£600 build

Fate Zero · 18 Mar 2014 at 15:43

Hi there. Looking for advice on the best rig I can build for £600. Looking to use it for gaming. Everything will be needed (except monitor,keyboard,mouse) including an OS. Thanks

Fate Zero · 18 Mar 2014 at 15:57

If I took the OS out of the original budget consideration how much of a upgrade could I get in terms of a graphics card for that £50-£75?

Fate Zero · 19 Mar 2014 at 20:01

How much difference is there between a AMD and Intel processor?

Fate Zero · 19 Mar 2014 at 20:45

Would there be any problem with those builds connecting to a old LCD monitor that only has VGA? (Getting new monitor later)

Fate Zero · 24 Mar 2014 at 15:28

Any last suggestions before I make my purchase? Also is the VGA=DVI adapter simple enough to fit and use?

Fate Zero · 24 Mar 2014 at 15:42

stulid said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £55.99
1 x BitFenix Shadow Tower Case - Midnight Black £54.98
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £52.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0500-KR) £35.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £593.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Cheapest R9 280X, it has a good cooler but is on pre-order.

Would that build work with the motherboard switched to a

Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard

and the case to

Zalman Z11 Plus Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black?

Fate Zero · 24 Mar 2014 at 18:56

dacads said:
I wouldn't be changing motherboard, the one you have suggested uses a very old chipset.

Changing case won't be an issue

I had seen a lot of bad reviews for the "Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard" so I was looking for an alternative.

Fate Zero · 24 Mar 2014 at 19:19

stulid said:
Which reviews?

Amazon. I checked out a few different sources for reviews for each part.

Fate Zero · 25 Mar 2014 at 15:28

Fate Zero · 26 Mar 2014 at 07:46

Are there any other recommended motherboards I could use (around the same price) instead of the Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard ? Thanks