Christmas present £500

If he is heavy in gaming, you should consider an intel system..

Im not sure I would purchase a fx8 system this late into its life (coming from someone who uses a FX 8350 every day).
 
The AM3+ socket is slowly coming to it's end, there's no upgrade path past the current chips available, an intel chip would be more more advisable.

What games does he play and at what resolution?
I'm assuming you have a monitor & OS already?
 
Can only agree with what's already been said above.

Post again one week before you're ready to buy something. As ThaReaper said, prices can change a lot. Just a couple of weeks ago, 780Ti's were £500, now they are £350.

I also agree with Rob that it's best to go Intel now, even if it means just getting the basics in to allow for better upgrades in future.
 
sweat69 said:
Is amd bring out a new CPU?
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not this year, they are supposed to be stepping back in to desktop cpu market but we will have to wait and see..


and on a second note OMG its only September and we are talking Christmas, we are all doomed from here on out.
 
WOW just seen you want an 8core £100, SSD £70, good mobo that can sli/cf £100

you now have £230 for case, PSU, ram, gfx card....
 
About as good as I can get fitting everything in OP wants (inc. OS). OC the CPU a bit an you should be able to get it to match an i5 for games.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s - Retail (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £578.27 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
P4Clock said:
WOW just seen you want an 8core £100, SSD £70, good mobo that can sli/cf £100

you now have £230 for case, PSU, ram, gfx card....
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Bloody well almost doable tho! :p



YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320E Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £104.99
1 x Silverstone Enthusiast Bundle - Tundra TD02 Liquid CPU Cooler & Redline SST-RL04B Midi-Tower USB 3.0 Gaming Tower £89.90
- 1 x No Power Supply Required £0.00
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x Crucial MX100 128GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT128MX100SSD1) £54.98
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x Lamptron 6-Cluster LaZer LED - UV £4.99
Total : £539.42 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Drop the case for a Corsair 200r compact and grab a raijintek direct contact cooler. I'd favour the pentium over the AMD, room to upgrade and put more into the GPU.

OP might not need OS or may need OS and monitor.
 
You would have to mad to invest in AMD these days.

No upgrade path.

What alterwin has posted is best and includes an OS.
 
Different iterations of the AM3+ series. Piledriver being the latest.

What monitor and OS do you currently have?
I'd favour the Intel still at this point, removing the OS.
 
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