A challenge

Minibubbo · 23 Jun 2013 at 20:27

I am trying to convince my friends that pc is the way to go and that console is outdated as we all know so my challenge is for the best pc build including os as the Xbox one will come with its own so this must match the performance for a lower price or exceed it for a higher price it must be small because my friends don't have room for a 900d or anything crazy and so the best build will get built 7 to 10 times and they person with the best build will get to name them all happy searching

Judgeneo · 23 Jun 2013 at 20:41

Minibubbo said:
I am trying to convince my friends that pc is the way to go and that console is outdated as we all know so my challenge is for the best pc build including os as the Xbox one will come with its own so this must match the performance for a lower price or exceed it for a higher price it must be small because my friends don't have room for a 900d or anything crazy and so the best build will get built 7 to 10 times and they person with the best build will get to name them all happy searching

How much higher? Its hard working to a low price when windows costs £80 on here.

What do you think of this? I don't really know how it would compare to the consoles though

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 650 DirectCU 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £95.99
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4130 Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £74.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £72
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £38.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite Power 500W Power Supply £34.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard II Midi Tower Case - Black/Orange £29.99
Total : £452.30 (includes shipping : £17.85).

Minibubbo · 23 Jun 2013 at 20:53

£680 tops with os

Jony27 · 23 Jun 2013 at 21:02

Plenty enough, you can get a decent spec with that budget, unless you need monitor/kb/mouse/speakers?

Minibubbo · 23 Jun 2013 at 21:07

Nope just tower and os

cypto · 23 Jun 2013 at 21:51

Here's my take on it, sure Stulid or Idleman will jump in here.

Picked up a more pricey case appose to the bare budget cases. Swap this out if the build looking good isn't too important. But to compare to a Xbox/ps3 you at least want to look at it and tell there is some nice hardware in there. Even more so if you're putting it in the living room running steam big picture. Also a MATX build so smaller.

Cooler to get a decent overclock going.

*removed

Minibubbo · 23 Jun 2013 at 21:53

Thanks nice build

Jony27 · 23 Jun 2013 at 21:57

You could probably scrape an I5/7850 build if you leave out the cooler and go for a cheaper case such as the Xigmatek Asgard Pro.

Sorry, I dont use Chrome so no fancy add on ocuk basket

Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £194.99
(£162.49) £194.99
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MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7870-2GD5T/OC) MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7870-2GD5T/OC) £161.99
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Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
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Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £72.00
(£60.00) £72.00
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XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
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Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
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**B Grade** Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM **B Grade** Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM £30.00
(£25.00) £30.00
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TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34096M1600HC11DC) TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34096M1600HC11DC) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Sub Total : £559.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £114.33
Total : £685.99

Ethermaster · 23 Jun 2013 at 22:01

cypto said:
Here's my take on it, sure Stulid or Idleman will jump in here.

Picked up a more pricey case appose to the bare budget cases. Swap this out if the build looking good isn't too important. But to compare to a Xbox/ps3 you at least want to look at it and tell there is some nice hardware in there. Even more so if you're putting it in the living room running steam big picture. Also a MATX build so smaller.

Cooler to get a decent overclock going.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Xigmatek Gigas Micro ATX Cube Case - Silver £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £72.00
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Asus M5A78L-M LX AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard £41.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £26.99
Total : £646.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Excuse me but that if I remember correctly that motherboard doesn't support that CPU ....

http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3Plus/M5A78LM_LX/#CPUS

Make sure you read the supported CPU list before you post on an AMD build

cypto · 23 Jun 2013 at 22:09

Hmm.. let me double check that Ethermaster.

* I assumed in the supported list saying,

"FX-8300(FD8300WMW8KHK,3.2GHz,8C,95W,rev.C0,AM3+) ALL 1401"

meant any of the FX-8300 series cpu's.

However this board has been spec'd before. Can anyone confirm it is incompatible?

