Could anyone please check to see if this build is any good? : )

saintdefender · 6 Apr 2014 at 10:26

Case Fractal Design Core 1000 (M-ATX)
CPU Intel i5 4440 - (4 x 3.1 GHZ) - Haswell
CPU Cooling Intel Heatsink & Fan - Low Noise
CPU Compound Standard CPU Compound Supplied With Heatsink
Memory 8 GB 1600 MHz (1x8GB) - (DDR3)
Graphics Card AMD Radeon R7 270X - 2 GB - (XFX) - (PCI-E)
Power Supply Corsair 450W PSU - Low Noise
Motherboard Gigabyte B85M-HD3 (Intel B85)
Hard Drive #1 1TB Western Digital WD10EZRX Caviar Green, SATA III - 6Gb/s, IntelliPower, 64MB Cache, 8ms
Wired Network Adapter Motherboard Integrated Ethernet 10/100/1000 Network Port

It is a Micro-ATX for 2 reasons, one room space and secondly I will be taking it around with me to places from time to time in my bag.

When building this, I had gaming in mind nothing else and I was never after top of the line, but just 'good enough' : )

Thanks guys

honosuseri · 6 Apr 2014 at 11:05

You want dual channel RAM dude, so 2x4GB for 8GB. Haswell is happy with faster RAM but 1600Mhz will work.

Look at reviews for the 270 GPU. The MSI gaming is a good example, overclock it to match the 270X could save you a few quid to up the PSU perhaps.

The HDD is an eco drive hence being called green, they aren't ideal for an OS drive had you included an SSD aswell it wouldn't have been an issue as you could just use it for storage.

If you stated a budget you'd see some people throw some suggestions your way

All the best with it bud

saintdefender · 6 Apr 2014 at 11:09

honosuseri said:
You want dual channel RAM dude, so 2x4GB for 8GB. Haswell is happy with faster RAM but 1600Mhz will work.

Look at reviews for the 270 GPU. The MSI gaming is a good example, overclock it to match the 270X could save you a few quid to up the PSU perhaps.

The HDD is an eco drive hence being called green, they aren't ideal for an OS drive had you included an SSD aswell it wouldn't have been an issue as you could just use it for storage.

If you stated a budget you'd see some people throw some suggestions your way All the best with it bud

I really don't want to build it myself, and the place that is offering to build it for me doesn't have a duel channel option, its just single or go for the more expensive 2x8GB : (

tamzzy · 6 Apr 2014 at 11:15

how much you paying for that?

saintdefender · 6 Apr 2014 at 11:17

tamzzy said:
how much you paying for that?

For the green instead of the black HDD, I am at £587

tamzzy · 6 Apr 2014 at 11:26

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £149.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £134.99
1 x Gigabyte B85M-D3H Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £56.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x Cooler Master N200 NSE-200-KKN1 Midi-Tower - Black £36.95
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £531.83 (includes shipping : ).

in effect, you're paying an extra 55ish quid for someone else to build the computer
you could get a 120gb ssd for that lol

Idleman · 6 Apr 2014 at 11:27

I`ve just had a look on the internet and if it is the same company I suspect it is, this is costing you about £650-700. If that is so, then you are being ripped of.

honosuseri · 6 Apr 2014 at 11:31

saintdefender said:
I really don't want to build it myself, and the place that is offering to build it for me doesn't have a duel channel option, its just single or go for the more expensive 2x8GB : (

They are a bit rubbish then aren't they? Building isn't difficult, there are loads of video tuts on youtube and you'll get plenty of help on this forum if needed.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £137.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87M-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £82.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £65.52
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £55.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
Total : £610.46 (includes shipping : ).

In a small case ideally a semi-modular PSU would be nice. Yes this is a bit more cash but it's using the i5K with a Z series mobo so you can think about overclocking for more oooompf down the road.

saintdefender · 6 Apr 2014 at 11:44

I know what you guys are saying about building it myself, I have tried that once and it turned out my PC was just a total mess through its life, random shut downs, overheating among other stuff.

I know it may be simple to you guys, but I honestly do not want to build it myself, I just want the comfort of knowing that it just works. If theres anyone who can come to Leicester to build it for me I will happily pay £20-30 cash in hand for the trouble, that way I could save a fortune just buying the components : )

Thanks so much for your build suggestions guys, they look great the only thing I would remove is the DVD drive as I don't need a disk drive.

honosuseri · 6 Apr 2014 at 11:50

Would have done when I lived in Lincoln but I'm way down south now dude. Think my buddy Idleman is up your way iirc but I can't say if he will help obviously lol

Idleman · 6 Apr 2014 at 12:02

honosuseri said:
Would have done when I lived in Lincoln but I'm way down south now dude. Think my buddy Idleman is up your way iirc but I can't say if he will help obviously lol

Always willing to help.

I don`t have a car any more, but if you pay my return train fare, be only to happy to help.

honosuseri · 6 Apr 2014 at 12:06

Idleman said:
Always willing to help.

I don`t have a car any more, but if you pay my return train fare, be only to happy to help.

I thought you might

OP needs to message you via trust then to sort this build out properly

saintdefender · 6 Apr 2014 at 12:08

Idleman said:
Always willing to help.

I don`t have a car any more, but if you pay my return train fare, be only to happy to help.

I'd gladly pay for your return, me and my girlfriend (the driver) could pick you up at the station. Would you be free at the weekend?

Idleman · 6 Apr 2014 at 12:10

honosuseri said:
I thought you might OP needs to message you via trust then to sort this build out properly

Just been looking through his other posts and was wondering if he has access to the MM. If he had 300+ posts before the post count went up, he may have.

Idleman · 6 Apr 2014 at 12:12

saintdefender said:
I'd gladly pay for your return, me and my girlfriend (the driver) could pick you up at the station. Would you be free at the weekend?

Yes mate, next weekend is fine. Which part of Leicester?

Do you know if you have access to the Members Market.

honosuseri · 6 Apr 2014 at 12:14

Idleman said:
Just been looking through his other posts and was wondering if he has access to the MM. If he had 300+ posts before the post count went up, he may have.

No idea dude, I'm good but I'm not psychic lol

I know you'll see him right, I'll vouch for you. Let me know how it goes guys

saintdefender · 6 Apr 2014 at 12:19

Idleman said:
Yes mate, next weekend is fine. Which part of Leicester?

Do you know if you have access to the Members Market.

Great! Well if you catch the train to the main station in Leicester town, we will pick you from there and our house is in Broughton Astley which is about a 15-20 minute drive.

I have just checked and I do also have access to the members market : )

Cleisthenes · 6 Apr 2014 at 12:21

Make sure you take lots of cheesy pics posing together with the finished product!

tamzzy · 6 Apr 2014 at 12:23

i've a feeling someone is gonna get a very very good rig for his money (espesh with access to the MM)

saintdefender · 6 Apr 2014 at 12:31

tamzzy said:
i've a feeling someone is gonna get a very very good rig for his money (espesh with access to the MM)

I have never used the members market before, does this I should go and make a request on there regarding a cheap gaming PC?