Friend wants to build a computer!

[ielazzo]

My friend is looking to buy components for his computer. He is willing to spend 850 pounds, excluding the shipping. He already has a monitor, keyboard and a mouse. The computer is mainly going to be used for gaming.

 

[ielazzo]

Could you suggest some components. Thx in advance.

 

[farlow2012]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-317-OE&groupid=43&catid=2475

£10 over budget

 

[ielazzo]

Thx

 

[farlow2012]

im sure some the tech guys be about soon to give you a component list if you wanted to build your self

 

[Fire_fly]

Self build option.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £89.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £65.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £874.40 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 

[jonnyp1993]

this is mine, but im not that good at this , maybe someone can correct me if im wrong somewhere

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £159.95
1 x Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £149.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Black £104.99
1 x Corsair Dominator PLATINUM 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit with DHX Pro Connector (CMD8GX3M2A1600C8) £99.95
1 x Crucial M500 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT120M500SSD1) £95.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
Total : £904.33 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 

[jonnyp1993]

or this

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £149.99
1 x Corsair Dominator PLATINUM 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit with DHX Pro Connector (CMD8GX3M2A1600C8) £99.95
1 x Crucial M500 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT120M500SSD1) £95.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x AeroCool Sixth Element Full Tower Case - White £65.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £849.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 

[ielazzo]

He will probably end up swapping the processor because he doesn't like AMD. but it seems good as well.

 

[Fire_fly]

Bit of a critic

this is mine, but im not that good at this , maybe someone can correct me if im wrong somewhere

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £159.95
1 x Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £149.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Black £104.99
1 x Corsair Dominator PLATINUM 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit with DHX Pro Connector (CMD8GX3M2A1600C8) £99.95
1 x Crucial M500 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT120M500SSD1) £95.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
Total : £904.33 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Lost of Very expensive stuff. RAM, Motherboard, case, and SSD could all be swapped out for cheaper alternatives. with the money saved going into a better GPU.

or this

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £149.99
1 x Corsair Dominator PLATINUM 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit with DHX Pro Connector (CMD8GX3M2A1600C8) £99.95
1 x Crucial M500 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT120M500SSD1) £95.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x AeroCool Sixth Element Full Tower Case - White £65.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £35.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £849.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).

At this Price reange you want that FX 83XX to compeat with an i5, the FX 63XX are more in line with an i3 performance and price wise.

 

[jonnyp1993]

ok, i see where you are coming from, im not very good at specing pc's unless its my own lol,

i have a fx6300 and tbh, its a pretty good cpu, i havnt got round to clocking it yet, waiting on the new cooler to try that.

thanks for the headsup though

 

[Fire_fly]

My take on an AMD build

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7950-3GD5/OC BE G) £227.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £124.99
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £113.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £83.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £65.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £872.40 (includes shipping : £11.25).



Gone with the UD3 Mb as it still has plenty of features to satisfy the requirements of most people, and used the money saved to get a better GPU. Same goes for the CPU and RAM while adding a bigger cooler give a better CPU OC.

If it were my own money though I would still go with the i5 build.

 

[ielazzo]

Very good and thx. Just as i mentioned before about AMD but apart from that thx for the help. He appreciates it.

 

[farlow2012]

fire fly's i5 build defiantly the best option

 

[RJC]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £89.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G186C9K) £65.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £858.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).