first build advice

[metriaclima]

joined the forum to glean information before stepping up to my first proper build, its going to be used for gaming/home computer, ideally around £650 but could stretch the purse strings a little, I really like gigabyte and AMD brands so they should be the basis of the build and I'm liking the looks of white cases at the moment, throw some specs at me guys.....

 

[Danny75]

Do you need an OS?

Could you make do with a 128GB SSD for time being, then stick in a storage HDD further down the road?

Will a budget white case do or do you want quality?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Aerocool Xpredator X1 Midi Tower Case - White/Black £49.99




Would the video card need to be Gigabyte, as there are other good options at a lower price, such as MSI's etc?

 

[metriaclima]

graphics I'm open about but want gigabyte mobo, OS I already have along with monitor etc, case wise I like the bitfenix shinobi types and could live with an ssd as I have hdd's in my current rig I can steal.....

 

[Josh]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £169.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £107.99
1 x Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £71.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
Total : £678.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 

[Danny75]

I like Josh's spec for that price-range.

If you stretch a bit more, and do without an aftermarket cooler for the time being, you can grab a 280X on offer today:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £107.99
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - White/Black £49.99
1 x EVGA 600W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0600-KR) £49.99
Total : £700.93 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Could save up to buy a decent water cooler and then do more overclocking than possible on air.

 

[Fulax]

[nevermind]