Build for a friend

uksoldierboy · 10 Oct 2013 at 18:13

Hiya guys,

Building a system for a friend on a budget of £460 max.

System will be used for gaming and uni work, so a bit of multitasking etc.
The components listed is all he needs.

I was thinking something along the lines of this:

HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £85.99
(£71.66) £85.99
(£71.66)
Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020063-UK) Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020063-UK) £65.99
(£54.99) £65.99
(£54.99)
Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
(£33.29) £39.95
Total : £473.89

Anything wrong or is that about the best possible on his budget?

(Going secondhand is a no go)

Cheers guys

david

nick.lidgett · 10 Oct 2013 at 18:27

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795F3G2M) £173.99
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4130 Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £69.95
1 x Gigabyte 970A-D3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £56.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
Total : £473.41 (includes shipping : £10.50).

If you ordered it for him you would save on the shipping and bring it down to £460

uksoldierboy · 10 Oct 2013 at 18:34

Cheers for the reply nick,

would that fx4130 be alright in the likes of bf4 though compared to the 6300?

Avenged7Fold · 10 Oct 2013 at 18:38

uksoldierboy said:
Cheers for the reply nick,

would that fx4130 be alright in the likes of bf4 though compared to the 6300?

The fx 4130 will struggle. I suggest to go for the 6300 minimum and also to look into if there are problems with that UD3 board because i hear some of the revisions have a few sketchy issues with them. If you can afford the extra cash, the Asus evo will be a good choice if it turns out the boards older revisions have problems and you don't want to risk having to change board if you run into issues. If your friend can expand the budget to get a 7870 or a 7950, it would be well worth it!

nick.lidgett · 10 Oct 2013 at 19:04

uksoldierboy said:
Cheers for the reply nick,

would that fx4130 be alright in the likes of bf4 though compared to the 6300?

Probably not and without the budget for a decent after market cooler, achieving any decent overclock will meam silly high temps.
If he could stretch another £100 he could have a better board, decent cooler and the processor you originaly spec'd.