£500 Build help

walkonlfc1 · 1 Apr 2015 at 17:52

hi guys my friend wants me to build him a £500 gaming tower.
he doesnt need a monitor or a cd/dvd drive.
i priced one up came up to about £800 but that was all the latest parts.
i would think he would need at least a 4670k,r9 270 and a 750w psu and the rest could go with budget stuff.
any help

stulid · 1 Apr 2015 at 17:53

Does he need an OS?

Is the DVD drive SATA type? what resolution is the monitor? hat games does he play?

walkonlfc1 · 1 Apr 2015 at 17:55

no he doesnt need an os or dvd or monitor

walkonlfc1 · 1 Apr 2015 at 17:56

wants to play the latest games

walkonlfc1 · 1 Apr 2015 at 17:58

hi stulid i asked if he wanted a monitor and he told me he is gona hook it up to his tv so not sure his res on the tv.i would think its 1920x1080.

stulid · 1 Apr 2015 at 17:59

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel Core i5 DIY Micro ATX Motherboard, CPU & RAM Bundle £224.98
1 x **B Grade** MSI HD 7970 Twin FrozR OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express G (GX-204-MS) £109.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £72.98
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £54.95
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £24.95
Total : £487.85 (includes shipping : ).

The 7970 is the same as a R9 280X, good for 1080P

SSD instead of a 1TB HDD as it makes everything quicker, hopefully 250Gb will be enough for the operating system and a few games, then add a large HDD later.

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Or a Z97 board with a overclockable Pentium now, then later swap it out for a i5/i7 Haswell/Devils canyon,

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** MSI HD 7970 Twin FrozR OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express G (GX-204-MS) £109.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £72.98
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £63.95
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £59.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £57.98
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £54.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £44.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
Total : £504.78 (includes shipping : ).

Also added a nicer quality case, includes three pre-fitted fans and fan speed controllers.

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Or with an overclockable i5+Z97 and brand new 280X,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £272.98
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £175.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £72.98
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £57.98
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £54.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £44.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
Total : £719.82 (includes shipping : ).

Can you check his DVD drive is SATA interface and not older IDE (fat ribbon cables).

Sandycheeks · 1 Apr 2015 at 18:18

was just putting a basket together with a Raspberry pi and a 290X for giggles.
Luckily the basket wouldn't work and I also thought... I would feel pretty bad if someone bought it not realising what day it is.

walkonlfc1 · 1 Apr 2015 at 18:18

hi stulid thanx for the quick response yeh it is a sata.
i would think the last build would be the best if he wants to play the latest games and upcoming ones.