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DR_Pingu

DR_Pingu

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My friend has been severely tempted to get a gaming PC, especially since I recently upgraded, but doesn't want to put in quite as much as I have.

I'm confident I'll be able to put it together without any issues after how well mine has (apparently) gone. The budget is just for a PC, the rest he'll get outside of the budget.

Also, he definitely earns enough to have a fluctuation on the budget, so if it pulls over by a bit - if it's worth it - he'll be happy to spend, although being his first gaming PC he doesn't want to go overboard! :)
 
I love the smell of a spec thread in the morning, smells like victory,

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £145.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £109.99
1 x MSI 970 Gaming AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £69.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2IR) - Red Light £59.99
1 x Zalman Z11 Plus HF1 Midi-Tower - Black / Red £49.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
Total : £599.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).




One problem is that the weekly deals change today, so there maybe something else this afternoon.
 
Dat case..

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Other than that, top build :D
 
stulid said:
I love the smell of a spec thread in the morning, smells like victory,

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £145.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £109.99
1 x MSI 970 Gaming AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £69.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2IR) - Red Light £59.99
1 x Zalman Z11 Plus HF1 Midi-Tower - Black / Red £49.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
Total : £599.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).




One problem is that the weekly deals change today, so there maybe something else this afternoon.
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Stu, would an Intel build be possible? Or at least containing an i5-4690k?
 
Dont like that case:(

Antec do a new case called the GX300,

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £145.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x MSI 970 Gaming AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £69.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2IR) - Red Light £59.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Antec GX300 Combat Ready Midi Tower Gaming Case £41.99
Total : £644.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).




DR_Pingu said:
Stu, would an Intel build be possible? Or at least containing an i5-4690k?
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No.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £145.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331104G-2CIR) - Red Light £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Antec GX300 Combat Ready Midi Tower Gaming Case £41.99
Total : £723.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).




Big money, even with the £22.50 cashback.
 
Well maybe something like this could work
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £145.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £62.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
Total : £614.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).



The Z97 board will take an unlocked i5 or i7 in the future and overclock so future upgrades sorted :)
and then the rest is pretty much the same as stulid's AMD one up there
Does assume Win8.1 is outside the budget though

Edit: or with OS and no SSD

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £145.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £62.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
Total : £642.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Free shipping - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18630207
 
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DR_Pingu said:
Stu, would an Intel build be possible? Or at least containing an i5-4690k?
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containing an i5-4690K but not an Intel build? That'd be interesting!!

I tried to make one, but it's much worse as you run out of budget for the graphics card, much worse machine in the end so I binned it :( can use lower spec CPU but it's just a slower machine in the end. I'd not even think about dropping the SSD personally. Then again, I'd also want to add a better cooler to the 8320 or 6300 builds, so can run it cool & quiet at a decent overclock.
 
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AMD for this budget for sure.

As you can overclock the CPU (add a bigger cooler).


There is a cheaper board you can use with the FX6300,

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £145.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2IR) - Red Light £59.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Antec GX300 Combat Ready Midi Tower Gaming Case £41.99
Total : £625.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Yeah thanks guys a *good few* recommendations here - I'll relay it to him, see what base components he wants (Yes/No to SSD sort of 'questions') or if he can stretch the budget to say £800, although I know he needs full peripherals (KB/Mouse/Mat/Headset + Monitor) so he's putting in a strong fund as is already... unless he's thinking of gaming on his 32" TV lol

*wrong way round originally :p*
 
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DR_Pingu said:
Yeah thanks guys a few good recommendations here - I'll relay it to him, see what base components he wants (Yes/No to SSD sort of 'questions') or if he can stretch the budget to say £800, although I know he needs full peripherals (KB/Mouse/Mat/Headset + Monitor) so he's putting in a strong fund as is already... unless he's thinking of gaming on his 32" TV lol
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Yeaah ideally he'd want a new monitor as gaming on TVs isn't the best experience ever
I think you could pick up a nice enough headset for ~£40, kb/mouse for £30 and monitor for £100
 
If he has the funds tell him to stop being a goon and spend what is required.

The difference an extra £220 would make..

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £145.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331104G-2CIR) - Red Light £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £44.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £814.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).




That is just a quick spec. You could probably get better with a bit of effort.
 
Halve the SSD on that build to free up another £40 or so and get an R9 290. Would potentially need a slightly better PSU though.
 
That 550W PSU will power a R9 290.

In fact Linus Tech Tips recent video,


At 4 mins in says a gaming now PC based on a FX6300 and a fast GFX card would be great.
 
That's good (potentially costly) information. Have that PSU sitting in my PC. Wonder if 290 prices will fall any further...
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel Core i5 DIY Micro ATX Motherboard, CPU & RAM Bundle £225.97
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Crucial MX100 128GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT128MX100SSD1) £54.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
Total : £657.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Cheapest i5 build i could find.

YOUR BASKET
1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infinity Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £299.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x MSI 970 Gaming AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £59.99
1 x Crucial MX100 128GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT128MX100SSD1) £54.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
Total : £821.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Or a FX6300 build at £800ish the PSU would allow for SLI on a later date, not sure if that board is SLI capable though, if anyone else does?
 
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