New build, £510 max.

[Connor1259]

Hi guys,

Looking to spend around £515 on a new system. Currently, this is what I have in mind:

Motherboard
Asus M5A97 R2.0 Motherboard (AMD 970/SB950, 4x DDR3, S-ATA 600, ATX, PCI-Express 2.0, USB 3.0, USB BIOS Flashback, Windows 8 Ready, Socket AM3+) - Asus

Case
Zalman Z11 Plus Midi Tower Case (ATX, M-ATX, Supports Bottom PSU Installation and Aperture for Cable Management, Anti-Vibration Rubber Stand) - Zalman

OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 x64 English 1 Pack DSP OEI DVD LCP (PC)

Power supply
Corsair Builder Series CXM 600W Modular 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX/EPS PSU - Corsair

Hard drive
Seagate ST1000DX001 3.5 inch 1TB Hybrid Internal Solid State Drive

RAM
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz CL9 XMP Performance Desktop Memory Kit Black - Corsair

Processor
And either an Intel 4570k or AMD FX8320 Black Edition 8 Core (3.5/4.0GHz, 8MB Level 3 Cache, 8MB Level 2 Cache, Socket AM3+, 125W, Retail Boxed) - AMD

If anyone can thing of a different component, please notify me! Also, if people can tell me what kind of performance I'd be getting, I'd really appreciate it.

And lastly, I know you can get WIndows 8 installed from a USB drive, if somebody could link me one of those products id appreciate it.

Kind regards,

Connor

 

[HiTechObsessed]

What exactly is this setup going to be used for?

 

[Connor Wood]

What exactly is this setup going to be used for?

Gaming, mainly. I'm a student so im sure i'll find some other uses

 

[HiTechObsessed]

You know you don't have a graphics card listed, right?

 

[Connor Wood]

My bad:


Asus HD 7870 AMD Radeon DirectCU II Graphics Card

Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB GHz Edition Card

Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti Graphics Card (2GB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 3.0)

I really struggled with choosing a good graphics card, there is so much choice

 

[HiTechObsessed]

The 270x will get you High/Ultra at 1080p. How did you find all of that with an unlocked 4670k and OS for under 510 pounds?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£71.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£47.97 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.54 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£143.00 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case (£30.68 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£71.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £512.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-20 21:21 GMT+0000)

 

[Connor1259]

The 270x will get you High/Ultra at 1080p. How did you find all of that with an unlocked 4670k and OS for under 510 pounds?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£71.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£47.97 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.54 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£143.00 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case (£30.68 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£71.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £512.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-20 21:21 GMT+0000)

Thats a good question, I may have forgotten to factor in the cost of some components. Is the list above what you would recommend? What performance we looking at. Thanks, by the way

 

[HiTechObsessed]

No problem, I just had your list in the back of my head, and I was like how in the world is he fitting a CPU that costs double into this lol

But for this budget, this would be a great system. The 4300 and 270x would net you High/Ultra in most. The 4300, of course, is not as strong as the 8320/4670, but is based on the same chip as the 8320, just half the cores. It is still a quad-core CPU, though, and games are just now starting to take advantage of 4 threads.

 

[JustANewUser]

If you don't mind spending £40 more, get this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£47.48 @ Aria PC)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£61.85 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card (£128.71 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.95 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.35 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.72 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£71.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £543.03
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-21 01:05 GMT+0000)

G.Skill is better than Kingston in my opinion. And SeaSonic power supplies are better than XFX as well.

 

[HiTechObsessed]

XFX is the exact same as SeaSonic, as SeaSonic makes both. And RAM is RAM, there is no advantage to G.Skill over Kingston.

MSI doesn't cool their 970 boards properly, and the 270x is more powerful than the 270, has more overclocking headroom, and is binned higher, meaning it is *generally* a higher quality chip.

 

[sora]

XFX is the exact same as SeaSonic, as SeaSonic makes both. And RAM is RAM, there is no advantage to G.Skill over Kingston.

MSI doesn't cool their 970 boards properly, and the 270x is more powerful than the 270, has more overclocking headroom, and is binned higher, meaning it is *generally* a higher quality chip.

G. Skill is personally a more known brand for RAM though lol.

 

[AshyCFC]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£35.90 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Grey 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.54 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£143.00 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.96 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £507.28
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-21 07:21 GMT+0000)

My build suggestion and Hitech is right in his earlier posta bout the MSI boards and Seasonic/XFX for sure, G.skill vs Kingston? usually preference more than anything.