Caporegime
A friend of mine asked me to build him a PC that could run modern games and especially Star Wars ones well for a 1080P resolution monitor/TV.
Budget was tight but I think I cracked it with new parts and some used parts.
The Parts
This is the list of new parts purchased.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £159.22
(includes shipping: £11.70)
And used I got hold of,
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £394.87
(includes shipping: £9.90)
The CPU was £110
The R9 380 was £95
RAM was £25
So all in the total cost is £377, I supplied a random 120mm fan for free for the front of the case.
The Parts and the Build
So starting with the case which is effectively £6 as the PSU is £42.95 by itself.
Not much to see, its clean looking and it has two USB2.0 ports, power ON/OFF, Restart, and audio jacks along with power/HDD LED.
You can fit a 90mm to the rear.
It is what it is....a cheap case.
Comes with a front cover adapter and a bag of screws etc.
Top mount for an SSD.
Front comes away and leaves the cables/buttons behind which I like.
A 120mm fan just clips in.
The PSU
Nice braided cables, all black and stealthy.
Stand offs now fitted.
Fit the I/O shield plate and screw the PSU in.
Fan facing down to exhaust hot rising air.
A H110 based board, it has the basics needed and will take an i7.
CPU in.
It is a used item so lets clean the CPU and heatsink surface.
Slap some AS5 on.
Fit the stock heatsink and the RAM.
Take the SSD.
And fit it to the 2.5" drive bay plate found in the top part of the case.
Fit the board/CPU/RAM combo and screw it in and add the cables.
You can see why I got the fan cable extension, otherwise the cable from the fan wont reach.
Grab a GFX card.
R9 380 4GB Strix, 2 months old..........nice.
A bit bloody wide, will it fit?
Removing the 3.5" drive plate it fits easily.
Put the plate back in, boy that is a close fit, but it fits.
A few well placed cable ties.
And she is ready.
Install Windows 10 and the drivers for the chipset, LAN, GFX, Audio etc.
And the job is a good'un.
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/12477867
Budget was tight but I think I cracked it with new parts and some used parts.
The Parts
This is the list of new parts purchased.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 Case & Super Flower 450W FX 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply Bundle= £48.95
- 1 x Asus H110M-K Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £46.99
- 1 x Kingston 240GB SSDNow UV400 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SUV400S37/2= £47.99
- 1 x BitFenix Alchemy 3pin Fan extension 30cm - Grey/Silver= £3.59
Total: £159.22
(includes shipping: £11.70)
And used I got hold of,
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x Asus Radeon R9 380 DirectCU II Strix OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £173.99
- 1 x Kingston Savage Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C12 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX424C12SBK2/8= £34.99
- 1 x Intel Core i5-6500 3.20GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £175.99
Total: £394.87
(includes shipping: £9.90)
The CPU was £110
The R9 380 was £95
RAM was £25
So all in the total cost is £377, I supplied a random 120mm fan for free for the front of the case.
The Parts and the Build
So starting with the case which is effectively £6 as the PSU is £42.95 by itself.
Not much to see, its clean looking and it has two USB2.0 ports, power ON/OFF, Restart, and audio jacks along with power/HDD LED.
You can fit a 90mm to the rear.
It is what it is....a cheap case.
Comes with a front cover adapter and a bag of screws etc.
Top mount for an SSD.
Front comes away and leaves the cables/buttons behind which I like.
A 120mm fan just clips in.
The PSU
Nice braided cables, all black and stealthy.
Stand offs now fitted.
Fit the I/O shield plate and screw the PSU in.
Fan facing down to exhaust hot rising air.
A H110 based board, it has the basics needed and will take an i7.
CPU in.
It is a used item so lets clean the CPU and heatsink surface.
Slap some AS5 on.
Fit the stock heatsink and the RAM.
Take the SSD.
And fit it to the 2.5" drive bay plate found in the top part of the case.
Fit the board/CPU/RAM combo and screw it in and add the cables.
You can see why I got the fan cable extension, otherwise the cable from the fan wont reach.
Grab a GFX card.
R9 380 4GB Strix, 2 months old..........nice.
A bit bloody wide, will it fit?
Removing the 3.5" drive plate it fits easily.
Put the plate back in, boy that is a close fit, but it fits.
A few well placed cable ties.
And she is ready.
Install Windows 10 and the drivers for the chipset, LAN, GFX, Audio etc.
And the job is a good'un.
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/12477867
