Sense check this build please

Brabbinho · 20 May 2014 at 15:06

Hi,

Just putting together final build list for a friend. He has Monitor, peripherals, windows and a HDD. He would like Intel processor an SSD and best graphics card we can squeeze in with a budget of around £500.

I've managed to come up with the following, could someone just check it for compatibility please or if you can do better spec below please as I'm sure there are a lot of better builds possible

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £131.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £131.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £69.95
1 x Crucial M500 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT120M500SSD1) £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G1600HC9DC01) £49.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Red £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.95
Total : £546.43 (includes shipping : £8.00).

HalfBakedJake · 20 May 2014 at 15:32

For £500 that looks like a decent build. Something I would build for that price range.

Brabbinho · 20 May 2014 at 18:56

Cool, ram, motherboard, processor the best combo for compatibility?

RJC · 20 May 2014 at 20:20

Red & Black theme :eek:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270X "PowerBank" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £67.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £55.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £53.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Red £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £550.51 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Brabbinho · 20 May 2014 at 23:11

Is the amd chip that much better?

lee32uk · 21 May 2014 at 12:03

This is a pretty good price for a proven SSD.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £54.98
Total : £63.68 (includes shipping : £7.25).

If you want something with a faster write speed then I would go for the Evo.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £67.99
Total : £75.73 (includes shipping : £6.45).

Brabbinho · 21 May 2014 at 12:07

Thanks