£400 first PC for my brother.

[matty114]

My brother wants a gaming PC for Christmas, my dad asked me to get him one as a surprise. This is what I have came up with

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £109.99
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £99.95
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIG) - Green Light £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £19.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter (TL-WN751ND) £9.98
Total : £413.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).



I will be giving him a HD 7850 for him to use for now, he might be able to get his own if he gets enough money and game wise he will most likely play every type of game out there. Is there anything I can swap to make it better and/or cheaper?

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £69.98
1 x MSI 970 Gaming AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £69.95
Total : £221.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).




Theres a Bgrade version of that board, or two cheaper boards than the new UD3 that will work.

Then you can get an aftermarket cooler.

You also may want to pick a PCI-E wireless card.

 

[matty114]

Thanks for the reply, what cooler would you recommend? I don't think I can get one too big in the case.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £109.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £69.98
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIG) - Green Light £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £19.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £8.95
Total : £372.89 (includes shipping : ).



I have around £20-30 for a cooler.

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x BeQuiet! Pure Rock Cpu Cooler - 120mm £28.99
1 x Prolimatech 65 CPU Cooler - 120mm £27.95
1 x Alpenföhn Brocken ECO CPU Cooler - 120 mm £24.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
Total : £127.97 (includes shipping : £9.25).




Theres a few.

 

[Doomedspeed]

For £20 the Themis is the one to go for.