£350 budget build

knuckles0135

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this pc is going to be used to play league of legends only and maybe a few other games but mainly league of legends, thats why this build is going to be really cheap. league of legends isnt a huge graphic intensive game and with my macbook mid 2010 unibody laptop it runs at 60fps (vsync so it could probably run higher) with shaders off.

other than what is stated i will be using the pc for coursework, browsing, watching videos and some programming in the near future.

i do not need ssd and optical drive.

so far i have all the components except for the motherboard:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R7 250 OC 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £69.95
1 x AMD Athlon X4 750K Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD750KWOHJBOX) £59.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £39.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3-PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Single Channel Module (CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9) £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £28.99
Total : £288.91 (includes shipping : £11.75).





would like your opinions on this build.
this build is for a friend. thank you

EDIT: oh and also ive chosen to get 1 stick of ram for now to save building cost and i WILL be buying one later in 1-2 weeks so leave that out for now.
 
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stulid said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Adata XPG Xtreme v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U2133XC4G10-2X) £69.95
1 x Gigabyte F2A75M-HD2 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £57.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Antec VP350P 350W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £32.99
Total : £347.90 (includes shipping : £11.75).




You will probably find that the IGP of the 5600K is fine for League of legends, maybe search Youtube for game footage of the APU playing games?
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on my build i have £60 remaining which could buy a motherboard (or the one you have listed) and complete the build, would my build be a lot better than yours at exactly the same price?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0500-KR) £39.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Cooler Master Elite 344 Micro ATX Case - Black/Purple £32.99
Total : £351.41 (includes shipping : £10.50).



how does that look?

£20.00 under budget, you could get a 1tb drive instead? Or buy a better case? or put it towards saving for a SSD? Otherwise that would be a great christmas present to wish for.

Edit, not under budget, in fact almost £2.00 over, my bad.
 
knuckles0135 said:
on my build i have £60 remaining which could buy a motherboard (or the one you have listed) and complete the build, would my build be a lot better than yours at exactly the same price?
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The R7 250 is a faster card than the 5800K inbuilt IGP.

The 5800K is clocked faster.

But you want a dual channel RAM kit for your spec.
 
 
 
From what I gather from reading around.... the R7 250 comes in at just under the HD 7750, by process of elimination......the 7770 is the better card
 
stulid said:
The R 250 has 2Gb but its GDDR3

This 7770 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-184-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1699

I think might be a faster core and has GDDR5 but its 1Gb, but it does include a Bronze ticket for some games.

Ive looked and cant find any R7 250 vs 7770 comparisons.
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ok so ive changed some things around and since he doesnt use cpu intensive programs he doesnt need a 6300, he currently is using a intel core 2 duo p8600 2.4ghz which is absolutely fine for him and his only problem was his gpu which was a Nvidia GeForce 320M with 256 MB shared with main memory.

im guessing the cpu ive chosen is better than the intel core 2 duo so it should be fine.

all i need now is a motherboard for £60.

what do you think?

EDIT: sorry forgot to link the basket

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £113.99
1 x AMD Athlon X4 750K Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD750KWOHJBOX) £59.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £39.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3-PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Single Channel Module (CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9) £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £336.95 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
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The antec 450watt PSU is a good option for an extra few watts.

I'm currently benchmarking so on my phone. But check their R7 260 review to see if it beats a 7850 2gb card as there is a MSI one at £107
 
stulid said:
The antec 450watt PSU is a good option for an extra few watts.

I'm currently benchmarking so on my phone. But check their R7 260 review to see if it beats a 7850 2gb card as there is a MSI one at £107
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7850 :Core: 900MHz, Memory: 2048MB 4800MHz GDDR5, Stream Processors: 1024

r7 260x: Core: 1175MHz, Memory: 2048MB 6500MHz GDDR5, Stream Processors: 896

7850 costs £5 less. as far as i can see the only advantage the 7850 has are the stream processors.

i dont know much but the r7 260x seems better unless 7850's stream processors means its better?
 
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