£600 Budget

LoosSerine

LoosSerine

LoosSerine

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Hi there,
I intend to build my first budget desktop rig mainly for my sister with a budget of £600 (including monitor, no OS). It's really to give me a grasp of how it's done as I'll build my own afterwards if I deem it relatively simple (as have set aside £1500 for my own). I've only ever replaced HDD and disk drives with SSDs in my family's laptops, and my own mainly as somewhere to keep them in use whilst I decide on what other components to build for my own.

I would be really grateful if someone could go over what I intend for the £600 build below and see if I've missed something glaring and also if someone could point me in the direction of the DOs and DONTs during building the system.

Much appreciated.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £580.01
(includes shipping: £18.12)
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My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £616.99
(includes shipping: £18.12)
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There are many great tutorials on how to build a pc on youtube, also reading the motherboard the manuals you get with motherboard, case etc.

I would go for the bottom build but with 8 gb of ram.
 
Ah thanks micky, in terms of the 8gb, I assume a 2x4gb correct as that motherboard is optimized for dual channel? Any reason not 16gb (2x8)? Its only a small increase in price.

Would all the components in the second build be compatible, I don't think I've missed anything.
 
8gb is enough for gaming maybe you could spend the diffrence somewhere else like a better psu in case you get a better gpu later.
 
Thanks micky. Think I will do that.

@John34, I haven't decided on the build yet, but I presume I'll go for the second one. Whether I have to flash the bios would be one of the concerns I'll need to definitely address.
 
This is what I'd look at for the budget:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £610.00
(includes shipping: £18.12)
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XFX PSU is a SeaSonic OEM unit I think, seems a little better than the EVGA.

If you can live without the DVD drive you can stretch to the R7 370 which will be a bit better for gaming than the 750Ti

Otherwise, tips for 1st build:
Install the CPU and ram with the motherboard outside the case (resting on the box for the motherboard is fine)
Put the PSU in the case first, and figure out which cables you'll need to use and which can be tucked/tied away.
GPU is easy to install last, just remember to plug in the 6/8 pin power if it needs it.
 
I think I might go for a better GPU actually, the 2GB GTX 950 as the price point isn't that much higher but looks like significant increase on top of the 750 Ti and the R7 360 and 370.

Theoretically, should there be any difference of an OEM with retail? I mean at the end of the day, it should all be quality products no? Or am I talking rubbish :D
 
The GTX 950 is a better card for sure if the budget can stretch to it.

OEM might just mean it comes without any boxed accessories and potentially a different warranty. For example the OEM CPU's tend to come without a heatsink and with 1 year warranty rather than 3
 
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