Opinions on my £750?

[Josh Ford]

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/HpxFYJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/HpxFYJ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£99.54 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.19 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£65.40 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£63.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (£207.59 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.87 @ Scan.co.uk)
Monitor: BenQ GL2450HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (£113.99 @ Amazon UK)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DGX 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card (£23.59 @ Aria PC)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN3200 802.11a/b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£12.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Aerocool Shark 82.6 CFM 120mm Fan (£8.52 @ CCL Computers)
Keyboard: Zalman ZM-K500 Wired Mini Keyboard (£30.60 @ Scan.co.uk)
Mouse: Cobra cobra II Wired Optical Mouse (£11.50 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £760.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-04 22:48 BST+0100

 

[MasterDell]

What will you be using the system for? Gaming/video editing? Word docs/gaming? I reccomend you get a better PSU.. Preferably from Antec, Seasonic or XFX. Or an EVGA B2/G2/P2. Other than that it looks amazing to me

 

[byza]

Do you already have a case?

 

[Outlander_04]

No case in the build?

I would drop the sound card . The mb has sound that is just as good anyway

 

[Josh Ford]

Forgot to add a case haha.

I am dropping the sound card, downgrading the CPU and compensating for a GTX 970.

 

[Outlander_04]

The silverstone psu is one I have used a few times . Well mostly the 400 and 500 watt versions . They are good enough quality , and quiet

 

[byza]

Here is a build for 750. If you can stretch up to 800 you can get a GTX 780 w/ a 650w PSU.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£99.54 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.19 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£65.40 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£63.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.85 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£198.92 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.75 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.36 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: BenQ GL2450HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (£113.99 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£9.79 @ CCL Computers)
Keyboard: Zalman ZM-K500 Wired Mini Keyboard (£30.60 @ Scan.co.uk)
Mouse: Cobra cobra II Wired Optical Mouse (£11.50 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £746.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-04 23:37 BST+0100

 

[Josh Ford]

Here is a build for 750. If you can stretch up to 800 you can get a GTX 780 w/ a 650w PSU.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£99.54 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.19 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£65.40 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£63.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.85 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£198.92 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.75 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.36 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: BenQ GL2450HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (£113.99 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£9.79 @ CCL Computers)
Keyboard: Zalman ZM-K500 Wired Mini Keyboard (£30.60 @ Scan.co.uk)
Mouse: Cobra cobra II Wired Optical Mouse (£11.50 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £746.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-04 23:37 BST+0100

That's a fantastice build thank you. I may go for the 770, depending on somethings, but I probably will go for this build, keeping this thread open for a little while longer and then I'll give the solution.

 

[Josh Ford]

Here it is:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/ZQZLbv

 

[Outlander_04]

The recommended minimum wattage for a GTX 770 is a little higher than the 550 watt psu

Swap back the silverstone and you would be good to go

 

[Josh Ford]

The recommended minimum wattage for a GTX 770 is a little higher than the 550 watt psu

Swap back the silverstone and you would be good to go

PcPartPicker says otherwise.

I had to because of the Fixed PCI-E Connectors.

 

[byza]

Don't skimp on the PSU. The 600w B1 EVGA is made by HEC, it's alright for budget systems but if you want to overclock you should get something better. XFX are made by SeaSonic, they are great value PSUs. I'd also stick with the Gigabyte UD3P over the Extreme3 as it has a better power phase design.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/CFTWK8

 

[Josh Ford]

Don't skimp on the PSU. The 600w B1 EVGA is made by HEC, it's alright for budget systems but if you want to overclock you should get something better. XFX are made by SeaSonic, they are great value PSUs. I'd also stick with the Gigabyte UD3P over the Extreme3 as it has a better power phase design.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/CFTWK8

My final build, thoughts?

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/ProMiner98/saved/2fwmP6

 

[MasterDell]

You need to get a better PSU. A bad PSU could reck your whole system. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1650xxxb9

Cheapest PSU on pc part picker that is actually of good quality and appropriate wattage
If this was my build I would toss the ssd then get an i5, and a better PSU.or I would just get a 970 and a better PSU if the budget let me

 

[byza]

I agree with MasterDell. For 850 pounds you should get an i5. It's easy to add an SSD later, much more expensive and difficult to upgrade the CPU. Personally I'd probably go for the non-OC build. Make sure you install the OS on a separate partition to everything else. This will make it easy to migrate to an SSD when the time comes and it's also a good idea because you can easily do a fresh install of Windows without interfering with the rest of your programs in the case that it somehow gets corrupted.

If you want to OC i'd get this.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/V3THnQ
If you don't than i'd get this
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/DyCyLk