Build for a friend

JakeR26 · 17 Jan 2013 at 12:10

Hey everyone, my friend is looking to get a new PC and I told him you guys did a great job on mine so I said I'd ask here on his behalf. He has £500-£550 to spend and would like this case, 1TB hard drive and an AMD processor. Go wild!
Cheers

[EDIT] He has a monitor and a keyboard/mouse.

Leprechaun312 · 17 Jan 2013 at 12:15

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-D3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £69.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £54.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - White/Black £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Tauro 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £41.99
1 x Xigmatek Gaia CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AM2/AM3/FM1) £19.99
Total : £585.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

this here should do the trick unfortunately its a bit over but it is about as cheap as i could make it without putting in a lesser g-card or processor

JakeR26 · 17 Jan 2013 at 12:19

How much would it come to with the Quad core 3.60GHz processor? I forget the name.

honosuseri · 17 Jan 2013 at 12:21

You need to be more specific as to what parts are needed (OS, peripherals, monitor etc etc)

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 XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) £46.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £35.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-364-GI) £35.00
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £563.93 (includes shipping : £12.50).

The mobo is a bargain (check with OCuk what's missing, probably just sata cables if anything). If he needs an OS he could try the windows 8 developers edition for 3 months as a try before you buy and then get the OS later in the year. It's just over budget but worth the cash I promise

JakeR26 · 17 Jan 2013 at 12:21

Sorry for the double post, but would this work also? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-327-AM

Doomedspeed · 17 Jan 2013 at 12:23

Leprechaun312 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-D3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £69.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £54.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - White/Black £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Tauro 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £41.99
1 x Xigmatek Gaia CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AM2/AM3/FM1) £19.99
Total : £585.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

this here should do the trick unfortunately its a bit over but it is about as cheap as i could make it without putting in a lesser g-card or processor

A few things wrong with build, there not WRONG but worth changing..

I would personal go with intel and the i5 3570k.. Great chips and great overclockers too. A fraction better than the 8320. I just feel intel chipsets are better too.. The choice is yours.

That PSU isn't the best. Id go with an XFX 550W (or is it 500W) core.

I'd get a better cooler, The Artic cooling i30 (A30 for AMD) is amazing for such a cheap cooler, so is the matterhorn pure.

@OP, does your friend want to play heavy games at High res or is he more casual?

Leprechaun312 · 17 Jan 2013 at 12:25

Doomedspeed said:
A few things wrong with build, there not WRONG but worth changing..

I would personal go with intel and the i5 3570k.. Great chips and great overclockers too. A fraction better than the 8320. I just feel intel chipsets are better too.. The choice is yours.

That PSU isn't the best. Id go with an XFX 550W (or is it 500W) core.

I'd get a better cooler, The Artic cooling i30 (A30 for AMD) is amazing for such a cheap cooler, so is the matterhorn pure.

@OP, does your friend want to play heavy games at High res or is he more casual?

they were just parts i used myself and have had no problem with so i thought they would do the trick

JakeR26 · 17 Jan 2013 at 12:26

@OP, does your friend want to play heavy games at High res or is he more casual?

He will probably play some high end games, but he wants an AMD processor.

honosuseri · 17 Jan 2013 at 12:29

JakeR26 said:
He will probably play some high end games, but he wants an AMD processor.

He really doesn't

Let him watch that, whilst he does maybe some +1s will be posted for my spec

JakeR26 · 17 Jan 2013 at 12:35

Leprechaun312 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-D3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £69.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £54.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - White/Black £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Tauro 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £41.99
1 x Xigmatek Gaia CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AM2/AM3/FM1) £19.99
Total : £585.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

this here should do the trick unfortunately its a bit over but it is about as cheap as i could make it without putting in a lesser g-card or processor

Would that build work with this processor? I think it's a pretty good build and he'll be well within budget that way.

Doomedspeed · 17 Jan 2013 at 12:38

JakeR26 said:
Would that build work with this processor? I think it's a pretty good build and he'll be well within budget that way.

It would but that processor is truely awful, this is not me being a fanboy, its just pure fact.

The Piledrivers (8320) are the only worthwhile AMD cpu's, Bulldozer was a bit of a bust.

a lot better off with an i5 or even an i3..

Take a look at benchmarks for the A10-5800k. They are pretty good.

JakeR26 · 17 Jan 2013 at 12:40

It works well enough in my PC.. I'll see if he is okay with the extra spend.

Doomedspeed · 17 Jan 2013 at 12:48

JakeR26 said:
It works well enough in my PC.. I'll see if he is okay with the extra spend.

If you get a 7850 with it, the 4100 would be a bottleneck (slightly)

JakeR26 · 17 Jan 2013 at 12:53

He said he'd keep the processor and then drop the graphics down to this.

Dangerous_Dave · 17 Jan 2013 at 13:08

Wouldn't go from 2GB to 1GB. New consoles are out in a matter of months and when they are all games (including PC which are often console ports) will be gobbling VRAM.

Is this just board only?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-385-GI&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=2046

Another possibility

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-385-GI&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=2046

And then switch the HDD and the RAM to those from the second list. Would save around £23 I think, so you're at ~£550 + shipping.

Dangerous_Dave · 17 Jan 2013 at 13:09

I'd also take the Windforce 7850 over the IceQ one.

Leprechaun312 · 5 Feb 2013 at 12:48

The amd piledriver does work a treat unfortunately although they will deny it this forum is biased towards intelthey do benchmark higher and in cases are better but tbh it is not a noticeable difference if you are gaming, you are talking 5-10 frames difference and there are cases where the amd piledriver is better than the i5 e.g. multithreaded processing it's up to him whether he wants the piledriver or the i5 i have both a piledriver and a 3770k i7 and with the same g-card there is no difference in frames and even if there was it would be miniscule