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Hi guys.
I posted awhile back about a bit of a project but as it works out due to some un forseen circumstances my budget has been crippled a bit. On a brighter note i'm planning on building this in stages to reduce the over all cost and make it a little more exciting in the long run i suppose.
Just after a little bit of advice if my plans will work out ok and if the choices are correct and worth it.
I like to play online games, haven't really played any modern single player ones recently, but Destiny is a tempting game if my spec can handle it, if not i always have my PS4. Doesn't need to be earth shattering as long as it will run well, and look good on my 32" Samsung TV.
Here's what I've come up with so far.
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £143.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £79.99
1 x ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £49.99
1 x Zalman Z3-Plus Midi-Tower - White £39.95
Total : £507.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).
I already have a HDD with windows Vista installed which Im guessing would do me for now until I can afford to upgrade to a SSD and a newer version of windows. As I see those two things as unwanted cost to me. I can quite happily put up with Vista if it's viable.
If it's possible to reduce the cost even more and gain better proformance I'd be even happier, as cheaper the better. I'll not be looking to upgrade any of the parts in my basket for a long time. So future proof, to a degree would be a bonus.
Thoughts or any questions please
I posted awhile back about a bit of a project but as it works out due to some un forseen circumstances my budget has been crippled a bit. On a brighter note i'm planning on building this in stages to reduce the over all cost and make it a little more exciting in the long run i suppose.
Just after a little bit of advice if my plans will work out ok and if the choices are correct and worth it.
I like to play online games, haven't really played any modern single player ones recently, but Destiny is a tempting game if my spec can handle it, if not i always have my PS4. Doesn't need to be earth shattering as long as it will run well, and look good on my 32" Samsung TV.
Here's what I've come up with so far.
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £143.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £79.99
1 x ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £49.99
1 x Zalman Z3-Plus Midi-Tower - White £39.95
Total : £507.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).
I already have a HDD with windows Vista installed which Im guessing would do me for now until I can afford to upgrade to a SSD and a newer version of windows. As I see those two things as unwanted cost to me. I can quite happily put up with Vista if it's viable.
If it's possible to reduce the cost even more and gain better proformance I'd be even happier, as cheaper the better. I'll not be looking to upgrade any of the parts in my basket for a long time. So future proof, to a degree would be a bonus.
Thoughts or any questions please
the build directly above this post looks pretty good btw