Help with a spec (£650 Ish).

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I need help with a light gaming (Dota2)/every day use desktop for a friend. As per title says, it's up to £650. Less being better. As a note he's not going to overclock (crying shame I know). Storage drives will be provided from old pc.

Ow and one last thing! It does need to be silent or close to,



No peripherals needed or a monitor. The only thing is he is quite an audiophile so a dedicated sound card would probably be good, I've got no idea about them so yer.

What I've got in mind is;

I5 4670
270 or a 270x (what's the difference?).
Ga-z87-hd3 motherboard.
Samsung evo 840 120gig
Corsair cx 600 v2

The case Can just be a standard looking case that will keep things quiet and cool (enough). The ram 8 gig of what ever is cheapest at the time.

Would you guys change anything, would a 8320 be a better option? I'm struggling to get a build together with a sound card that comes under budget.

Any input and thought would be great!
 
Intel.

The Sniper mobo is supposed to have an excellent sound chip from Creative. But the build is over budget.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £146.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £49.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £17.99
Total : £677.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Amd.

Have managed to include a sound card but unsure as to it`s quality, I never use them.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £146.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £71.99
1 x Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £49.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £17.99
Total : £647.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
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