Please check my bits. £600 budget.

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Hi all.
My sons mate has asked me to build him a gaming PC. His budget is £600 at the mo but is hoping to be able to buy a good top end GPU in the not too distant future.

So I have put a list of bits together I think will work well now and be future proof for an upgrades, i.e £200 to £300 GPU.

He has a TV with HDMI and VGA so will connect via HDMI with using VGA to set the BIOS.

I suggested getting a nice Corsair case and a H100i to keep things cool but these will have to be a future add on. So I picked a cheap ATX case which I consider to be a temporary measure just to get things going.

He is not interested in OC so just picked an i5 4690.

Check out my bits.

Was going to pick the Asus Maximus Vii Ranger but out of stock. It reads as a very capable board.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Asus Maximus VII Hero Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £161.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 850 '80+ Gold' 850W Power Supply (CP-9020056-UK) £109.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9) £71.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1003FZEX) HDD £57.49
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £14.99
Total : £620.42 (includes shipping : ).

 
 
Depending on which GFX card he adds, a 550W PSU will power nearly all single GFX card setups.

750W will run a pair of GTX970 in SLI.

850W will run GTX980 or R9 290/290X as a pair.
 
As far as I am aware he will follow my sons set up, or very similar.

1 GPU, R9 280x or similar.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Antec High Current Gamer M 750W "80+ Bronze" Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
Total : £149.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Those will save more £££ then.

With all the £££ saved perhaps you could get an even better case+ssd.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £62.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £14.99
Total : £595.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
@ stulid

Can I ask why the Gigabyte board ?

What has that got to offer over an Asus Maximus Vii Hero. Was going to pick the Ranger.

I do prefer Asus boards, had a few, like them and like their support.

by the way, shipping will not come into it. FREE which is nice..


Thanks for the input..
 
Lets flip the question.

What does the Hero do that the Gigabyte doesnt that he needs for the extra £60+?
 
stulid said:
Lets flip the question.

What does the Hero do that the Gigabyte doesnt that he needs for the extra £60+?
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Good point. Not read up on the Gigabyte board at all. I suppose I should.

As for the RAM. I thought the latency was the key, the lower the better.
Plus on the Asus support for the Hero it does mention the 2400 but has a "OC" next to it..
Does this mean the RAM has to be set to be overclocked for it to work. ?

I better go to the Gigabyte site.
 
ANy speed over 1600Mhz is beyond JEDEC specifications.

The Gigabyte will be the same 1866+ will be "OC".

To get the RAM to work just load the XMP profile in the boards BIOS and save+exit, this will read a little data chip on the RAM and set the RAM speed/timings/volatge up to what it is rated to run at.

The higher speed negates the higher latency.
 
stulid said:
ANy speed over 1600Mhz is beyond JEDEC specifications.

The Gigabyte will be the same 1866+ will be "OC".

To get the RAM to work just load the XMP profile in the boards BIOS and save+exit, this will read a little data chip on the RAM and set the RAM speed/timings/volatge up to what it is rated to run at.

The higher speed negates the higher latency.
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Thank you very much for this info. I never knew that.
I sort of just stuck with what I knew worked and what was suggested by the boards maker, Asus.

Cheers again..
 
take 2

Thanks for the input :D

My liking for Asus runs deep, so

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £179.99
1 x Asus Maximus VII Hero Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £161.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £14.99
Total : £606.91 (includes shipping : ).



£6 over. Keep the K CPU. He may well even get into over clocking in the future and with this he can.
 
 
stulid said:
Forgot that board existed, fair play.

Get a bigger cooler or better case with the change.
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:cool:

The lad and I have talked about bits and what he wants compared to what he can afford.

I suggested a Corsair C70 or even better a 750D.
I have the Obsidian 800 D and to be honest if I was spending good money on a case it would always be Corsair. I love their stuff.

So in the future I suggested to update the :

Case - 750D
Cooler - H100i
GPU - ?

GPU, well my sons Gigabyte R9 280X runs games very well married to a 1155 i5 3570K so my suggestion right now would be this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-132-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

But I know in say 6 to 9 months if the lad can afford it summet newer, better will be out.
 
There are a bunch of 290 (non X) at £239 and they are only around 10% (if that) slower than a "x"

Easily run any game at 1080P or even 1440P with one of those.
 
stulid said:
There are a bunch of 290 (non X) at £239 and they are only around 10% (if that) slower than a "x"

Easily run any game at 1080P or even 1440P with one of those.
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RJC said:
The MSI Lightening is a good card for the price:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-273-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

I am currently using the Inno3D 970 which runs anything thrown at it :)
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Thanks

When that times comes, I just know I will be shouting for advice. Not up on GPU's really. Not a game player myself...
 
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