Advice! Not use to building lower end stuff....

[mattyc1977]

Hi, I'm building my mates 14 year old son a pc for xmas and have a max budget of £800, don't need peripherals or monitor.
I'm only use o buying high end stuff so am struggling with a few bits. It's aimed at gaming so ideally I want a gtx970 in it or maybe a 380x now?
I'm considering a i3-4170 (haswell) cpu or i3 6300 (skylane) would this be too slow for the Gfx card and unsure what motherboard to get as wont be overclocking.
It needs a wireless card and needs to be a bit flashy/blingy as he is 14, not over the top though.
Gfx power takes most importance.

Thanks in advance.

 

[RJC]

Case and cpu cooler out of stock, but can be changed to something the son likes.

You can get £20 cash back on the card:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving**= £263.98
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8)= £35.99
• 1 x Crucial BX100 120GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT120BX100SSD1)= £47.99
• 1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £38.99
• 1 x *£20 CASHBACK* Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £278.99
• 1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £59.99
• 1 x Antec GX500 Midi-Tower - Black= £39.95
• 1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler= £19.99

Total: £799.07
(includes shipping: £13.20)
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[mattyc1977]

Thanks for that, can't stretch to that though as has to have a version of Windows 10 with it unfortunately.

 

[crashNburn]

hey there, the above build is good, but as an alternative maybe something like this would be suitable? its slower from cpu grunt, but i3's are still very good and will play majority of games, but being a socket 1150 you have the option for the i5 K's or even the i7s if they ever become required.

ive seen this case on youtube with a Titan, so if you wanted a longer card then should have no problems.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard= £58.99
• 1 x Intel Core i3-4170 3.70GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £85.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 "Mini-ITX" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N970IXOC-4GD)= £254.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £85.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £68.99
• 1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £38.99
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX16C9T3K2/8X)= £44.99
• 1 x Silverstone Sugo SG13B Mini-ITX Chassis - Black= £35.99
• 1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 550W Fully Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply - Black= £71.99

Total: £758.61
(includes shipping: £11.70)
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[mickyflinn]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-4590 3.30GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £155.99
• 1 x Asus H81M-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £41.99
• 1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00C= £31.99
• 1 x Samsung SH-224FB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM M disc compatible= £14.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £79.99
• 1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £59.99
• 1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Red= £29.99
• 1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 380 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (AXR9 380 4GBD5-PPDHE)= £169.99
• 1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £38.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £68.99

Total: £705.20
(includes shipping: £12.30)
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[McGraw]

Lose the writer and mech drive on the above and use the money to get a better gpu.

 

[mickyflinn]

Lose the writer and mech drive on the above and use the money to get a better gpu.

And install the os how ?

 

[no_name_needed]

And install the os how ?

USB stick?

 

[McGraw]

USB stick?

That's right. You can buy windows on USB.

 

[mattyc1977]

Thanks for everyone's help. Nearly got the right system. Deffo want a 970 in it but then struggling to get a decent clu also, may have to settle for a 380x instead, would a 500w psu be enough?

 

[mickyflinn]

Thanks for everyone's help. Nearly got the right system. Deffo want a 970 in it but then struggling to get a decent clu also, may have to settle for a 380x instead, would a 500w psu be enough?

Yes a 500w is the minumum requirement for the 380x