£500 build

[Anewbe4u]

Hiya,

After the success of my last post after you guys specced me an awesome PC, my friend is now interested in upgrading. He currently has as 695 Phenom and the graphics card is a 6850.

All he has said is he wants Intel and a SSD...

He doesn't need KB&M, Monitor or Windows. He has a £500 budget so lets see what you can do!

Thanks

 

[ShivP]

What motherboard does he have?

 

[William-Mathew]

Something like this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-4360 3.70GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £113.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R7 265 Dual-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/8-OC) £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
Total : £513.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).



I would have gone with AMD so he could have mabey reused his current CPU and overclock it and then i would get a better graphics card but the card is still very good for the price and plays games at good settings

 

[ShivP]

Also, what PSU does he have, and does he have a re-usable HDD?

 

[Anewbe4u]

Hi, he has given me some more of things he has!

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM my current hard drive
8 Ball: Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit - current ram

The HDD can be reused, the power supply is 650w I think so again, should be OK?

 

[ShivP]

Depends if it a decent 650W PSU - what brand is it?

 

[Tohrazer]

also 4gb of ram is below the standard 8gb these days, check my sig for some ideas

 

[Anewbe4u]

So its a 655 Phenom and a 650w Corsair. Thanks guys

 

[ShivP]

650W is great then with the Corsair unit, here's something to go with.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Vapor-X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £131.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Evo Professional CPU Cooler £27.95
Total : £505.85 (includes shipping : ).



You can resell that 4gb of RAM

Here's an i5 build;

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4460 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £134.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Vapor-X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £131.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Evo Professional CPU Cooler £27.95
Total : £529.88 (includes shipping : ).



Z97 board allows for the faster 2400Mhz RAM to work correctly

 

[andrewkp]

£129.98 inc
Toshiba SSD Q Series 512GB Solid State Hard Drive - (HDTS251EZSTA)
(brilliant price from OcUk)

£161.99 inc
Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM
(cheaper because it is not that much better than prior intel equivalents, but it is still a bit better and now cheaper than those ...)

Any decent Z97 motherboard
** Do not mention competitors names or prices, thank you **

For the rest maybe just choose some decent memory, decent cpu cooler and a 2TB HD or recycle current HD. For this budget I wouldn't be purchasing another graphics card - best to stick with the 6850 and get the base system right.

 

[ShivP]

£129.98 inc
Toshiba SSD Q Series 512GB Solid State Hard Drive - (HDTS251EZSTA)
(brilliant price from OcUk)

£161.99 inc
Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM
(cheaper because it is not that much better than prior intel equivalents, but it is still a bit better and now cheaper than those ...)

Any decent Z97 motherboard
ASRock Z97 Pro3 is £59+vat on ******* (sorry guys - this guy has a tight budget, maybe you can price match?!)

For the rest maybe just choose some decent memory, decent cpu cooler and a 2TB HD or recycle current HD. For this budget I wouldn't be purchasing another graphics card - best to stick with the 6850 and get the base system right.

- That Q Series SSD has poor performance in comparison to others, and 512gb isn't needed on such a tight budget like this
- That ASROCK board isn't particularly good either, and I'd remove that competitor name as well
- A cooler, new GPU and SSD can all be fit into this budget, similar to what I specced perhaps

 

[RJC]

andrewkp can please edit your post and remove the name and pricing of the competitor and re-check the FAQ please