Renewed £500 spec please chaps

[Fredbloggs]

Chaps, in November you kindly spec'd me the following package (I have a monitor, Keyboard, mouse, OS and 1 (maybe 2) 320Gb HDD. So if there is room for an SSD, please consider.

I've been holding on until the sales and just about to buy. Has anything changed since that will get me something better for the price?

Previous spec

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS Radeon R9 270X IceQ BOOST 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included (H270XQ2G2M) £155.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £53.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £45.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard 381 Midi Tower Case - Black / White £36.95
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
Total : £523.82 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 

[lee32uk]

I don't think a lot has changed. I would maybe swap the BeQuiet psu for the Superflower 550W Gold as it is more efficient, and has a longer warranty.

YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
Total : £53.99 (includes shipping : FREE).

 

[ShivP]

The CPU is probably mostly useable, the GPU definitely, basically everything else as well. You might want to do an upgrade of the CPU though, would make a good difference. Maybe an i5 4670k or i7 4770k with the G1 Sniper Z87 Motherboard would be a good bet. Probably want a higher power PSU as lee said, the i5/i7 might take more power and maybe get a 600W for higher headroom should you want to upgrade more

 

[lee32uk]

The CPU is probably mostly useable, the GPU definitely, basically everything else as well. You might want to do an upgrade of the CPU though, would make a good difference. Maybe an i5 4670k or i7 4770k with the G1 Sniper Z87 Motherboard would be a good bet. Probably want a higher power PSU as lee said, the i5/i7 might take more power and maybe get a 600W for higher headroom should you want to upgrade more

The spec in the ops post hasn't been bought yet from my understanding.

 

[ShivP]

Uh it says previous spec? If I'm wrong, sorry, my fault xD

 

[Fredbloggs]

I've bought nothing yet. Just trying to get the best spec based on current sales / offers.

 

[ShivP]

Aaah okay I understand, sorry. I think you can get some slightly quicker RAM for that price, though don't quote me on that and it doesn't make all that much difference anyway. Lee's PSU he found would be a better alternative, and you can save a couple of quid on getting the OcUK DVD RW (made by Samsung I heard?)

 

[Fredbloggs]

If I bought the i5 / i7 with G1 sniper mobo. Would the RAM or anything else need to be changed?

 

[ShivP]

Yeah, don't buy those though, at that time I didn't realise you didn't already have that spec - it'll put you like £200 over budget.

 

[Fredbloggs]

Ok thanks

 

[Fredbloggs]

I'll go with original spec.

 

[lee32uk]

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS Radeon R9 270X IceQ BOOST 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £56.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £528.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).




The Xigmatek case is out of stock so you would need to choose a different case, or if you like the Corsair one then stick with that.

 

[Fredbloggs]

That looks good, will check it out. thx

 

[Idleman]

Is your budget still £500ish or do you have more to play with?

 

[Fredbloggs]

I have a little bit more if needs be. Would it make much difference? General office and games playing.

 

[Idleman]

Depends what you mean by "I have a little bit more if needs be".
How much is that in pound notes?

 

[Fredbloggs]

£100. That enough, as will have to remortgage otherwise.

 

[Idleman]

Better mobo and added a cooler to OC the 6300. Also squeezed in a small ssd for the OS.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270X "PowerBank" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Kingston 60GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/60G) £44.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £17.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £614.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[Fredbloggs]

That's great. Thanks very much for the work

 

[lee32uk]

I prefer the HIS card due to the cooler. It expels the hot air out of the case rather than dumping it inside.