£600 full build

[weefblad]

Hi a friend recommended this site with regards to help building a pc.

I've been playing games on a laptop but think its time for a desktop, so I need everything.


I play WoW D3 Heartstone and league of legends.

I'd like an SSD I already have a keyboard/mouse and will need an OS. I have a £600 budget.

Thanks in advance

 

[ShivP]

I guess you will need a monitor?


YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £129.95
1 x BenQ GL2450 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - White £39.95
Total : £649.32 (includes shipping : £13.75).



AMD:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
1 x BenQ GL2450 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £74.99
1 x Asus M5A97 R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £63.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - White £39.95
Total : £646.32 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 

[Doilus]

I think you can get windows 8 for free for 3 months. So that free's up some of your budget. Im not sure how you'd go about installing it on first install tho.

 

[martinoheat]

I think you can get windows 8 for free for 3 months. So that free's up some of your budget. Im not sure how you'd go about installing it on first install tho.

i've also heard that windows 9 might be free on release, so if you install windows 8, then windows 9 might be out within the 90 day windows 8 period, and you can just upgrade, so free OS!
- that is, if the rumours are true.

 

[martinoheat]

and if you can get away with saving £75 on the OS, then you could put the extra money towards a better CPU - maybe intel? - for which you'd also need an motherboard for intel CPUs.

Do you know the component market at all, to know what's decent or not?

Also, have you built a PC before?

 

[weefblad]

no I've never built a computer before but friends have and I've been told overclockers will build it for a fee which is cool.

 

[weefblad]

BUMP looking to buying this week so any advice on what I should get will be greatly appreciated

 

[ShivP]

Will you need a monitor?

 

[weefblad]

yes a monitor. And an SSD if its doable with £600

 

[weefblad]

bump looking to purchase soon any input is greatly appreciated

 

[deano-5]

You could connect the PC to a TV

 

[Danny75]

YOUR BASKET
1 x LG 22MP55HQ-P 22" LED IPS HDMI Monitor £101.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4150 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 750 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N750-1GD5/OC) £77.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £74.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Gold (HX18C9BGK2/8-OC) **I52 PROMO** £59.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR) £39.95
1 x MSI H81M-E33 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £34.99
1 x Aerocool V2X Black Edition Midi-Tower - Black £19.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £605.35 (includes shipping : £13.75).




You have the SSD and can add a larger mechanical drive for extra storage later on if needed. And upgrade GPU to a GTX 760 or similar when you save up a bit more*.

* You may even wish to buy a second-hand GPU for the same money to begin with, that'll give you better performance. OcUK can still build it for you without a GPU, and then you can add one fairly easily. Bear in mind the PSU depending on the GPU, though.

Don't think Windows 9 will be free except for owners of Windows 7 or 8 licences?

If you want OcUK to build it for you, you need to open a thread in the Customer Service forum.

 

[DaleTheWhale]

i've also heard that windows 9 might be free on release, so if you install windows 8, then windows 9 might be out within the 90 day windows 8 period, and you can just upgrade, so free OS!
- that is, if the rumours are true.

Won't be out this year and definitely won't be free.