 free games. Here's the build with my changes http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1X6jz And it cost less. It comes with AC4 Splinter Cell Blacklist and Batman Origins.

 

[peppermintmoe]

The PSU was the thing I was most concerned about so that has helped. I will have a look at your edited build.

Thanks for your help.

 

[realchaos]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£112.21 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£95.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£251.72 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: BitFenix Shinobi ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 850W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£87.73 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer (£12.74 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£65.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £803.31
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-04 02:46 GMT+0000)

Allows for overclocking. You definitely want to overclock the FX processors as they were meant to be overclocked.
Can SLI in the future.

 

[Computerchap]

The PSU was the thing I was most concerned about so that has helped. I will have a look at your edited build.

Thanks for your help.

No problem, have fun with your build mate!