gaming pc spec me out please

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Been out of the pc gaming since just after sli came out and my son wants to get back into it and ditch his Xbox. He has £300 and wants me to build a pc that will play battlefield 4 and skyrym online. I know I'm going to have to stump up the rest but would like to know what price I'm looking at. Spec for just hardware without os and monitor. looking forward to ur advice and getting stuck into an exciting build. Thanks
 
 
 
If my previous one was too expensive then this one will get him gaming with some room for upgrade-ability in the future (another stick of the same RAM will bring him to 8GB *note, it has to be 1866MHz RAM as the APU doesn't have any VRAM of it's own and slower RAM would hinder the performance*. Also a graphics card can be added to boost the performance of the APU, it has to be a certain AMD card and I'm not quite sure which cards these new Richland APUs support so I'll try and find out or you can ask another forum member.)
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-6800K Black Edition 4.10GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD680KWOHLBOX) £119.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) HDD £46.99
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x Patriot Viper 3 "Venom Red" 4GB DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Single Module (P34G189UR) £37.99
1 x Xigmatek Helios XTK231 Mini Tower Case - Black £25.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x BitFenix Spectre Plain BLACK 120mm Fan £5.99
Total : £357.53 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
PHazlington said:
If my previous one was too expensive then this one will get him gaming with some room for upgrade-ability in the future (another stick of the same RAM will bring him to 8GB *note, it has to be 1866MHz RAM as the APU doesn't have any VRAM of it's own and slower RAM would hinder the performance*. Also a graphics card can be added to boost the performance of the APU, it has to be a certain AMD card and I'm not quite sure which cards these new Richland APUs support so I'll try and find out or you can ask another forum member.)
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-6800K Black Edition 4.10GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD680KWOHLBOX) £119.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) HDD £46.99
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x Patriot Viper 3 "Venom Red" 4GB DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Single Module (P34G189UR) £37.99
1 x Xigmatek Helios XTK231 Mini Tower Case - Black £25.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x BitFenix Spectre Plain BLACK 120mm Fan £5.99
Total : £357.53 (includes shipping : £10.50).

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You could spec a 5800K which is £20 less and includes a free game?

Then spend the money on better bits such as the RAM or board?
 
I'd stick with the 6800k as it has better gaming performance than the 5800k (only by a little bit but still). The RAM is good anyways (granted, it's only one stick but hey) and the motherboard is not massively important (although this one will be pretty basic, it should still be reliable).
 
 
Idleman said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G186C9K) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Thermalright Macho 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £421.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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Yes idle,

Though you could just put this in and save £10

(i don't see cable management being a huge issue)

: YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
Total : £50.45 (includes shipping : £8.75).

 
PHazlington said:
I'd stick with the 6800k as it has better gaming performance than the 5800k (only by a little bit but still). The RAM is good anyways (granted, it's only one stick but hey) and the motherboard is not massively important (although this one will be pretty basic, it should still be reliable).
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I have four APU's here (5600K, 6700, 5800K and 6800K)

To be honest Ive had issues with the Richlands working as i want them to with fast RAM, the Trinity's seem to have no such problem.


I would go for the 5800K and bag the free game (maybe sell it too?) and use the £20 saving also on a board that can overclock.

The APU's gfx ability also performs better on a dual channel RAM kit than a single one.
 
Idleman said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G186C9K) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Thermalright Macho 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £421.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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Doomedspeed said:
Yes idle,

Though you could just put this in and save £10

(i don't see cable management being a huge issue)

: YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
Total : £50.45 (includes shipping : £8.75).

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Also, (i missed this first time), you can get FASTER RAM by the same Maker, for the same price..

YOUR BASKET
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £65.99
Total : £74.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).

 
stulid said:
http://www.thermalright.com/html/products/cpu_cooler/macho120.html?panel=1

Look at the engineering drawing in the specs tab, the heatpipes look arranged with them slanting backwards so most of the heatsinks body is away from the socket just leaving the fan.

I think it will work.
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The offset fins shift the whole cooler away from the DIMM slots so there's no interaction between them at all, despite there being a chunky fan attached too.
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Might be all right then.

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc...oling/thermalright-macho-rev-a-1129878/review
 
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