Building a gaming PC

[NCook1985]

Hi GuysI am wanting to build a gaming PC, but cannot afford the intel price tags for the high end I5 and I7's. I am thinking of an AMD system. I have around £400 to spend on a motherboard, CPU and RAM. I would like to build as high spec as i can for that money.

Thanks

Neal

 

[NCook1985]

I already have the HDD and a 750W PSU and already have a tower case, graphics card and Blu ray drive. For the moment the £400 is just for the motherboard, RAM and motherboard. I will upgrade the graphics card etc later on.

Neal

 

[vrumor]

You have plenty to go for an i5, motherboard and RAM rather than using AMD.

 

[NCook1985]

Its a Thermaltake TR2. Is that a good thing? :/

 

[NCook1985]

Damn it. Any answers then? Need Motherboard, PSU, RAM and CPU for max of £400.

 

[Gjttjg]

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£127.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£74.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£57.78 @ Aria PC)
Total: £284.76

my set up... leaves more for gpu. I have over clocked cpu to 4.6 runs stable and cool... play all games on ultra 60 fps plus at 1080p. Arma 3 50-60 fps and arma is a tough game.

I know intel has better per core performance and multi threading. But this option left me near 100 quid extra to put into a gpu which does most of the leg work in games.

If you want to spend more go for a better motherboard. But this one does me fine

 

[Gjttjg]

Plus I have a 650w psu by antec which cost me 50 English pounds.... still keeps you well within your 400 quid budget... just make sure the cpu cooler from cooler master fits your case it's pretty tall.... 159mm I think

 

[DeathRabit]

AMD £220 http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/zk7xjX * your PSU will be sufficient - is slower than i5-4460 by 10% but a lot cheaper
Edit Cheaper Ram
AMD £204 http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/j9BpVn

Cpu Performance Chart http://postimg.org/image/4vyf299cf/ Dark PINK OC
Source: http://www.overclock.net/t/1493307/relative-access-to-execution-throughput-comparison-chart

Gather more money and later buy GTX 970 http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvn970ixoc4gd

 

[NCook1985]

would this be a good buy?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DELL-XPS-8300-i7-2600-3-8GHz-8GB-1TB-HDMi-WiFi-COMPUTER-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-/261835370369?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cf69aaf81

Neal

 

[Gjttjg]

You could do better with b your money

 

[NCook1985]

What i mean is would it run latest games etc? I would replace the graphics card and upgrade the RAM etc, i mean is the CPU good?

 

[NCook1985]

What i mean is would it run latest games etc? I would replace the graphics card and upgrade the RAM etc, i mean is the CPU good?

 

[Gjttjg]

Well its 495 pounds.... you could build your own brand new better than that for less