need some advice please..

Oddney

Oddney

Oddney

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hey all need some help with come computer parts

my son as asked me to build him a computer

i have a case, gfx card and HDD (not ssd) yet - card is a HD6950 twin frozr 3

so i need a -

motherboard
Processor
ram
power supply

he will want this computer for playing bf4- day z etc

about £500 is about what i can scrape up at short notice..

has to be intel :D

also think would it be easyer to upgrade my own pc and use my parts from mine to build his ???

my specs

Motherboard--Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3
Processor----Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Overclocked to 4.2GHz
Ram----------Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz
GPU----------Sapphire AMD R9 290 TRI-X OC Graphics Card (4GB,)Overclocked.
SSD----------Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5 inch Basic SATA Solid State Drive
Hard-Drives--Seagate 1TB ssd backup +1TB Storage
Moniters-----Benq XL2411T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED
PSU----------OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply
Cooler-------Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid Cooler
Case---------Corsair CC-9011048-WW Carbide Series Air 540



not sure what to do tbh..


any help is greatful
 
Your PC is still very good, however if you fancied an upgrade and wanted to pass down to your lad, then I'd suggest for you:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £258.58
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
Total : £334.16 (includes shipping : £8.00).



For your son:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
Total : £143.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).



£500 and you both get a nice PC!
 
hi and sorry about this.. but i couldnt get the parts i needed due to the car breaking down talk about timing,


anyway is this still ok to go with or would there be any better deals ?

thank you
 
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