PC Build Specs?

[cooldude8530]

I'm building a gaming PC for myself for light gaming like city skylines or Formula 1 (Maybe Battlefield) and i was wondering if these parts would be OK/work together?
There is 3 lists.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/77Gamer/saved/

 

[Barty1884]

Just playing around with the components. The R7 is definitely going to be your bottleneck though. Using Battlefield as an example, you could probably expect Medium to High settings with a decent framerate from that build.

 

[Barty1884]

I'd recommend you spend a little bit more & look at this.
Better GPU, better PSU and dual-channel RAM.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£58.83 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£15.48 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£40.62 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£27.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial BX200 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£89.99 @ Novatech)
Case: BitFenix Neos Black/Silver ATX Mid Tower Case (£27.84 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£41.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £352.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-20 17:21 GMT+0000

For around the same price ,you could go for an i3 instead - dual core with HT (so 4 threads).
Stock cooler. Same, better GPU & PSU.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£85.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£30.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£27.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial BX200 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£89.99 @ Novatech)
Case: BitFenix Neos Black/Silver ATX Mid Tower Case (£27.84 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£41.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £354.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-20 17:22 GMT+0000

You can save (literally) a couple of quid on the case. You could downgrade the PSU, but a solid, quality PSU is a great investment.

 

[filippi]

this is my suggestion for your budget:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-4350 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI 760GMA-P34(FX) Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard (Purchased For £0.00)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£33.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 2GB OC Edition Video Card (£124.05 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £333.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-20 17:40 GMT+0000

PS. It seems you already bought this motherboard right?

 

[cooldude8530]

this is my suggestion for your budget:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-4350 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI 760GMA-P34(FX) Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard (Purchased For £0.00)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£33.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 2GB OC Edition Video Card (£124.05 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £333.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-20 17:40 GMT+0000

PS. It seems you already bought this motherboard right?

No i haven't bought anything as off yet.

 

[cooldude8530]

I'd recommend you spend a little bit more & look at this.
Better GPU, better PSU and dual-channel RAM.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£58.83 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£15.48 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£40.62 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£27.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial BX200 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£89.99 @ Novatech)
Case: BitFenix Neos Black/Silver ATX Mid Tower Case (£27.84 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£41.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £352.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-20 17:21 GMT+0000

For around the same price ,you could go for an i3 instead - dual core with HT (so 4 threads).
Stock cooler. Same, better GPU & PSU.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£85.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£30.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£27.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial BX200 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£89.99 @ Novatech)
Case: BitFenix Neos Black/Silver ATX Mid Tower Case (£27.84 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£41.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £354.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-20 17:22 GMT+0000

You can save (literally) a couple of quid on the case. You could downgrade the PSU, but a solid, quality PSU is a great investment.

Thanks, i am now thinking bout swapping some of the parts i looked at around and buying them.

 

[logainofhades]

Unless you already have an HDD, for storage, I do not recommend an SSD, for this small budget build. 240gb is not much storage, and game files can be huge.

 

[cooldude8530]

Unless you already have an HDD, for storage, I do not recommend an SSD, for this small budget build. 240gb is not much storage, and game files can be huge.

I d have an old laptop ssd (250G) and a 1TB external hard drive but that it.

 

[filippi]

this is my suggestion for your budget:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-4350 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI 760GMA-P34(FX) Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard (Purchased For £0.00)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£33.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 2GB OC Edition Video Card (£124.05 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £333.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-20 17:40 GMT+0000

PS. It seems you already bought this motherboard right?

No i haven't bought anything as off yet.

So this is my real suggestion 😀

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£85.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£30.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£33.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 2GB OC Edition Video Card (£124.05 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £370.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-20 19:05 GMT+0000


GTX950 is worth.

 

[logainofhades]

I agree on the i5/GTX 950 combo, but not on that Evga 430w psu. Those are not very good units. XFX 450 mentioned earlier is superior, in quality.

 

[cooldude8530]

Ive decided that im goning to go with the AMD A10 7850K Black Edition or a AMD A10 7700K Black Edition

 

[logainofhades]

Ive decided that im goning to go with the AMD A10 7850K Black Edition or a AMD A10 7700K Black Edition

That would be slower yet.

 

[cooldude8530]

Ive decided that im goning to go with the AMD A10 7850K Black Edition or a AMD A10 7700K Black Edition

That would be slower yet.

It ok for what i want it for and i will probably upgrade it in the future anyway

 

[logainofhades]

Ive decided that im goning to go with the AMD A10 7850K Black Edition or a AMD A10 7700K Black Edition

That would be slower yet.

It ok for what i want it for and i will probably upgrade it in the future anyway

The 860k, with the R7 250 is faster, for not a lot more. You won't be upgrading the CPU, just as an FYI. FM2+ is a dead platform, that will be replaced with AM4, when Zen and Bristol Ridge are released.

 

[cooldude8530]

Ive decided that im goning to go with the AMD A10 7850K Black Edition or a AMD A10 7700K Black Edition

That would be slower yet.

It ok for what i want it for and i will probably upgrade it in the future anyway

The 860k, with the R7 250 is faster, for not a lot more. You won't be upgrading the CPU, just as an FYI. FM2+ is a dead platform, that will be replaced with AM4, when Zen and Bristol Ridge are released.

Taking that into account i think i will go for that

 

[filippi]

Ive decided that im goning to go with the AMD A10 7850K Black Edition or a AMD A10 7700K Black Edition

AMD A10 7850K? Really? Ok. It is usually not worth but it is your money after all 😀

Here the best advice i could give you: FAST RAM! A lot of fast ram. This is key for gaming.

This is good enough:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£99.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£41.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (£69.19 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £211.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-20 20:03 GMT+0000

 

[cooldude8530]

AMD 7850
Fractal Design Define R4 Black Mid Tower Case
Crucial BX200 240GB 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive CT240BX200SSD1
XFX 450W Core Edition 80+ Bronze Wired Power Supply
HyperX FURY Series 8GB DDR3 1600MHz CL10 DIMM Memory Module - Black
Asus A88XM-A Motherboard / FM2+ Socket / micro-ATX AMD A88X SATA III D-Sub DVI HDMI USB 3.0
£294
I found this selection off of a few different websites, i was thinking i will use this as a start and then get something else by next year as now i only want to play some less demanding games.

 

[filippi]

AMD 7850
Fractal Design Define R4 Black Mid Tower Case
Crucial BX200 240GB 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive CT240BX200SSD1
XFX 450W Core Edition 80+ Bronze Wired Power Supply
HyperX FURY Series 8GB DDR3 1600MHz CL10 DIMM Memory Module - Black
Asus A88XM-A Motherboard / FM2+ Socket / micro-ATX AMD A88X SATA III D-Sub DVI HDMI USB 3.0
£294
I found this selection off of a few different websites, i was thinking i will use this as a start and then get something else by next year as now i only want to play some less demanding games.

http://www.corsair.com/pt-br/blog/2014/february/understanding-kaveri

You need plenty RAM for APU cause its RAM for both cpu and gpu.
16GB DDR3-2133/2400 is the sweet spot here.