New gaming build for around £800?

[bobboberts]

That's interesting, what would I be looking for in the results though?

 

[Idleman]

Just check the +3.3V, +5V and +12v rails are what they should be.

 

[bobboberts]

Ahh, the 12v rail is only outputting 8.5v, so a new PSU is in order.

Right, so how about this build then:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming Edition OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G1600HC9DC01) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x Deepcool GAMMAXX S40 CPU-Cooler - 120mm £19.99
Total : £749.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).



This would form the shell for a possible further upgrade in the next 12-18 months with a view to maybe getting a new case/SSD (I'm not too fussed about waiting an extra few seconds for things to load, hence why no SSD is included) and GPU. Any obvious missteps here, or areas I could save further?

PS - how do you get the links to baskets to show up rather than the messy formatting above?

 

[Sasahara]

Is it wise to use a 6-year old PSU though?

Depends on who much actual usage it's had 6 years 24/7 and probably worth considering an upgrade keep as a spare. 6 years of 3-4 hours average daily use it should (touch wood) potentially have years of life left.

 

[lee32uk]

PS - how do you get the links to baskets to show up rather than the messy formatting above?

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18371076&highlight=browser

 

[bobboberts]

Depends on who much actual usage it's had 6 years 24/7 and probably worth considering an upgrade keep as a spare. 6 years of 3-4 hours average daily use it should (touch wood) potentially have years of life left.

The +12v only shows as +8.52v for both the min and max values though, so that's in need of replacing, right?

 

[Idleman]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £245.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £82.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £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 Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Deepcool GAMMAXX S40 CPU-Cooler - 120mm £19.99
Total : £736.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).

You could go with this and use Windows 8.1 Evaluation for 90 days and then buy if you like it. That way you get an ssd and a better Gpu.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/evalcenter/hh699156.aspx

 

[bobboberts]

Right, so I think I'm happy with this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £245.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G1600HC9DC01) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x Deepcool GAMMAXX S40 CPU-Cooler - 120mm £19.99
Total : £827.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Are there any obvious shortcomings or something I'm missing?