~£600 Build

[stulid]

Or a FX6300 build at £800ish the PSU would allow for SLI on a later date, not sure if that board is SLI capable though, if anyone else does?

970 chipset is usually crossfire only.

But I think that one is SLI.

 

[DR_Pingu]

In fact, it's just come to mind that I could give him my Cooler Master SilentPro 850W 80+ Bronze PSU for dirt cheap as I've got a CM V1000 80+ Gold PSU (and yes, I am running my rig off of the 80+ Bronze lol - no coil whine as of yet though!) so perhaps you could have a gander at some builds which don't include a PSU? If you wouldn't mind please and thank you!

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x MSI 970 Gaming AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £69.95
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2IR) - Red Light £59.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Antec GX300 Combat Ready Midi Tower Gaming Case £41.99
Total : £612.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).




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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Asus Z97-P Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £70.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Antec GX300 Combat Ready Midi Tower Gaming Case £41.99
Total : £651.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).




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YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-00-40G) £169.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x MSI 970 Gaming AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £69.95
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2IR) - Red Light £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £601.44 (includes shipping : £8.00).




Bgrade card.

 

[DR_Pingu]

Cheers again Stu, great specs as per norm!

Couple random questions.... GTX 760 or 750Ti; which is better?

Also, I've told him I'm happy to put it together (as previously mentioned) but if he wanted it built does anybody know approximately how much OC would do it for, or is that something priced on an individual basis?

 

[stulid]

The 760 is faster.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1130?vs=1038

OcUK will charge around £60 (ask in CS)

 

[DR_Pingu]

Update: He's seen mine.... and wants it lol

He said he'd like to focus on something that can play Skyrim (without mods, just straight from steam) on Maxxed settings smooth enough. Also with the ability to be easily upgradable in the future - I was thinking i5, the MSI 290X Lightning.

He also asked about the monitor thing - will it really matter if he plays on his TV (for the time being at least)?

 

[stulid]

The MSI lightning is a beast of a card.

 

[DR_Pingu]

Would that card be ok on the 850W PSU I'd give him?

And could probably do with some other game recommendations (for justification of a more expensive rig) - typically focussing on co-op games (we've already nailed down Garry's Mod and L4D series) and I imagine games like Amnesia, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and the likes..

Cheers

 

[ShivP]

Would that card be ok on the 850W PSU I'd give him?

And could probably do with some other game recommendations (for justification of a more expensive rig) - typically focussing on co-op games (we've already nailed down Garry's Mod and L4D series) and I imagine games like Amnesia, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and the likes..

Cheers

The PSU will be ample for the 290X

Would he play games like BF3/4, Arma 2/3 etc? CS:GO is also a good one. DayZ Epoch is an especially "co-op" game

 

[stulid]

Would that card be ok on the 850W PSU I'd give him?

And could probably do with some other game recommendations (for justification of a more expensive rig) - typically focussing on co-op games (we've already nailed down Garry's Mod and L4D series) and I imagine games like Amnesia, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and the likes..

Cheers

Yes it is.

It will play any game.

As for the TV.. He will just have to use it.

 

[DR_Pingu]

Bump:

What about this spec?

• MSI GTX 970 / MSI 290x Lightning
• i5-4690k
• Asus Maximus VII Ranger
• Seagate Barracuda 3TB
• 8GB Kingston HyperX Beast (2x 4GB)
• Windows 8.1 64-Bit
• BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro3
• TP-Link 450Mbps Wireless Card
• Asus 24x Optical Drive
• CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle (Mouse + KB)
• Cooler Master Storm Enforcer / Cooler Master CM-690 III

Unsure on which case. Comes to ~£1050 without shipping (depending on case & card).

 

[ShivP]

Bump:

What about this spec?

• MSI GTX 970 / MSI 290x Lightning
• i5-4690k
• Asus Maximus VII Ranger
• Seagate Barracuda 3TB
• 8GB Kingston HyperX Beast (2x 4GB)
• Windows 8.1 64-Bit
• BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro3
• TP-Link 450Mbps Wireless Card
• Asus 24x Optical Drive
• CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle (Mouse + KB)
• Cooler Master Storm Enforcer / Cooler Master CM-690 III

Unsure on which case. Comes to ~£1050 without shipping (depending on case & card).

I'd take a gigabyte motherboard, they have better warranty + support but the Asus one's are good too Just poor support from Asus
290X lightning is a beast card, probably go for that as it's faster?

Also, no SSD?

 

[DR_Pingu]

I'd take a gigabyte motherboard, they have better warranty + support but the Asus one's are good too Just poor support from Asus
290X lightning is a beast card, probably go for that as it's faster?

