£600ish budget build

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Hello,

I’ve been asked to build a machine for someone and I’ve been running in circles looking at components especially as it’s not going to be my machine. It’s intended to be a decent starter desktop PC for single screen gaming, therefore needs to be reasonably balanced but upgradeable should the gaming take off.

What is giving me pause for thought is what graphics card would people suggest? In place of the 750Ti, the 4670K is likely overkill and could be downgraded to an i5 4430, losing the ability to overclock but still retaining 4 cores, and funds used to get a GTX 760.

Parts list so far:-

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 750Ti OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N750Ti-2GD5/OC) £99.95
1 x Asus Z87-K Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £91.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1K2/8GX) £65.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £27.95
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £597.94 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
Should probably go AMD at that budget;

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £227.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £110.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £53.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £27.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £614.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).



the 280x with the FX-8320 will be superb for gaming.

You won't get a lot of overclocking action on the CPU with the DS3P mobo. If you're planning to overclock the CPU, go for the 970a-UD3P
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11220-00-20G) £134.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 450W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £12.95
Total : £601.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Allows for a overclocking cpu a better gpu and a ssd
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 280 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £189.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £131.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £53.99
1 x Gigabyte B85M-HD3 Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £50.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x Zalman T1 Plus Mini-Tower USB 3.0 - Black £19.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
2 x OcUK Tech Labs Zaward OEM 120mm Golf Ball Fan £2.99 (£5.98)
Total : £627.40 (includes shipping : £8.00).



i5 (non oc)
280, better than the 760
ssd included
only downside is that it's non overclockable

ps: u don't need an os right?
 
 
Hello,

First thing to say is a big thanks to the number of responses to this post in such a short time.

I must admit to a preference for Intel as opposed to AMD, as I have built a fair few Intel based systems with the last one being an i5 4670K based system with a GTX 760. So I'm used to the Intel side of the shop which might sound a bit thick headed :) I'll probably stick to it especially as this won't be my machine.

I have looked at the other suggestions and will take them on board to trim a few £'s here and there which might free up enough cash for a GTX 760. Otherwise looking at benchmarks the R7 265 does tend to do better vs the 750Ti sometimes by quite a margin, the R9 270X is just about in budget.
 
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