Budget PC £300

Frxn · 31 Oct 2012 at 18:37

Hey, I'm looking to upgrade my system (basically replacing almost everything) with a budget of £300 (possibly £350 at a stretch as long as delivery charge is inclusive of this as I obviously don't qualify for free delivery), so I won't be needing a HDD, optical drive or OS (or a case but I've selected one below because it comes with a 500w PSU). Will be using it mostly for web browsing and software such as photoshop but also some gaming.

I was thinking these:

Xenon AMD Bulldozer FX-4 4100 3.60GHz DDR3 Bundle - Quad Core - £174.00
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-188-OK

OcUK Galaxy III Tower Case - Black (500W PSU) - £34.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-OP

Sapphire HD 7750 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £83.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-294-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=

Total incl shipping: £307.08

Games I'd likely be playing would include Starcraft II, Counter-strike GO and Battlefield 3 on a 40" TV. (doesn't bother me if the games are on lowest detail tbh)

Basically I'm seeking guidance on what I have selected, if I should go for totally different parts, it looks alright to me but I know very little when it comes to selecting the right parts.

Thanks,
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Gav_881 · 3 Nov 2012 at 14:54

If you think you will have money to play with at a later date consider a trinity build with no GPU and add a descrete card at a later date.

graphics wont be much worse than the setup above but you get better CPU performance and it gives an easy upgrade route later on.

Idleman · 3 Nov 2012 at 15:42

Intel

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x Sapphire HD 7750 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £42
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £300.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Trinity

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75 Pro4 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB2133C11DC) £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £289.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Gav_881 · 4 Nov 2012 at 11:14

+1 to the trinity build, then drop something like a 7850 into it when you fancy better graphics and have the money

Bacon? · 4 Nov 2012 at 18:53

Gav_881 said:
+1 to the trinity build, then drop something like a 7850 into it when you fancy better graphics and have the money

You can do that???

Frxn · 25 Nov 2012 at 19:31

Thanks for the replies, unfortunately something else came up (as always!) and I've had to put this off for now, will have a bigger budget next time though.

Frxn · 27 Nov 2012 at 16:47

Although I can't go ahead with it yet, I've decided to take another look, going for trinity as recommended above a few times. Though at least one of the parts are on sale so the price would rise a little bit. The case isn't required but it's cheap and looks nicer than my current one.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A75-D3H AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £49.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x OcUK Flamingo FM-12A Midi Tower Case - Black/Blue £21.98
1 x Arctic F8 Pro PWM Case Fan - 80mm £3.49
Total : £286.94 (includes shipping : £11.25).

Then once I have more funds, replace the HDD (current is only 160GB), new OS and an SSD for the OS. I figure chuck in the 6670 as well to Crossfire with the CPU, or would it be better to just buy a better card?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Asus HD 6670 SILENT EDITION 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99
1 x Adata Premier Pro SP900 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASP900S3-64GM-C) £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £42.98
Total : £274.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).

Any issue I should be aware about with any of these parts? Trying to research as much as possible but it's easy for me to miss something

Thanks

Idleman · 27 Nov 2012 at 17:28

If you are going to add a 6670 for hybrid/xfire, you will need the ram I specced earlier, to take full advantage.

YOUR BASKET
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB2133C11DC) £39.95
Total : £43.86 (includes shipping : £3.26).

markyboy91 · 27 Nov 2012 at 18:56

what about

YOUR BASKET
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £35.99
Total : £39.90 (includes shipping : £3.26).