£600 Gaming PC build help

White? oh god the budget just isn't there.

Anything small usually = money.

Is white what your friend wants?
 
Yeah that's true and he's got a white monitor, keyboard and mouse. Surely he could afford a white case within the budget? Well as the other spec comes up to £531 without the suggest case. He said he can stretch it to £600 for a decent white case instead
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 240 Midi-Tower - White £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £50.99
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 £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
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 : £596.75 (includes shipping : £23.20).



You will have to take one of the HDD cages out to fit the card in.


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YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £107.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £50.99
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 Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - White £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £13.99
Total : £604.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £50.99
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 BitFenix Neos ATX Tower White/White £29.99
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 : £604.84 (includes shipping : £22.45).



With SSD.

Case could do with a 2nd fan added.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4460 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £142.99
1 x NZXT SOURCE 340 Midi-Tower Case - White Window £54.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £50.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX (MB-437-GI) £41.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
Total : £597.88 (includes shipping : ).



No SSD like stulid's last spec though, has an Intel CPU with a board that will take an i7 Haswell in the future happily - beautiful case too
 
There's a £600 budget (if includes a decent looking white case, no peripherals) was hoping for an i5 as I've no encounters with amd before but I'm open to it if you think it's a decent build and will run good
 
Olivernoko said:
There's a £600 budget (if includes a decent looking white case, no peripherals) was hoping for an i5 as I've no encounters with amd before but I'm open to it if you think it's a decent build and will run good
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Of course AMD plays games well,

I suggested the FX CPUs because at 4min 20 into this video,


He says it plays games now.

Ive personally had all sorts of boards+CPUs, never any issue with FX playing games.


Dont forget to take the shipping costs of those spec I did;)
 
Olivernoko said:
There's a £600 budget (if includes a decent looking white case, no peripherals) was hoping for an i5 as I've no encounters with amd before but I'm open to it if you think it's a decent build and will run good
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It will play well indeed, both would - however Intel offers a better upgrade path as AM3+ is pretty much dead, given the choice imo I'd take Intel. Overall it's faster - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/837?vs=698 (this is the slightly faster 4670k but most i5s are very similar to each other

Case swap for an in stock one, cheers for pointing that out :)


YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 240 Midi-Tower - White £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £50.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX (MB-437-GI) £41.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
Total : £605.92 (includes shipping : ).





Obviously it's subjective however, AMD still offers excellent value, but personally I would take intel for the upgrade path

Free shipping - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18630207
 
It will be mainly used for playing Dayz (new games too) and I hear that it's quite cpu heavy. Whats the difference with that i5 and the fx? The i5 is a lot more expensive
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 240 Midi-Tower - White £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £50.99
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 £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 Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £13.99
Total : £641.74 (includes shipping : £23.20).




£613 with free delivery
 
Olivernoko said:
It will be mainly used for playing Dayz (new games too) and I hear that it's quite cpu heavy. Whats the difference with that i5 and the fx? The i5 is a lot more expensive
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Very true, tbh if mainly playing DayZ it is a CPU intensive game as you said. I'd spend a little more on the CPU and drop the GPU down a little if playing DayZ mainly, something like a 280X or R9 280 would fair well still as DayZ isn't massively graphically demanding

Both will cope well however, especially if set to use multi-cores

8320 vs i5 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/837?vs=698

6300 vs i5 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/837?vs=698

DayZ will run happily all day on a good CPU and quite low end (7850) etc GPU, it's all about the CPU for this one. Also, the 280 is no slouch either :) Should run BF4 at high-ultra just fine

CPU intensive based-build

YOUR BASKET
1 x gigabyte z97x-sli - devils canyon core i5 4690k bundle **£14 saving** £258.58
1 x sapphire radeon r9 280 dual-x 3072mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card £139.99
1 x nzxt phantom 240 midi-tower - white £65.99
1 x teamgroup elite black 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-12800c11 1600mhz dual channel kit (tpkd38g1600hc11dc01) £50.99
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 raijintek aidos direct contact cpu cooler - black £14.99
total : £622.51-£22.50 = £600.01 (includes shipping : ).



cashback £22.50 - http://www.gigabytenordic.com/uk/intel_z97-x99_promotion/index.html
 
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Sorry but that is just wrong;)

I would go for the Superior GFX card all day long.

I've done 280X/290/GTX970 etc on various games and can tell you that the better GFX card pays wonders.


Example,

DayZ - 1920x1200 (as close to 1080P as they have) - http://gamegpu.ru/images/remote/htt...ries-Test_GPU-Action-DayZ-test-dayz_1920_.jpg

The R9 280 is a 7950 and its half the speed of the 290X


And DayZ at same res with AA added - http://gamegpu.ru/images/remote/htt...es-Test_GPU-Action-DayZ-test-dayz_1920_aa.jpg

The 7950 is again half the 290X


An overclocked R9 290 is the same speed as as stock R9 290X.
 
How about a "fusion"? :D

Drop the nice-ish case for a still nice case, and the GPU, and all is tickety-boo

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £50.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX (MB-437-GI) £41.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - White £39.95
Total : £604.88 (includes shipping : ).



No cooler too (stock one), but at stock the 4690k will fly anyway
 
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