Thoughts on this £500 build?

[lilpopjim]

Hi!

I've been approached by one of my friends dads to build his younger son an entry level build which includes screen, mouse keyboards and everything in-between.

Main usage will be light gaming, mine craft, Teamfortress 2 and other similar light games.

I want to incorporate some hardware that will prolong the life of the machine and offers him upgradability for the future. Like a beefed PSU, and a stronger GPU for example

He also wants a duel screen setup, but i'd rather go with 1 big screen for now an buy a second later on in the coming months. Also wants a 2TB drive but a 1TB is £20 cheaper because i'm over budget as of now.

OS £70.44 Win 7 64bit Home Premium
CASE £65.76 Zalman -ms800 Plus
MOBO £50.36 Gigabyte GA 970a
RAM £34.08 Corsair DDR3 1333Mhz
CPU £75.58 AMD FX 4300
GPU £63.32 XFX AMD HD 7750
PSU £47.40 Corsair CX500
HDD £61.07 WD WD20EZRX 2TB
D/DRIVE ......... .........

PERIPHERALS
MOUSE
KEYBOARD

Duel Screens
1 £75.83 Asus VS207 19"
2 £75.83 Asus VS207 19"

Single Screen
1 £93.89 PACKARD BELL 24"

Total £619
Total w/ 1 screen £561.90
Total w/ 1tb drive &^ £546.55

What are your thoughts on this? How could i make it a cheaper to fit within the budget (keeping in mind haven't got mouse or keyboard in there as well)

Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance!


EDIT - As with anything he'll be walking towards more demanding games in the future

 

[markaflias]

Cheaper case and getting windows 7 jack sparrow

 

[lilpopjim]

He wanted a cool looking case, i'll change it though i think. What do you mean Windows 7 Jack Sparrow.. I'm 99.9% sure of what you're pointing at though..

 

[MurrayA]

Hi!

I've been approached by one of my friends dads to build his younger son an entry level build which includes screen, mouse keyboards and everything in-between.

Main usage will be light gaming, mine craft, Teamfortress 2 and other similar light games.

I want to incorporate some hardware prolongs the life of the machine and offers him upgradability for the future.

He also wants a duel screen setup, but i'd rather go with 1 big screen for now an buy a second later on in the coming months. Also wants a 2TB drive but a 1TB is £20 cheaper because i'm over budget as of now.

OS £70.44 Win 7 64bit Home Premium
CASE £65.76 Zalman -ms800 Plus
MOBO £50.36 Gigabyte GA 970a
RAM £34.08 Corsair DDR3 1333Mhz
CPU £75.58 AMD FX 4300
GPU £63.32 XFX AMD HD 7750
PSU £47.40 Corsair CX500
HDD £61.07 WD WD20EZRX 2TB
D/DRIVE ......... .........

PERIPHERALS
MOUSE
KEYBOARD

Duel Screens
1 £75.83 Asus VS207 19"
2 £75.83 Asus VS207 19"

Single Screen
1 £93.89 PACKARD BELL 24"

Total £619
Total w/ 1 screen £561.90
Total w/ 1tb drive &^ £546.55

What are your thoughts on this? How could i make it a cheaper to fit within the budget (keeping in mind haven't got mouse or keyboard in there as well)

Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance!

That would be fine, but to stick to budget, look into some of the AMD APU's, they would be ideal for minecraft and tf2 and you can go for a cheaper GPU

 

[markaflias]

You thinking right 😀

 

[lilpopjim]

Hahahah, i knew it! Pretty clever there Marka!

@Murrya - I saw on youtube that AMD's new APU's are pretty fast comparing to a entry GPU, i'll consider that. But i'd rather go with a dedicated, can most probably go cheaper though!

Thanks so far guys!

 

[Scremin34Egl]

He wanted a cool looking case, i'll change it though i think. What do you mean Windows 7 Jack Sparrow.. I'm 99.9% sure of what you're pointing at though..

He was referring to this, here's a link from where to download it 😀
http://

 

[lilpopjim]

Okay so i got it down to 520, different case saved £30 but still looks good.

Going for an AMD A10 7700K APU is an option, the R7 GPU is pretty impressive from what this site is saying http://www.overclockers.com/amd-a107850k-kaveri-apu-review/

It only saves me £26, for the performance hit taking this rather than a 7750, i don't know if it's worth it, but definitely an option.

And hurray for the best pirate theme!!