Budget Rig - your thoughts?

NatalieS

NatalieS

NatalieS

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I'm building this machine for my boyfriends brother for christmas/birthday he's a gamer but not 'hardcore' we obviously want to get this a cheap as possible for the best spec. Just quickly (very, very quickly) threw this one together, what y'all think? Any critique or movement on price?


Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £173.99

Gainward GeForce GTX 660 Golden Sample 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99

MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £113.99

Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020063-UK) £65.99

NZXT H230 Classic Silent Midtower Case Black £59.99

Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £49.99

Sub Total : £511.61
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel (Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £104.32
Total : £625.93
 
CPU - ok, but get retail version for like £5 more
GPU - HD7950
MB - get that Gigabyte Z87 that comes with free cooler
PSU - Seasonic, Antec or XFX 500-550W
 
Looks like a decent pc, only things I would swap is:

Grab a AMD 270X instead, performs like a 7950.
Swap the PSU for a seasonic S12II
 
But you can clock a 7950 and be miles ahead.
Or get a 7870LE and overclock it.

a lot of the reviews of the 270X are against old and "stock" 7950's (Probably launch day results too)

Why would I recommended the 280X when it's higher in price? R280X is just a 7970, and a lesser deal.

7XXX come with games, a 7950 would come with 3, right now? An R270X comes with none.

The R270X is not worth it, you'd just get an even cheaper 7870 with 2 games.

This is why I hate rebrands.
 
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