Help With A First Build

adamnuk

adamnuk

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Hey Folks!

I am building a pc which I haven't done for a long time and I have been out of the loop for a long while.

I have a budget of £470 max for a gaming pc the sort of games i will be playing are Counter Strike Global Offensive, BF3 and Fifa 13.

The system I have put together on my budget is:

HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
AMD Bulldozer FX-6 Six Core 6100 Black Edition 3.30Ghz
Gigabyte 970A-D3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s
OcUK Galaxy III Tower Case - Black (500W PSU)
Kingston Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter

Which comes to Total : £466.02 delivered

Is that more or less the best I can do on the specified budget?

Thanks guys
 
I can see unfortunately that you'll instantly get ridiculed for choosing AMD.

Eventhough I am soon to be an AMD owner.

If your on a budget the AMD FX series is a good choice.

Otherwise would recommend the i5 2500k, less power consumption, possibly more expensive but more future proof.
 
Craigus said:
Could you not stretch that extra bit? I was in a similar position, but thought when I am already spending x amount another £100 was worth it for a good jump in performance.

Budget may not allow obviously, if you do get that setup though you can get 8gb RAM for a few more quid.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-114-GL
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Yeah I have £300 saved up and it's my birthday so I have been given £150 towards a pc.

As long as it can play/run the above mentioned games without any problems I would generally be happy with it.
 
AMD Bulldozer FX-6 Six Core 6100 Black Edition 3.30Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - etail with FREE Dirt Showdown PC Game

£83.99
(£69.99)

Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard ** FREE NEXUIZ GAME **

£51.98
(£43.32)

Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050)

£47.99
(£39.99)

Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply

£40.00
(£33.33)

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)

£25.99
(£21.66)


Total :

£~261

This will your choice of graphics card and case would be decent. (Good budget)
 
Not be upgrading anything for a while as long as its performing OK then I wont need to but when I do get enough money I would probably think about another GPU and running crossfire.

IncognitoX: That does look like a goof build I just don't like micro ATX motherboards I find them a bit restricting
 
adamnuk said:
Not be upgrading anything for a while as long as its performing OK then I wont need to but when I do get enough money I would probably think about another GPU and running crossfire.

IncognitoX: That does look like a goof build I just don't like micro ATX motherboards I find them a bit restricting
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Fair enough, maybe swap the board for an ATX and you'd be good to go, I'm with everyone else on the "Don't trust the freebie CPU!" front.
 
reason i asked if you can upgrade anytime is cuz with your budget, you can invest in an intel rig using a celeron as a cpu in place of an i5. something like this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £45.98
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x Intel Celeron G540 2.50GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail £35.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £27.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £453.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).



so when you get the $$$ to upgrade, you can just simply swap out the processor and get a nice boost in performance.
edit: and when you have even more $$$ to upgrade, get a 25-30 quid aftermarket heatsink and an ssd and you'll have a very respectable mid range system
 
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