£1000 build including Monitor and Peripherals

[m1key93]

Hi guys this is my first shot at pc gaming, and I set myself a budget of £1000 to build the rig and buy the monitor and peripherals.

So Im just looking for some advice on the parts that ive chosen, as I would like to experienced PC gamers/builders to tell if theres anything I could change or where I could possible save a few quid.

Components:
Corsair 300r
AMD FX-6300
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3
MSI Radeon R9 270X 4GB
Corsair 750W 80+ Gold (THE RASON FOR A 750W IS BECAUSE I WILL BE ADDING A SECOND 270X SOON AFTER)
Corsair Hydro Series H60
G.Skill Ripjaws 1600MHz 8GB (2X4GB)
Seagate Barracuda 1TB
Windows 8.1

Peripherals:
Asus VE247H 24inch LED Full HD 1080p (60Hz, 2ms)
Corsair Raptor K50
Corsair Raptor M30 (4000DPI)
Corsair Raptor HS30

All adds up to £985

Thoughts please?

 

[tamzzy]

if i had 1150 quid (which is what essentially you'd be spending with the xfire 270x), i'd go with this

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x BenQ GL2460 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £88.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £61.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x Zalman Z3-Plus Midi-Tower - White £39.95
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,107.34 (includes shipping : £13.75).



because:
a) 1 gpu = less you spend on the psu, motherboard, meaning you can get...
b) a better processor, an ssd into the build, (and arguably better ram)
c) a 290p which is a single gpu, meaning...
d) potentially less headaches as you dont have to worry about issues with xfire

 

[Danny75]

Thoughts please?

Imo, you're spending too much money on peripherals, and the build is being affected processor-wise, GPU-wise a little, and there is no SSD.

It should work, though, if that's what you want.

What I'd do is grab the cheapest keyboard/mouse/sound for now, to get the best build possible in. And then replace these with higher quality ones over time.

 

[tamzzy]

okay i lied. managed to get xfire 270x into the budget lol

YOUR BASKET
1 x intel core i5-4670k 3.40ghz (haswell) socket lga1150 processor - retail £169.99
2 x msi radeon r9 270x hawk oc 2048mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card £155.99 (£311.98)
1 x benq gl2460 24" widescreen led slim bezel monitor - black £119.99
1 x gigabyte z87x-sli intel z87 (socket 1150) ddr3 atx motherboard £98.99
1 x microsoft windows 8.1 64-bit dvd - oem (wn7-00614) £74.99
1 x superflower golden green hx 650w "80 plus gold" power supply - black £61.99
1 x toshiba ssd hdts212ezsta 9.5mm 128gb solid state hard drive - retail £61.99
1 x teamgroup vulcan orange 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-19200c11 2400mhz dual channel kit (tlad38g2400hc11cdc01) £55.99
1 x western digital caviar blue 1tb sata 6gb/s 64mb cache wd10ezex - oem ** single platter ** hdd £43.99
1 x zalman z3-plus midi-tower - white £39.95
1 x cm storm devastator gaming bundle - usb keyboard & mouse £29.99
1 x raijintek themis direct contact cpu cooler £19.99
1 x lg gh24nsb0 24x dvd±rw sata rewriter (black) - oem £14.99
total : £1,122.52 (includes shipping : £14.75).



xfire 270x vs other cards benches: http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/5...2gb-toxic-video-cards-in-crossfire/index.html

 

[m1key93]

I understand what you saying about the CPU but I aint spending £170, for the performance I want in my price range the FX 6300 is just fine as ive seen decent overclocks that can be done and the performance seems soild that's all I want. intel is way to overpriced in my eyes. the rig itself is only £600 that was my budget. I cant afford a r9 290 at this time and when I said I was adding a second graphics card it aint going to be later on in the year round august September time.

 

[t31os]

Your Basket »

Intel
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £91.99

- or -

AMD
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £110.99
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99

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1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £73.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite E2481HS-B1 24" Widescreen LED Super Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £131.99
1 x Corsair Raptor HS30 Gaming Headset (CA-9011121-EU) £32.99
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 V2 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Toxic OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £175.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £61.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black (CC-9011014-WW) £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD £41.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £61.99
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99

or

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Total: £1,077.78 (includes shipping: £19.10) Intel Build
Total: £1,017.97 (includes shipping: £20.10) AMD Build

If you aren't overclocking though, you could swap to a cheaper board and cheaper locked chip, which would likely save you £50 or so.. (which could maybe go into upping the PSU a bit).

Choose the Sapphire Toxic 270x(highly praised card in reviews) and no need for 4gb card if you plan to add another later. The MSI will be louder to..

 

[CrixxzeH]

Just a addition, I would personnally take the monitor that t21os reccomended, or atleast push the boat out and get the BenQ RL2455HM 24".

why? if you look at the monitors, they have the glossy plastic stand which feels really cheap, you want something that provides the performance aswell as a sturdy feel and decent veiwing angles or w.e something that is quality.

dont have to take my input, but for the sake of it, its never good to skint on the monitor, have a look round / research.