How can i lower the price of my build by about £30?

[xero99]

I need to lower the price by about £30 but want to keep the Graphics card as it comes with BF4 and some free earphones and also want to keep the processor... any advise? Btw i'm getting a second hand case from my brother. Thanks
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2li9v

 

[wanderer11]

Get an FX-8320 instead. It can overclock to the same speed at the 8350.

 

[xero99]

So at 4GHz it performs exactly the same?

 

[rvilkman]

Go down to FX8320, you can easily clock it to the same clocks as the FX 8350. And it is in practice the same CPU.

 

[xero99]

Is my motherboard good enough though?

 

[ps3hacker12]

Best I could do to lower the price:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£109.98 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£50.50 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Avexir MPOWER Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£53.90 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.97 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£144.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£55.98 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Gigabyte GK-K6800 Wired Standard Keyboard (£9.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Mouse: Cooler Master SGM-2001-BLON1 Wired Optical Mouse (£15.14 @ CCL Computers)
Other: BenQ GL2450HM 24 inch Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor (£117.59)
Other: Windows 8 (£70.57)
Total: £692.07
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-16 18:45 GMT+0000)

 

[rvilkman]

Yes, you can check OC board support from here:
http://www.overclock.net/t/946407/amd-motherboards-vrm-info-database

You board is listed as being ok for it.

 

[geofelt]

You can use the supplied cpu cooler. It will become noisy under load, but still do the job.
A R9-270 needs only 450w. perhaps there is a corsair 500w unit that will do the job for you.

For a balanced gamer, budget 2x the cpu cost for the graphics card.
I think a FX-6300 would do equally well for you and cost you less.
Few games can use more than 2-3 cores. Even a i3-4130 might be better.

 

[xero99]

Thanks, however i want to use the PC for a bit of photo/video editing as well, hence why the CPU and GPU are about the same price. The GPU is an R9 270x (higher clock rates than R9 270) so uses a little bit more pwer)

 

[rvilkman]

XFX Core Pro 550W is my usual go to. It's a really good quality unit at a reasonable price.

 

[xero99]

Cool, the 550W PSU would drop the price by £7 which will help, but is that definitely enough for a 125W CPU and 180W Graphics card?

 

[rvilkman]

Yes, it will easily run that PC overclocked or not.