T345 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x HIS HD 7790 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £88
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £72
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £55.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £34.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £513.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).

better and the same price.

even cheaper
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x HIS HD 7790 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £88
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £72
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Asus M5A78L-M LX AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard £41.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £34.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £19.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £485.48 (includes shipping : £10.50).

stulid · 23 Jun 2013 at 22:15

I think Ethermaster is right, there's a few AM3+ boards that don't support that chip.

Ethermaster · 23 Jun 2013 at 22:19

No overclockable Intel for around £650-£700 says who??

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £72.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A (BW) Performance CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £24.98
Total : £686.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).

cypto · 23 Jun 2013 at 22:28

Very nice, included the cpu cooler aswell

Strange that some of the AM3+ boards don't support the fx-8320. I'll remove the build to save confusion until I can be 100% sure.

On the other hand which relatively cheep board for the fx-8320 would you generally spec out for budget builds?

Mathius · 23 Jun 2013 at 22:29

cypto said:
Here's my take on it, sure Stulid or Idleman will jump in here.

Picked up a more pricey case appose to the bare budget cases. Swap this out if the build looking good isn't too important. But to compare to a Xbox/ps3 you at least want to look at it and tell there is some nice hardware in there. Even more so if you're putting it in the living room running steam big picture. Also a MATX build so smaller.

Cooler to get a decent overclock going.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Xigmatek Gigas Micro ATX Cube Case - Silver £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £72.00
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Asus M5A78L-M LX AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard £41.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £26.99
Total : £646.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Ethermaster said:
Excuse me but that if I remember correctly that motherboard doesn't support that CPU ....

http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3Plus/M5A78LM_LX/#CPUS

Make sure you read the supported CPU list before you post on an AMD build

This board does have it on the supported list

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard £49.92
Total : £49.92 (includes shipping : FREE).

Ethermaster · 23 Jun 2013 at 22:32

Actually forget that here is a cheaper option thats even better !!!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £72.00
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £60.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A (BW) Performance CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £24.98
Total : £668.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

**B-Grade** items are either Ex-Display or returns that are sold in fully working condition, OcUK backs this up with a 90 day warranty and what ever is left with the manufacture, just bare in mind that they maybe missing some parts like SATA cables/IO Shield etc .........

cypto · 23 Jun 2013 at 22:34

Updated, Cheers mathius. Although still go with Ethermaster's build for the price you can't beat it. Nice saving on the *B grade mobo.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Xigmatek Gigas Micro ATX Cube Case - Silver £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £72.00
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard £49.92
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £26.99
Total : £661.22 (includes shipping : £17.85).

stulid · 23 Jun 2013 at 22:36

cypto said:
Hmm.. let me double check that Ethermaster.

* I assumed in the supported list saying,

"FX-8300(FD8300WMW8KHK,3.2GHz,8C,95W,rev.C0,AM3+) ALL 1401"

meant any of the FX-8300 series cpu's.

However this board has been spec'd before. Can anyone confirm it is incompatible?

Two different chips,

• FX8300 - http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bulldozer/AMD-FX-Series FX-8300.html
• FX8320 - http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bulldozer/AMD-FX-Series FX-8320.html

Its most likely due to the different TDP between them (95W vs 125W) which is why the board cant power it.

Jony27 · 23 Jun 2013 at 22:37

Just in case you missed my edit earlier

Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £194.99
(£162.49) £194.99
(£162.49)
MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7870-2GD5T/OC) MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7870-2GD5T/OC) £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
(£83.29) £99.95
(£83.29)
Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £72.00
(£60.00) £72.00
(£60.00)
XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
(£27.49) £32.99
(£27.49)
**B Grade** Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM **B Grade** Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM £30.00
(£25.00) £30.00
(£25.00)
TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34096M1600HC11DC) TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34096M1600HC11DC) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Sub Total : £559.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £114.33
Total : £685.99

T345 · 23 Jun 2013 at 22:38

Oh, it seems I was mistaken.

Idleman · 23 Jun 2013 at 22:45

Just over budget.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7870-2GD5T/OC) £161.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £72
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £60
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A [BW] Performance CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £24.98
Total : £680.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).