New build

[whitecrook]

Hi all

Have been out the PC game for a while, last build was a E2140 on the weird Asrock AGP/PCIe board VSTA thing.......

So looking to build a gaming PC for about £300-£400. In my research it seems that I'm better off going for the higher end of this budget as that will get me A) a nicer case, ideal for moving the PC about and perhaps beneficial to the OC effort, B) 8GB ram, perhaps required for GTAV (any other games?)

The overclocking potential and cheapness of the H81 + G3528 appeals and does the ability of the 750ti to oc nicely. Normally would get a seasonic powersupply but OCuk doens't seem to have any.

Thoughts or comments ?

Asus GeForce GTX 750Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
BitFenix Prodigy M 'Yang' MATX Cube Case - Black/White BitFenix Prodigy M 'Yang' MATX Cube Case - Black/White £74.95
Corsair CS550M 550W Semi-Modular 80+ GOLD Certified Power Supply (CP-9020076-UK) Corsair CS550M 550W Semi-Modular 80+ GOLD Certified Power Supply (CP-9020076-UK) £65.99
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1333C9) £65.99
Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £49.99
Asus H81M-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard Asus H81M-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99

Total £422 inc


Would mostly play project cars, emulated games, gtr2 / evo, GTAV, quake live

Have a screen and HDD already

 

[mickyflinn]

Faster and cheaper ram also faster gpu.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £59.99

 

[danewesley]

id suggest this, much better all round..

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express G (GX-143-GI) £129.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £59.99
1 x SanDisk Ultra II 120GB 2.5 Inch SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SDSSDHII-120G-G25) £46.98
1 x MSI 970A-G43 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £45.95
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR) £39.95
1 x Aerocool V2X Black Edition Midi-Tower - Black £19.99
Total : £422.80 (includes shipping : ).

 

[danewesley]

things like project cars will benefit from the extra cores, otherwise id have suggested the g3258 also.

 

[danewesley]

on budget with a clearance motherboard

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express G (GX-143-GI) £129.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £59.99
1 x SanDisk Ultra II 120GB 2.5 Inch SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SDSSDHII-120G-G25) £46.98
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR) £39.95
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX (MB-379-GI) £22
1 x Aerocool V2X Black Edition Midi-Tower - Black £19.99
Total : £398.84 (includes shipping : ).

 

[danewesley]

adjusted intel option with better gpu..

750ti vs r9 280

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express G (GX-143-GI) £129.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £59.99
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £58.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x SanDisk Ultra II 120GB 2.5 Inch SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SDSSDHII-120G-G25) £46.98
1 x **B Grade** BitFenix Prodigy 'Tempest' Mini-ITX Cube Case - Blue/Black £44
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR) £39.95
Total : £429.85 (includes shipping : ).

 

[virdee2]

I love the look of the Prodigy case... everything I've read about them says it would fit exactly what you are looking for in terms of movability and style

 

[whitecrook]

Thanks. I'm not so keen to go AMD, in all the benchmarks i've seen intel seem to comfortably beat them, and going S1150 gives a better upgrade path i think, in a year or 2 I can probably get a i5 / i7 K processor for not much I would hope.

Are the EVGA Psus well regarded ?

 

[virdee2]

people generally suggest super flower as the standard to compare to now days. I an Antec and haven't had any issues so far (about a year) and i overlock everything i can lol

 

[danewesley]

nothing wrong with the evga units, they are cheap yes. but most psu's overclockers stock are fit for purpose.

Intel may seem a better option but the minimal requirements for project cars suggests a quad core so not sure if you will run in to problems buying the g3258.

 

[whitecrook]

Thanks.

Whats the recommended budget cooler for improving temps over the stock coolers these days ? for S1150 board and/or AMD ?