£900 build please

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Hi guys

can you spec me a £900 build please, No os, no monitor

Won't be used for overclocoking, user isn't an enthusiast just wants to plug it in and run it.

Primary use is Gaming and it can't be over £900

thanks

Dunn
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-00-40G) £289.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Gigabyte H97-D3H Intel H97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £82.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Corsair Graphite Series 230T Compact Mid Tower Case Windowed - Orange (CC-9011038-WW) £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G1600HC9DC01) £55.99
1 x Xigmatek Apache III CD903 CPU-Cooler - 92mm £10.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £902.90 (includes shipping : Free).




You should get free shipping?

The reasoning behind going for the i5-4690 instead of i7-4790 is that if he's not an enthusiast and the primary use is gaming, it's unlikely he'll make use of the extra threads on the i7 very often. And the clock speed is about the same.

Going i5 allows for a more powerful PSU capable of running a second 290 in CrossFire, or, if sticking with one card now and in future, it will allow for an even more powerful single card.

The motherboard has pretty good sound on it, better than the Z97's (the focus of which is overclocking) of the same price range, and seems to have all the necessary features.

There is no functional need for an aftermarket cooler, the stock would be enough, but that budget-friendly Xigmatek Apache would look nicer aesthetically, and arguably cool a tiny fraction better.

Case is very good for the price. There are other colours available. Was going to go with the 300R for the same price but the 230T is about the same and brings an extra fan.
 
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