Can you improve and make this build cheaper

R9 290 goodness, fast SSD, good solid case. Compromises are keyboard, mouse and 2 inches of monitor real-estate.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-03-40G) £329.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2278HD 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £55.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K350M Gaming Keyboard £11.99
Total : £1,053.31 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
stulid said:
Board only supports upto 2000Mhz so would be downclocked.

Plus its black.
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Can I just ask if it's necessary to have the cooling fan. From youtube videos it looks like it comes with a a stock fan or is this rubbish? Ah and do you have a guide or something I can follow for when I build it? Also don't be surprised if I'm back here on the day of my purchase asking for one last update haha.
 
The CPU does come witha stock heatsink. But its small and noisy. The tiny little fan on it will buzz away.

Bigger fans such as that aftermarket cooler will rotate slower.

There are plenty of build guidescon YouTube to follow.
 
Search for Carey Holzman on YT or the Newegg how to build a PC (3parts).

Don't use the stock heatsink for the AMD FX series, its horrible and noisy,
 
ThePoundDollar said:
The games I'm wanting to play are SimCity 5, Minecraft, and possibly in the future some big AAA games. ... programming at Uni in something related to game development.
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Just so you know, these £1000 build are way overpowered for SC5 and Minecraft. You could spend £300-400 for a gaming PC that would be just as good in them. Similarly, any office-spec PC will eat up programming tasks, unless you intend to develop games in very graphically demanding engines.
 
joeyjojo said:
Just so you know, these £1000 build are way overpowered for SC5 and Minecraft. You could spend £300-400 for a gaming PC that would be just as good in them. Similarly, any office-spec PC will eat up programming tasks, unless you intend to develop games in very graphically demanding engines.
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I know but I'm future proofing myself because I'll eventually transfer from console to PC to play most of my games
 
The stock cooler that comes with the CPU has paste pre-applied.

The aftermarket coolers will have a little syringe or sachet of paste to apply yourself.
 
joeyjojo said:
Just so you know, these £1000 build are way overpowered for SC5 and Minecraft. You could spend £300-400 for a gaming PC that would be just as good in them. Similarly, any office-spec PC will eat up programming tasks, unless you intend to develop games in very graphically demanding engines.
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'..and possibly in the future some big AAA games.'
 
stulid said:
The stock cooler that comes with the CPU has paste pre-applied.

The aftermarket coolers will have a little syringe or sachet of paste to apply yourself.
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Ah just I seen a picture on this site about the fan and it looked as if it already came with paste pre applied (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?285810-Deepcool-Gammaxx-S40).

Anyway I watched that Newegg video and I've got a couple more questions to ask:
Is there enough fans to keep the system cool?
Should I not get RAM that spreads the heat or something?
Do the CPU and GPU work well with each other?
 
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Well if it comes pre-applied then cool, but that must be very rare on an aftermarket heatsink.

Both the 200R and Ronin have a front and rear 120mm installed fan, that should be enough.

The RAM does have heatspreaders.

CPU+GFX cards will work fine together.
 
stulid said:
Well if it comes pre-applied then cool, but that must be very rare on an aftermarket heatsink.

Both the 200R and Ronin have a front and rear 120mm installed fan, that should be enough.

The RAM does have heatspreaders.

CPU+GFX cards will work fine together.
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Fantastic, sorry forgot to ask what should hopefully be the last question! In that newegg video he had to plug the cases USB 3.0 lead into the ports on the outside of the motherboard. Will I have to do the same or are there internal ones? Here's the video. It's around the 27 minute mark I'm talking about.
Newegg TV: How To Build a Computer - Part 2 - The…: http://youtu.be/d_56kyib-Ls
 
ThePoundDollar said:
Fantastic, sorry forgot to ask what should hopefully be the last question! In that newegg video he had to plug the cases USB 3.0 lead into the ports on the outside of the motherboard. Will I have to do the same or are there internal ones? Here's the video. It's around the 27 minute mark I'm talking about.
Newegg TV: How To Build a Computer - Part 2 - The…: http://youtu.be/d_56kyib-Ls
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Most newer motherboards have onboard USB 3 header which you can connect the front usb 3 ports to - also the case should have the correct connector as-well.

Do you know the spec as we can then confirm.
 
stulid said:
The speed difference is minimal, 50Mhz is peanuts on the grand scheme of things, its the price, it really is a good deal.

There is a years less warranty.


Just saved you another £3 with this all black board,

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 280X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite E2483HS-B1 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £129.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 530W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £59.99
1 x Crucial M500 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT120M500SSD1) £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x TT eSports Knucker Plunger Gaming keyboard £39.98
1 x Deepcool GAMMAXX S40 CPU-Cooler - 120mm £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
Total : £1,006.26 (includes shipping : £13.75).

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So I've done a little research and I've come across a concern with the CPU. From what I've heard and seen, compared to the Intel Core i5 4670K, the FX-8320 is pretty bad; in fact in general the FX series is apparently bad. Apparently if I want i5 performance I'm gonna have to upgrade the motherboard and CPU cooling as I would have to overclock the 8320. So I think I might want to change to an intel CPU. What about the 4670K or the 3470?

I've also been recommended to change the power supply as the BeQuiet L8 is supposed to last around 3 years and is meant to be fairly loud. I've been recommended an Antec HCG or XFX to also hide the R9's fan noise. Apparently something lower pitched.

Basically I've been told the build is fairly well-balanced in general but is more suited to an overclocker (pun not intended)
 
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Well basically a 4670K and Z87 board adds £100 to the price.

You want a spec for a £1K, what see is a well balanced setup.

In BF4 the FX does well,

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When/if games get more and more multi threaded then it will hold its own.
 
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