Help with build £300-£350

The Slayer_UK

The Slayer_UK

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Hi All

Im building my dad a new PC its been a while since ive built a new pc from scratch so wanted a little help to see if there is anything wrong with this spec.

His budget is £300-£350 he will mainly use the computer for browsing the web and storing photos on it and other general tasks, it might be abit overkill but thought id try get the best i could for the money he wants to spend.

i3-6320 3.90GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151
H110-Plus Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 3200MHz
EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply
BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower

Storage is all sorted as he already has a SSD and and DVD RW also OS is already sorted.

Thanks

Sam
 
H110 motherboards don't support ram past 2133mhz, you could save some money by getting a 2133mhz-2400mhz kit.
Also this case/psu combo is great value https://www.overclockers.co.uk/fractal-design-core-1000-case-and-super-flower-450w-fx-80-plus-bronze-power-supply-bundle-bu-001-fd.html

As for the cpu, It is okay, but I would either reccomend saving £25 and go for the 6100, or spend £25 extra and get the i5 6400.

Here is a completely different idea, which should last much longer (in terms of performance) I am having trouble uploading my basket so will give individual links
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team-group-dark-8gb-2x4gb-ddr4-pc4-24000c16-3000mhz-dual-channel-kit-black-tdked48g3000hc16adc0-my-082-tg.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/fractal-design-core-1000-case-and-super-flower-450w-fx-80-plus-bronze-power-supply-bundle-bu-001-fd.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/gigabyte-z170-gaming-k3-intel-core-i5-6600k-bundle-10-pounds-saving-bu-026-gi.html

With this combo it is just over £350 (£384 and £24 cashback) But will provide a considerable performance increase over your current list
 
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Even a Pentium would do, so the cheapest i3 would be more than fine.

That ATX motherboard doesn't seem to have any more features than the less expensive micro-ATX H110s. Seems it's just paying for larger board area/Pci slots. RAM will only run at 2133MHz so can save a bit there too.

The savings could help get a better quality PSU for more reliability and an arguably nicer micro-ATX case.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £285.53
(includes shipping: £11.70)
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Benjamham said:
H110 motherboards don't support ram past 2133mhz, you could save some money by getting a 2133mhz-2400mhz kit.
Also this case/psu combo is great value https://www.overclockers.co.uk/fractal-design-core-1000-case-and-super-flower-450w-fx-80-plus-bronze-power-supply-bundle-bu-001-fd.html
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Ok thanks didn't realize they dont support RAM above 2400MHz will look at different RAM, I have never heard of super Flower before so went with a decent brand i did know on the PSU
 
Danny75 said:
Even a Pentium would do, so the cheapest i3 would be more than fine.

That ATX motherboard doesn't seem to have any more features than the less expensive micro-ATX H110s. Seems it's just paying for larger board area/Pci slots. RAM will only run at 2133MHz so can save a bit there too.

The savings could help get a better quality PSU for more reliability and an arguably nicer micro-ATX case.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £285.53
(includes shipping: £11.70)
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Ok thanks but ive never heard of Super Flower before hence why i went for a good quality branded name of EVGA is super flower a good brand name???
 
The Slayer_UK said:
Ok thanks but ive never heard of Super Flower before hence why i went for a good quality branded name of EVGA is super flower a good brand name???
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Yeah they are the oem, and considered one of the best (either them or seasonic). The psu has a bronze rating, better looking cabling etc, a no-brainier in my opinion

I have update my original post with another Idea if you want to spend £10 over your limit. Really depends on the use case of this build

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Yeah I didn't read the part about the "general use" I would go for a build similar to the one above, but using the psu/case combo that I posted.

If you wanted, you could go for a z170 motherboard around the £90 mark, that would mean you could take advantage or easy ram upgrades, being able to run the ram at a higher speed and an overall better upgrade path over h110 (m.2 compatability, more pcie lanes, potential for overclocking cpu in the future etc.)
 
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Well somewhere you need to draw the line, sure it would be nice to give your father a beastly machine. I am guessing if you can pay £50 more for a build that literally wont miss a beat then why not?
 
Unfortunately he doesn't want to spend more than £350 but as you said you have to draw the line somewhere, I doubt he will want to upgrage it at all after this, usually he gets my old Gaming Pcs, the last one lasted him 5 years and i had it before that for 5 years so other than a graphics card upgrade now and again its done well, its just got to the point where everything in it is failing and i dont see the point in buying parts for it i might as well build him a fresh pc
 
The Slayer_UK said:
Unfortunately he doesn't want to spend more than £350 but as you said you have to draw the line somewhere, I doubt he will want to upgrage it at all after this, usually he gets my old Gaming Pcs, the last one lasted him 5 years and i had it before that for 5 years so other than a graphics card upgrade now and again its done well, its just got to the point where everything in it is failing and i dont see the point in buying parts for it i might as well build him a fresh pc
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In that case this would be ideal:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £239.58
(includes shipping: £11.70)
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The Slayer_UK said:
I see on the manufactures website it says it only supports 2133mhz, so if i got some that was 2400mhz would that still work then? but it would just run at 2133mhz?
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yeah, you just wont see any performance benefit from buying high frequency ram. If you want to be sure the ram will work, the motherboard should have a list of compatible modules/vendors.
The higher frequency ram seems only a tiny bit more expensive, but could have a better re-sale value, so that is something to consider.
 
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Benjamham said:
yeah, you just wont see any performance benefit from buying high frequency ram. If you want to be sure the ram will work, the motherboard should have a list of compatible modules/vendors.
The higher frequency ram seems only a tiny bit more expensive, but could have a better re-sale value, so that is something to consider.
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Ok brillaint, is there any reason other than the extra £30 differene you went for the i3 6100 over the i3 6320 i was originally going for is the 6100 almost as good?
 
The Slayer_UK said:
Ok brillaint, is there any reason other than the extra £30 differene you went for the i3 6100 over the i3 6320 i was originally going for is the 6100 almost as good?
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You gain 200mhz for £30, will be a very small increase in performance. offers considerably less perf/£ as a consequence.

the 6320 sits in an awkward price spot, and given the option I would invest the little extra to go with the i5 6400
 
Like I said, even a Pentium would do for such tasks and an i3 is already a little luxury/overkill, so why spend extra on a more expensive i3 or even i5. The SSD will provide the snappiness.
 
Benjamham said:
You gain 200mhz for £30, will be a very small increase in performance. offers considerably less perf/£ as a consequence.

the 6320 sits in an awkward price spot, and given the option I would invest the little extra to go with the i5 6400
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I did look at the i5 6400 but at the time the price difference was going to put him over budget but i might consider it again as since we have swapped things the overall price has come down
 
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