help spec a gaming rig for my bro

[manering]

hi all could someone help me spec a computer for my brother please...


it will only be used for gaming... looking to spend around the 600 quid mark and go for the amd fx8*** cpu.

any help advise would be appreciated

 

[Danny75]

Weekly offers will be changing any time now, best to spec then.

What does he need exactly? Or what doesn't he need (OS/monitor etc)?

 

[manering]

windows 8 no need for monitor or keyboard ect just tower sorry should have stated

 

[mickyflinn]

Will you be building it yourself ?

 

[manering]

Will you be building it yourself ?

Hi yes will be putting it together our self's

 

[mickyflinn]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x MSI 990FXA-GD65 AMD 990 FX (AMD AM3/AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX21C11BRK2/8-OC) £67.99
1 x Crucial MX100 128GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT128MX100SSD1) £52.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £38.99
1 x Aerocool Strike-X ONE Midi Tower Case - Black £31.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £611.40 (includes shipping : ).

 

[ShivP]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x MSI 990FXA-GD65 AMD 990 FX (AMD AM3/AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX21C11BRK2/8-OC) £67.99
1 x Crucial MX100 128GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT128MX100SSD1) £52.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £38.99
1 x Aerocool Strike-X ONE Midi Tower Case - Black £31.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £611.40 (includes shipping : ).

That cooler won't fit in that case

YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX Radeon R9 280 DD Black Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-280A-TDFD) with FREE Kingston 60GB SSD £169.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £59.99
1 x Intel 320 Series 120GB Internal SSD SATA 3GB/s 2.5" 7mm (SSDSA2BW120G3) £49.98
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £44.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £38.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £619.81 (includes shipping : ).




If you were looking for alternatives, this Intel setup will probably have better performance in gmaes (mostly). The GPU comes with a free SSD which you can resell and recoup some money. The GPU will also have great performance
This RAM is veeery cheap right now, 2400Mhz kit which is normally £80 I believe - nab it while you can!

 

[manering]

awsome thanks he is going to order today i think cheers for the input chaps