£600 Gaming PC build help

Olivernoko · 27 Nov 2014 at 11:05

I was wondering if someone could help me with a build. I have previously asked and someone did help me (thanks very much) But with Black Friday right around the corner I was wondering if I could save some money or get better components.
So If someone could help spec me a pc which is either £600 or about £500 (say the £600 one might be £700 without the sale and the £500 one might be say £600 without the sale)
I don't need an os or any peripherals, and my only guildlines is I would like an Intel i5. It will be mainly used for dayz.
Thanks a lot.

Danny75 · 27 Nov 2014 at 12:29

YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX Radeon R9 290 DD 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-290A-EDFD) £191.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI Z97S SLI PLUS Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2CW) - Blue Light £50.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Zalman Z3 Plus Midi-Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £13.99
Total : £659.29 (includes shipping : £17.85).

£35 cashback with that motherboard + CPU: https://toptechcashback.com/uk/en/pages/cashback/qualifying

And free shipping upon checkout, with code: SFCASE

Making it £606.

Faster RAM for only a little more:

YOUR BASKET
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £56.99

Danny75 · 27 Nov 2014 at 12:47

Sorry mate, forgot any drives lol. Doing a re-spec.

Danny75 · 27 Nov 2014 at 12:55

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £143.99
1 x MSI Z97S SLI PLUS Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £56.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £23.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £13.99
Total : £642.42 (includes shipping : £17.10).

Comes out at £592 with the cashback and free shipping. No SSD though. I'd be tempted to stretch budget by £30 to start off with a 250GB SSD. Then pop in a larger storage drive later when you need it.

Olivernoko · 27 Nov 2014 at 14:13

Cheers mate looks good to me, so it'll be £592 when I go to buy it? If I can stretch my budget I reckon I will go for an SSD, as you say I can just buy another later on.
Thanks for your help!

Olivernoko · 27 Nov 2014 at 14:16

Which were the items that were on sale? As my pay day comes after it will be over. So may just have to pick up the sale items and the rest when I get paid.

Danny75 · 27 Nov 2014 at 15:14

Olivernoko said:
Cheers mate looks good to me, so it'll be £592 when I go to buy it? If I can stretch my budget I reckon I will go for an SSD, as you say I can just buy another later on.
Thanks for your help!

It'll be free shipping when you buy, but the cashback for mobo + CPU comes later, after you've done whatever's required (send them proof purchase I imagine). You'd need to read up on that somewhere in that link I shared.

Olivernoko said:
Which were the items that were on sale? As my pay day comes after it will be over. So may just have to pick up the sale items and the rest when I get paid.

To be honest, you'd notice the sales more if it was a higher budget spec. At this range there's not that much on offer, or not much price difference. Having said that, these are the items on offer in both specs above:

XFX Radeon R9 290 DD 4096MB
MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB
Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz
TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz
SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black
Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail)

stulid · 27 Nov 2014 at 15:19

YOUR BASKET
1 x gigabyte z97x-sli - devils canyon core i5 4690k bundle **£14 saving** £258.58
1 x msi radeon r9 280 gaming 3072mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card £143.99
1 x teamgroup vulcan red 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-19200c11 2400mhz dual channel kit (tlred38g2400hc11cdc01) £56.99
1 x superflower golden green hx 550w "80 plus gold" power supply - black £49.99
1 x seagate barracuda 7200rpm 1tb sata 6gb/s 64mb cache - oem (st1000dm003) hdd £41.99
1 x xigmatek mach midi-tower black £19.99
1 x raijintek aidos direct contact cpu cooler - black £14.99
1 x asus 24x dvd±rw drw-24f1st sata rewriter - black (retail) £13.99
total : £621.02 (includes shipping : £17.10).

£22.50 cashback - http://www.gigabytenordic.com/uk/intel_z97-x99_promotion/index.html

Free delivery - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18630207

Thats now well under £600.

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YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £258.58
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £143.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 III - USB 3.0 ATX Case - Seidon Promotion Free cooler Master Seidon £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £56.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £13.99
Total : £658.39 (includes shipping : £19.10).

Once you factor in the free delivery and money back, that's nearly £600.

Olivernoko · 27 Nov 2014 at 16:30

Stulid I don't suppose you've got an email address I could email you on?

stulid · 27 Nov 2014 at 16:32

Olivernoko said:
Stulid I don't suppose you've got an email address I could email you on?

You could click on the trust button in one of my posts, login and send a message.

As long as its nothing that breaks the forum rules I will reply.

Olivernoko · 27 Nov 2014 at 16:43

Thanks I was looking for a message button but couldn't find one.

Olivernoko · 27 Nov 2014 at 16:49

I can't remember my password I used as I'm always logged in on my phone haha. I was just going to ask if you could spec me a £500-550 build (my friend is looking to build one when I do) It don't require an os or peripherals and he was wanting a build using an Intel i5 also.
Cheers

stulid · 27 Nov 2014 at 16:51

Olivernoko said:
I can't remember my password I used as I'm always logged in on my phone haha. I was just going to ask if you could spec me a £500-550 build (my friend is looking to build one when I do) It don't require an os or peripherals and he was wanting a build using an Intel i5 also.
Cheers

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel Core i5 DIY Micro ATX Motherboard, CPU & RAM Bundle £218.98
1 x XFX Radeon R9 290 DD 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-290A-EDFD) £191.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £19.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £13.99
Total : £551.03 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Olivernoko · 27 Nov 2014 at 16:52

Thanks a lot for your help

I appreciate it mate

DaleTheWhale · 27 Nov 2014 at 16:55

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel Core i5 DIY Micro ATX Motherboard, CPU & RAM Bundle £218.98
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280 Dual-X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £139.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
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 £41.99
1 x Raijintek Arcadia Mid Tower USB 3.0 Case - Black £24.95
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £544.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).

£550, with an I5, 280 & SSD.

Olivernoko · 27 Nov 2014 at 16:59

So the second one is a cheaper graphics card but with an SSD aswell? Which one would you personally go for? I'm thinking the top one as he could pick up an SSD whenever, not quite sure on the difference the graphics cards would make

stulid · 27 Nov 2014 at 17:04

R9 290 vs R9 280 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1068?vs=1332

The 290 does also come with free games.

But!! A 280 will game happily at 1080P.

DaleTheWhale · 27 Nov 2014 at 17:10

How about:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel Core i5 DIY Micro ATX Motherboard, CPU & RAM Bundle £218.98
1 x **B Grade** MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express G (GX-239-MS) £169.99
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 £41.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0500-KR) £35.99
1 x Raijintek Arcadia Mid Tower USB 3.0 Case - Black £24.95
Total : £546.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Best of both?

Olivernoko · 27 Nov 2014 at 18:51

Which would you both say would run the best and is the best for the price out of the last 3 that were posted?

stulid · 27 Nov 2014 at 18:56

The R9 290 is the best card, its just that much faster.

I do have an issue with that Bgrade 290, its only £20 less than a the XFX which is spanking new and includes 4 games worth more than £20.