Assistance required to lower price of build.

[symsus]

Hi all,

It has been a while since my first build and I have been out of the loop in regards to what's new. Currently a build I am putting my friend adds up to $1.8k AUD: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wbGBJx

Their budget is 1.6k including shipping. I was hoping that I'd be able to leave some overclocking capabilities for them to use in future but I am thinking that won't be possible. Shipping will be about $50-100.

These are the two sites I will be ordering from; prices and products available can be found here:
http://www.msy.com.au/Parts/PARTS.pdf
http://pccasegear.com/

I am looking for an insight from the community on how to make this build cheaper. Everything can change except the graphics card which is the g1 version. Thanks 🙂

 

[CTurbo]

I would lose the overclocking for sure. It's a waste of money anyway. And get a better psu too.

 

[symsus]

I would lose the overclocking for sure. It's a waste of money anyway. And get a better psu too.

Yeah will do, Psu in aus are expensive as everything else. Would you be able to find something else on the sites provided? I myself have a rm650 and it's doing fine for about a year and a half.

 

[CTurbo]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.00 @ Centre Com)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($92.00 @ IJK)
Storage: Crucial M550 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($95.00 @ Centre Com)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($72.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card ($479.00 @ Centre Com)
Case: BitFenix Shadow ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($99.00 @ PLE Computers)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($19.00 @ CPL Online)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($125.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $1468.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-11 15:00 EST+1000

 

[symsus]

Do you know any other decent power supply? The xfx ts is on backorder

 

[symsus]

nevermind, the 650w is only $20 more 🙂 alllg

 

[CTurbo]

This is a good one


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($98.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $98.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-11 15:32 EST+1000