£550 build

Fate Zero · 21 Jul 2014 at 18:13

Looking for advice on a best build for around £550. I'll need everything except a OS, keyboard, monitor and mouse. Thanks

stulid · 21 Jul 2014 at 18:29

You haven't said what this is for, but here is a good all-round spec,

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 280 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Intel 335 Series 20nm 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail (SSDSC2CT240A4K5) £79.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G1600HC9DC01) £55.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.98
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Gold Window £33.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £559.46 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Fate Zero · 21 Jul 2014 at 21:29

Yeah it's a general build, but the best gaming power available for the price would be nice.

stulid · 22 Jul 2014 at 01:37

I think that pretty much covers that too.

Doomedspeed · 22 Jul 2014 at 07:48

You could go down the Pentium K route but that limits your multi-threaded performance so I think stulid has nailed it, Yet again.

Fate Zero · 29 Jul 2014 at 16:46

Thanks for the build, it's perfect. The only other thing I forgot was an optical drive.

stulid · 29 Jul 2014 at 17:41

I've had a change of mind,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Intel 335 Series 20nm 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail (SSDSC2CT240A4K5) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £52.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £46.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.98
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x RAIJINTEK Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £586.94 (includes shipping : £8.00).

This offers a future upgrade path by either swapping out the Pentium for a Haswell/Devils Canyon i5/i7 or the equivalent Broadwell when ever they are released.