Also, no SSD?

Yeah he's trying to squeeze the budget for now. Just wants something that'll run Skyrim max but easily upgradable in the near future - of which I'd make sure he got an SSD lol, unless he can squeeze one in now.

+ cheaper on the card too I guess.

Any idea if the cashback offer is still running on the Gigabyte mobo's? If so it'll probably work out the same price as the VII Ranger on a Black UD3H, if not cheaper! *crosses fingers*

 

[ShivP]

Before the 27th if you buy you should be able to get it in

https://toptechcashback.com/uk/en/pages/cashback/qualifying

The Asus board will get £45 cashback, the UD3H gets £30. However you get the free upgrade plan on the BK board and the better warranty + support

 

[DR_Pingu]

Awesome, cheers Shivy

He did ask for cheapest possible build that could run Skyrim max, but I see no point in going AMD as he's put forward the point he wants to upgrade in the near future and Intel has more potential (and saves him buying a new mobo, CPU, and cooler which just puts the cost into a ridiculous range to be honest, once totalled).

Don't know if you could come up with a decent spec yourself?

Also, random question - I've seen people, like yourself, with things for sale in their Sig yet when I click on the link it won't let me onto the forum page? Presumably you'd need an admin's permission to get into the "thread(s)" containing things for sale?

 

[stulid]

Members Market?
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Once you satisfy both of these criteria, Members Market access will be granted within 24hrs. Please do not post on the forums asking why you cannot access the members market, if you have any queries, email one of the forum Dons/Admins. The contact addresses are available in the FAQ. There is no buying, or selling allowed outside of the Members Market.

 

[DR_Pingu]

Thanks Stu. Don't want to cause spam so just asking if there's anywhere which explains in better detail the 'trust' thing? If not, I'm sure I'll learn more about it by the time I get to 1k posts

 

[ShivP]

Hm, okay, will the skyrim be modded (I assume so as everyone seems to mod it?)
Apparently it can be very taxing when modded so a good CPU and GPU is a good idea

I mean you could look at something like this

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290X LE Lightning Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £188.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £64.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £62.99
1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case- Black Window £47.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x TP-Link N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (TL-WDN3200) £18.98
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £13.99
Total : £1,058.77 (includes shipping : £19.10).



That has a 256GB SSD for a start (the SK Hynix is out of stock), nice mobo (£22.50 cashback before 27th) and other gimmicks

The 290X LE takes 2x8-pin and 1x6-pin hence the 750W PSU

The budget is about £1k now from your recent post?

 

[stulid]

Its just the button in your post, click on it, login and the MM will appear when you meet the criteria.

Odd that shivy011 is suggesting the MSI lightening, just a few days ago he was convinced the GTX970 was a better choice

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18643516

I'd take the 970 as it is newer technology, will run cooler + quieter and more

I mean you could look at something like this

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290X LE Lightning Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £188.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £64.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £62.99
1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case- Black Window £47.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x TP-Link N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (TL-WDN3200) £18.98
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £13.99
Total : £1,058.77 (includes shipping : £19.10).



That has a 256GB SSD for a start (the SK Hynix is out of stock), nice mobo (£22.50 cashback before 27th) and other gimmicks

The 290X LE takes 2x8-pin and 1x6-pin hence the 750W PSU

The budget is about £1k now from your recent post?

Where does the DVD drive go? HO HO HO

 

[DR_Pingu]

Hm, okay, will the skyrim be modded (I assume so as everyone seems to mod it?)
Apparently it can be very taxing when modded so a good CPU and GPU is a good idea

I mean you could look at something like this

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290X LE Lightning Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £188.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £64.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £62.99
1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case- Black Window £47.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x TP-Link N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (TL-WDN3200) £18.98
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £13.99
Total : £1,058.77 (includes shipping : £19.10).



That has a 256GB SSD for a start (the SK Hynix is out of stock), nice mobo (£22.50 cashback before 27th) and other gimmicks

The 290X LE takes 2x8-pin and 1x6-pin hence the 750W PSU

The budget is about £1k now from your recent post?

Yeah he can afford more, but he just wants to start with lesser and upgrade as and when he sees necessary basically.

Also, can save money on the PSU bringing that build to under £1k as I'm giving him my 850W Cooler Master SilentPro 80+ Bronze (a few years old but it's powering my PC fine at the moment - no coil whine on my G1 970 either when under stress so happy days. I've got a brand new V1000 lounging around so that'll go in my rig when he gets his! ) Could also swap out that USB adapter for the Wireless Card I put in (I've got it, works like a charm ) <--- edit: although I've just noticed it's not in stock, but everything else is!