Hi All,
I've been tasked with putting together a budget build for a friend and i'm looking for some advice. Its been a while since I put a pc together so I wanted to run this past you guys first!
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £113.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x MSI Radeon R7 250 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G1600HC9DC01) £59.99
1 x Antec VP550F "80 Plus" Continuous Power Supply £53.99
Total : £389.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).
Its a fairly tight budget, below £400 if possible. I've chosen AMD as this seems to be the best for this price range.
Nothing from the above list is set in stone so if anyone has any suggestions which are a better choice or just better value for money that would be appreciated.
Main uses of this pc are for streaming/playing movies and general use, with the ability to play a couple of older games (maybe).
Only criteria is that it must have USB 3.0 as they have a couple of external drives which they want to make the most of. I thought I could have a mobo with a couple on the back and choose a case with a couple on the front. No need for any peripherals, monitor, cd/dvd drive or OS. I also have a couple of HDD's which we can use for the build.
I also have a couple of questions about the components I have chosen.
1. Will this work with this CPU right away or will it require a bios update?
2. Best choice in memory? Will he benefit from any faster?
3. Does this Graphics card require any extra power? Can's see it mentioned anywhere.
I'm sure I will have some more questions at some point but if you guys could just check I'm heading in the right direction that would be a start!
Thanks
p.s. I know I also need a case but figured this would be a personal choice he would have to make!
I've been tasked with putting together a budget build for a friend and i'm looking for some advice. Its been a while since I put a pc together so I wanted to run this past you guys first!
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £113.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x MSI Radeon R7 250 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G1600HC9DC01) £59.99
1 x Antec VP550F "80 Plus" Continuous Power Supply £53.99
Total : £389.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).
Its a fairly tight budget, below £400 if possible. I've chosen AMD as this seems to be the best for this price range.
Nothing from the above list is set in stone so if anyone has any suggestions which are a better choice or just better value for money that would be appreciated.
Main uses of this pc are for streaming/playing movies and general use, with the ability to play a couple of older games (maybe).
Only criteria is that it must have USB 3.0 as they have a couple of external drives which they want to make the most of. I thought I could have a mobo with a couple on the back and choose a case with a couple on the front. No need for any peripherals, monitor, cd/dvd drive or OS. I also have a couple of HDD's which we can use for the build.
I also have a couple of questions about the components I have chosen.
1. Will this work with this CPU right away or will it require a bios update?
2. Best choice in memory? Will he benefit from any faster?
3. Does this Graphics card require any extra power? Can's see it mentioned anywhere.
I'm sure I will have some more questions at some point but if you guys could just check I'm heading in the right direction that would be a start!
Thanks
p.s. I know I also need a case but figured this would be a personal choice he would have to make!