Replace my MAC for GAMING PC Build

simonthegeek

simonthegeek

simonthegeek

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Hi all,

I see many posts for someone to build them a computer, love it and you all know so much more than I ever could so im here for some assistance.

My budget is kinda loose, its anywhere from 600 can push it though if good reason... on purely a tower, no monitor, mouse, keyboard needed... just the OS and Tower.

Basically, I have a mac book with the intel 4000 onboard card and theres 2 issues with that already, MAC compatibility and bad graphics. Im not a hard-core gamer, I don't play all the latest big graphic games but I do play WOW, DayZ, Magika, Minecraft and so on. (all are multiplayer with my mates) none of which are high GFX but my FPS sucks.

I want something that plays these games and future games like these at good GFX with good FPS and I wont need to replace it every year. Ideally quiet and space saving but not if it impacts the price or performance too much.

A build and a few comments to encourage me why would be amazing.

Much respect all.

Si
 
Hi and welcome to the forums :D

This will start the ball rolling. I'm sure others will be along shortly.

One thing to consider is to get the 3 month Windows 8 trial which will give you a bit more cash to play with now.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £129.95
1 x MSI B85-G43 Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD £41.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
Total : £666.91 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
Hello and welcome to the forum.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £143.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 32-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00658) £74.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £49.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
Total : £648.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Wow, fast responses - thank you.

I am likely going to choose some-ones build on here and just order it all :) look forward to see who else gives an input.

p.s: I have windows 8 trial running at the moment on my Mac Mini (Boot camp) great idea to save the cash now and I can activate it in a few months.
 
AMD do well at the budget end. Whilst I have spec'd an i5 it is the slowest i5 paired to an average motherboard. Idle's spec has the AMD cpu mated to a better motherboard with overclocking potential, but you're compromising on the CPU performance particularly single threaded applications, of which the games you mention all are.

Having said that, both specs will perform well in games when mated with a decent graphics card. I'm going to stick my neck out and say that either will be fine.
 
I do prefer the idea of intel after reviews online, I am liking your build and as I am losing the windows for now and will get in a month or so I was thinking about sticking the card up to a 270x? or is there little difference to the 270?

Might make an order in the morning :)
 
I guess I could if I could change my monitor cable completely... the limitation is the monitor has cables which cannot be changed... on the end of these unchangeable cables is the MDP only cable.
 
Idleman said:
Hello and welcome to the forum.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £143.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 32-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00658) £74.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £49.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
Total : £648.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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32-bit Windows? :3

Here's my little attempt: (If you haven't already ordered)
YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270X DEVIL 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £169.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £59.99
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 £41.99
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £37.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x BitFenix Spectre Plain BLACK 120mm Fan £5.99
Total : £625.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).


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GPU comes with 5 free games ;)
 
 
Idleman, thank you so much for all your help. I have ordered the machine for 655.50.

I was happy because you made an intel build with the 270x and no windows. Better machine than I could have thought up, thank you again.

Thank everyone else who has also messaged me today and yesterday. Much appreciated everyone.
 
simonthegeek said:
Idleman, thank you so much for all your help. I have ordered the machine for 655.50.

I was happy because you made an intel build with the 270x and no windows. Better machine than I could have thought up, thank you again.

Thank everyone else who has also messaged me today and yesterday. Much appreciated everyone.
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You`re welcome, glad I could help. Enjoy you`re new system and if you should have any problems, well, you know where to find us. :D
 
Ok last thing, my system has arrived... im at work and ready to get home to build it.

Before I go guns blazing, when i collect the kit on the way home will there be any info on the heat sink part as when i was a tad younger and into building these I had to use paste and so on. I now build servers and enterprise systems so lost touch with the home PC builds.

Cheers.
 
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