Help with parts to get for first build!

ToAdMx399

ToAdMx399

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Hey guys, im looking to create a new gaming pc and hand my old one to the missus so she can play games with me! Im 90% gaming 10% browsing but like at least 1TB harddrive to keep all my photos and music!

i have a budget max of £750 and play arma 3/SWTOR and Totalwar rome II the most! i was looking at a 760 GPU but i dont know really what im looking at!

currently in my current pc i have AMD fx 4100, gtx 560 se GPU, Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P motherboard and some budget x2 4gb of ram!

I want something better than the current setup i have as i had to settle for the first setup as had little money!

Case wise i had my eye on the Cooler Master K380 Midi Tower as long as the parts will fit!

I would really like if you guys could use your understanding of components and specs to create a nice gaming pc without the "ill use this motherboard cus its blue" sort of attitude i have lol because i really dont know what im looking at! Hope you can help! thanks Todd

EDIT: would like Win 7 64bit OS! none of the windows 8 crap :|
 
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KFA2 GeForce GTX 760 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter
BitFenix Spectre LED RED 120mm Fan
Cooler Master K380 Midi Tower Black Windowed Case

Total : £767.44

Bit over my budget but can anyone see if im paying more than i should?
 
again overbudget but better spec

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Games **FREE SHIPPING** £233.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £90.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £52.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Cooler Master K380 Midi Tower Black Windowed Case - Black (RC-K380-KWN1) £39.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £821.88 (includes shipping : FREE).



better proessor motherboard ssd
 
swiftmetal said:
again overbudget but better spec

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Games **FREE SHIPPING** £233.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £90.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £52.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Cooler Master K380 Midi Tower Black Windowed Case - Black (RC-K380-KWN1) £39.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £821.88 (includes shipping : FREE).



better proessor motherboard ssd
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The processor may be better but pair a 8 core FX with an extreme 3 Asrock board and it wont be. The board was a flagship board from a time before these high power fx chips would push Asrocks half assed VRMs to their limits. You use to see a number of threads when the FX CPUs were brought that the Xtreme 3 would throttle at a slight overclock or even at stock sometimes under load.

I would suggest Asus Evo as the cheapest quality board for any 8 core FX. The power phasing may be only 6+2 but i would have that over any Asrock 8+2 board.
 
hmm that seems abit over the top really i dont think its necessary to have a 8 core processor! and i would rather have nvidia than amd for cards!
 
ToAdMx399 said:
what motherboard is the best but the cheapest for the piledriver 6300?
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The cheapest motherboard i would recommend for a 6 or 8 core FX chip is the Asus Evo. I also think it is worth paying a little bit extra to go for the 8 core as well, as some games use them and you never know what the future may bring! If you cant afford it all at once drop the SSD and upgrade it later or go on a windows trial until you can afford a license.

going for a cheap motherboard like Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 will be your undoing if you ever plan to overclock or upgrade. I have used this motherboard and it struggles with the power fx chips pull through the VRMs.

According to the dimensions given on the website, the gigabyte card will fit into the case.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 WindForce 3x OC Rev2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Black PCB** £215.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £52.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £47.99
1 x Cooler Master K380 Midi Tower Black Windowed Case - Black (RC-K380-KWN1) £39.98
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler £32.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £779.39 (includes shipping : £11.25).




This build is without OS included. You can scrap the SSD for the OS but if i were you i would just abuse the 3 month trials that windows do and just buy the OS another time. There is also a modular version of the PSU but my Chrome wouldnt load the page


A more expensive Intel alternative will suit you better if you can do without both the OS and SSD for now.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 WindForce 3x OC Rev2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Black PCB** £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £185.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-HD3 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £52.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £47.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Cooler Master K380 Midi Tower Black Windowed Case - Black (RC-K380-KWN1) £39.98
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler £32.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £735.40 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 
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Stock coolers are not very good and with the intel K processors and FX CPUs people will spec on this forum, it would be a waste to massively limit your overclock by using them.
 
SlugForAButt said:
Take a look at Doomedspeeds spec in this thread

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18540898

swap the 7950 for a GTX760 (£179 on this week only offer), swap the case for your favoured cheaper case (leaves you extra cash to buy a 4670K.)
Add OS of your choice and you're ready to go with a much superior system within budget.
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going 4670k would also require going with a better motherboard with the recommended gigabyte motherboard(if not going sli/xfire in the future) being £40 or so more than the one doomspeed speced.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-437-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2574

for future xfire/sli would be another £10-£20 on top of that with the one recommended on here being

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-436-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2574


ToAdMx399 said:
ahh i see :) thank you! im glad i came on the forums or i would have just brought the processor and used the stock cooler!
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to save money for now you can go retail cpu and get the aftermarket cooler at a later date when you have more money, it just means in the mean while you cant't overclock the cpu very much if at all.
 
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