which "other" Intel and mobo?

oaksmokedbacon · 1 Jan 2015 at 13:19

Hi all,

trying to put together a pc for my friend on a tightish budget as he needs a monitor and Windows.

He's a fussy bugger and definitely wants Intel (and Nvidia but that's another problem), but I was wondering what other options below the i5 4690(k) would be good and bring the cost down by £40-50 to put elsewhere and not reduce performance horridly and be upgradeable going forward?

Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail

those for example are coming in at 140ish are they any good and what would be a decent low cost mobo to go with them?

also the 970gtx is looking a bit out of reach, is there a good alternative for games like BF4? it has to be Nvidia (again fussy!)

thank you in advance

stulid · 1 Jan 2015 at 13:41

Nvidia card - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-308-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1830

Go look at H97 or B85 boards for the cpu.

If he needs ram then here is a budget bundle - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-010-AS&groupid=2833&catid=2836

mickyflinn · 1 Jan 2015 at 13:43

If your not overclcoking then the non k I-5 are great, here is a good budget board but has less SAtA ports.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £37.99
.

Whats your budget for a gpu ? he couild wait for the release of the 960 or go with a 760

oaksmokedbacon · 1 Jan 2015 at 16:19

thanks for the replies

what I have in the basket already is below so if you are adding £200 for the cpu and mobo the budget is about £200 for the GPU.... he might push for the 970 but in a question, would the 960 offer any performance over the 760?

YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
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 TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x Crucial MX100 128GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT128MX100SSD1) £54.98
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Blue £29.99
Total : £411.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).

oaksmokedbacon · 1 Jan 2015 at 16:21

that's a nice little package there Stulid thank you. Would the RAM Speed drop compared to the one I've picked make much difference?

stulid · 1 Jan 2015 at 16:22

YOUR BASKET
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £54.95
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
Total : £109.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).

An immediate £15 saved and this SSD seems to have better performance numbers.

oaksmokedbacon said:
that's a nice little package there Stulid thank you. Would the RAM Speed drop compared to the one I've picked make much difference?

The chipset supports only upto 1600Mhz anyway.

In fact I think the B85 and H97 are also limited upto that speed.