Building a PC for a friend

Hit Budget is £100, I have gone a little over which so far he's happy with.

Doesn't need a case as he will get it separately from the budget.

Everyone think this build is ok?

I was considering dropping to a 4GB 480 as he's only playing at 1080p but he does video rendering and Photoshop etc, so for those programs I would think 8gb will provide better performance.

Any other suggestions alterations.

He wont be getting it till next month maybe the month after so the stock levels aren't important atm.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro+ OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £249.95
• 1 x AOC G2460PF 24" 1920x1080 TN FREESYNC 144Hz 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red= £199.99
• 1 x 8Pack Approved - Intel Core i5 6400 @ 4.4GHz Overclocked Quad Core Gaming Bundle = £353.95
  • Memory:Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX426C15FBK2/8)
  • CPU Cooler:Alpenföhn Brocken 2 CPU Cooler
• 1 x EVGA Supernova P2 650W 80 Plus Platinum Modular Power Supply= £112.99
• 1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive= £61.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 750 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive= £65.99

The PSU is expensive, you only need 450-550W for the card, a gold rated PSU will be like £60-70-80

SSHD suck, just get a regular HDD as you've selected a proper SSD for the OS+games.

Switched to a 2TB hard drive and a 550 Watt EVGA PSU

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro+ OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £249.95
• 1 x AOC G2460PF 24" 1920x1080 TN FREESYNC 144Hz 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red= £199.99
• 1 x 8Pack Approved - Intel Core i5 6400 @ 4.4GHz Overclocked Quad Core Gaming Bundle = £353.95
  • Memory:Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX426C15FBK2/8)
  • CPU Cooler:Alpenföhn Brocken 2 CPU Cooler
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 750 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive= £65.99
• 1 x Seagate 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM001)= £62.99
• 1 x EVGA Supernova GS 550W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £77.99

No need for a motherboard? I think you might find including one rather practical

The 8Pack bundle comes with an Asus Z170-E. I thought it was missing briefly too!

Hehe =P

The bundle seams to be the best possible option to fit in the budget.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/supe...0-plus-gold-power-supply-black-ca-038-sf.html

That PSU is a wee bit cheaper as its now on offer.

The cooler is also 165mm tall, so check it fits in the case.

Thanks but hes not ordering until End of August so the deal will be over by then =P