£500 build with no case, HDD or monitor

joelk2

joelk2

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Got this build. Anyway of making it better or would anyone offer any alternatives?

I have a case, HDDs and monitor.

As close to £500 as possible including mobo, PSU, GPU, CPU, ram, os, kB/m
 
You could drop the CPU down to the anniversary Pentium & up the GPU & slightly better board and then overclock the CPU like mad as it's made for it!

PSU is OK (Nothing wrong with Evga), would grab the Superflower 550W Gold if the budget would allow (better efficiency & SF are top of their game).

The motherboard does leave a lot to be desired.
 
ThaReaperGuy said:
You could drop the CPU down to the anniversary Pentium & up the GPU & slightly better board and then overclock the CPU like mad as it's made for it!

PSU is OK (Nothing wrong with Evga), would grab the Superflower 550W Gold if the budget would allow (better efficiency & SF are top of their game).

The motherboard does leave a lot to be desired.
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is that processor any good without being overclocked?

would the G3258 or the I3-4150 be better?

or for a lower price point would it be better going the AMD route?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4330 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £94.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
Total : £544.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).




I wouldn't touch AMD right now, pretty pointless
With this Z97 board, you get the support for fast RAM, future upgrade options to i5(k), i7(k), and rumoured Broadwell support. Also you get a tonne more features

Thing is with AMD, say you went for a 6300, you could go to a 8320 and that's it - dead end. At least with the Intel stuff you can upgrade decently CPU wise
You could drop to the Pentium K as suggested and save a decent chunk, but the two cores do limit you a bit (it is a cracking budget chip, but given this budget I'd take dual core + HT simply for performance sake). Should perform better in most games
 
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