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jdfoxx

jdfoxx

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Hello again im back again for some invaluable help building a mid spec gaming system.

the pc will be used for light gaming for my sons 14th birthday.

I have £300 absolute max to spend and would like a system build around the intel pentium k anniversary chip and r9 270 2gb.

Everything is needed for the build apart from HDD keyboard and monitor.

I would like to order these asap.

thanks in advance.
 
 
Luke_Bowman said:
If you want a Pentium K and a 270 build you're probably gonna have to go £350 or second hand for some parts
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I suppose i could stretch the extra 50 isf needed. but that build looks great to me with all included.

will the psu be sufficient?


this card can be had for £85
Asus AMD Radeon R9 270 DC2OC-2GD5 2GB
used but in great condition with 6 months warrenty.


have also found
SAPPHIRE Radeon R9 280 Dual-X OC with Boost Graphics Card £115

can i just mention also, his gaming needs does not have to ultra or high settings, medium would be just fine for his needs.
i have 2x 120gb corsair force gt sata 3 ssd im planning to raid 0 for it and a 2x 1tb hdd for raid0 as secondry gaming storage.
 
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Why would you need to RAID 0?

Surely on a machine of this caliber, those speeds are wasted.

Just run normal SSD+HD and save yourself the risk of data loss
 
Luke_Bowman said:
Here's what I'd actually recommend for the build.

Skimp where you feel neccessary

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Asus H81-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £49.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 450W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £47.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Single Channel Module (TED34GM1600C1101) £29.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Red £29.99
Total : £323.94 (includes shipping : ).

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wow that build is awsome could you try add in motherboard that would support a small overclock for an extra £25 or would that be capable
 
jdfoxx said:
wow that build is awsome could you try add in motherboard that would support a small overclock for an extra £25 or would that be capable
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Actually that build would be just fine ive just checked a few videos and it will play bf4 on high settings np with 0 AA etc.

thanks mate quick and easy can order today :)
 
David Bisset said:
If you're not overclocking then the pentium k offers no advantage over the cheaper G3420 (to be honest if considering this I'd personally probably then pick the cheaper still G3220)
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it just gives me the option to get a mobo that supports overclocking before i push the button and buy.
 
What games do you want to play, light gaming could mean a 30 minutes BF4 session or Bejewelled HD all day?

Just seen you mentioned BF4, I'd probably drop settings to medium if you want it smooth @ 1080p.
The Pentium is a great chip when it's overclocked like max, at stock I'm not 100% sure of it's potential.
 
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My suggestion is this build:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 450W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £47.99
1 x Asus H81M-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x Aerocool Qs-200 Lite Midi Tower Case - Black £34.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Single Channel Module (TED34GM1600C1101) £29.99
Total : £329.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).



You can get free shipping with a case and a Superflower PSU.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18630207

I have not tried it myself but you should be able to overclock on that board. post 19 of this thread.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=26612829#post26612829
 
NeoRed said:
My suggestion is this build:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 450W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £47.99
1 x Asus H81M-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x Aerocool Qs-200 Lite Midi Tower Case - Black £34.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Single Channel Module (TED34GM1600C1101) £29.99
Total : £329.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).



You can get free shipping with a case and a Superflower PSU.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18630207

I have not tried it myself but you should be able to overclock on that board. post 19 of this thread.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=26612829#post26612829
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He plays games like cod mw3, ghosts, black ops. Those Telltale games The Walking Dead etc and would be perfectly happy playing low/medium settings @1080p

The above build is spot on although ill be swapping out the Aerocool Qs-200 Lite Midi Tower Case for the BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Red and getting the Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 280X DUAL-X OC 3GB which can had elsewhere for a tantalizing £119 BNIB :)

With a Corsair Force 3 GT SSD it should run great @ 4.2-4ghz @ mostly medium @1080p wouldn't you agree?

Many thanks again, one can never go wrong with the hep provided here.
 
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