Help in choosing build for new pc

raziel90 · 25 Sep 2013 at 12:28

Dear all,

I always got good advice when choosing a new pc build.

Right now I have the following chosen but if possible I would like to lower the price to make up for the shipping cost which is 83gbp to Malta without losing too much performance. Any help would be appreciated.

kefan77 · 25 Sep 2013 at 12:33

don't bother with that cooler.
get 1x4GB module and add 2nd one when possible.
why 2 HDD?
400-450W bronze+ PSU is enough for this.
you might look for B85 chipset board.

you can save a bit by getting FX6300 and AM3+ mobo.

snips86x · 25 Sep 2013 at 12:43

Something like this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x Sapphire HD 7870 GHz Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11199-16-20G) £149.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £74.95
1 x Gigabyte H87M-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £73.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £49.99
Total : £621.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Stock cooler is fine, 8GB RAM, Great Little PSU & a decent g/card for gaming, if that's your intention.

raziel90 · 25 Sep 2013 at 12:57

Thanks for the help, will look into it a bit more. My friend wants more storage space that's why 2 HDDs. Do AMD offer close performance as the intel ones these days? Haven't researched too much lately

swiftmetal · 25 Sep 2013 at 12:58

Something like this maybe

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £143.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785F1G2M) £107.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Asus H81-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £58.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £49.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £39.95
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £507.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).

some are deals but you get the picture and a better graphics card to boot.

Would go up to around £600 all in with p&p

swiftmetal · 25 Sep 2013 at 13:01

raziel90 said:
Thanks for the help, will look into it a bit more. My friend wants more storage space that's why 2 HDDs. Do AMD offer close performance as the intel ones these days? Haven't researched too much lately

At stock frequencies without overclocking them(which will incur more build cost due to getting a goos after market cpu cooler) amd is a lt worse. Clock for clock intel performs a lot better even if the amd versions have more cpu cores.

snips86x · 25 Sep 2013 at 13:04

Woudn't recommend a g/card with 1gb vram, that's way too limiting these days.

swiftmetal · 25 Sep 2013 at 13:15

I know but it is in budget and that's better than the one that he already wanted so that's why I made the suggestion for it.

raziel90 · 25 Sep 2013 at 13:25

Thanks again all, did some mix and match from your suggestions and got around 600 with shipping.

snips86x · 25 Sep 2013 at 13:28

raziel90 said:
Thanks again all, did some mix and match from your suggestions and got around 600 with shipping.

Have you purchased already?
You may want to double double check.

kefan77 · 25 Sep 2013 at 13:31

you better post the final build here before ordering.

raziel90 · 25 Sep 2013 at 14:42

kefan77 · 25 Sep 2013 at 14:46

I'd probably avoid the CX and get something like this, even if it's not modular.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-038-SS

raziel90 · 25 Sep 2013 at 15:04

Ok thanks for that

snips86x · 25 Sep 2013 at 15:29

Wouldn't go with a 1GB Graphics card either.