£350 max spend - Gaming PC

WizaardSkunk89

WizaardSkunk89

WizaardSkunk89

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Hi all

i had some great help using another thread last night looking at putting together my first custom build "Gaming" PC. I'm an intelligent guy (or i like to think i am :p) But when it comes to Hardware, it all goes straight over my head. I was looking at the following and would like some advice on if anything could be changed to make my spend more worthwhile. I would be looking at upgrading parts in a years time potentially, to make it more powerful. So just need a good start. I am happy to play the latest games on medium graphics settings until i am able to upgrade in the future. So here's what I've managed to dig out by searching through the similar threads on the forum:

**B Grade** Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express G (GX-143-GI) £110
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-428-GI

Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 £56 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...d=6&subcat=567

Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB £47 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MY-205-KS

Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 £63 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=5&subcat=2811

EVGA 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply £39 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...23&subcat=2463

Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s £35 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...60&subcat=2271

Aerocool V2X Blue Edition Midi-Tower - Black / Blue £20 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-122-AE

I appreciate anyone's input at all, i will want to place an order before the weekend is over :) Also what are everyones thoughts on B GRADE products, as the graphics card i included, looks good value?
 
stulid said:
That case says it takes mATX boards but the Z97P-D3 is ATX so will not fit.

Scratch that, OcUK info is wrong, it does take ATX.

Your PSU link is broken, is this the one? - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-005-EA&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2390
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okay thanks mate, is there anything you would change on the build to get it under £350, or is that quite a decent set up for the money?

yes thats the correct link sorry!! Looking at it, non of those links are working?! Sorry about that, don't know what went wrong!!
 
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I cant see anywhere to save money, unless you go 4core AMD FX.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-4 Quad Core 4300 3.80GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £59.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £52.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £43.99
Total : £166.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).



The board supports maximum 2000Mhz RAM hence the lower rated stuff.


P.S that GFX has just sold out so thats that over and done with.
 
The minimum good FX is the FX6300 which is good for the price and fits and works well on that Gigabyte board.

The Z97+Pentium K is a good way into Intel and can be overclocked easily past 4Ghz and swapped out for a i5/i7 K CPU.


Its the GFX card thats the true bummer, the other similar price Bgrade cards list all suck in comparison and are poor.
 
 
stulid said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-392-MS

270X.

Not bad.


YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming Edition OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express G (GX-242-MS) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £62.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0500-KR) £38.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £34.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £24.95
Total : £354.49 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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Looks solid that does mate!! and like you said in the future i could go i5 or i7 CPU?

To save myself an extra £5er would the original case i posted be okay? Would it be cool enough etc? last thing i want is overheating my first ever build :)
 
Thanks so much for your help! Think i will be going ahead with this as long as the graphics card stays available!

When you say the case is ok, are you saying go with the case you have recommended? :)
 
Both cases are cheap.

I think the Xigmatek might have an extra fan and I know certainly fits good size gfx cards+coolers in it.
 
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