Spec £500 ish build

holtzman · 15 Dec 2015 at 15:18

Hello,

Looking to order parts for my son`s first gaming PC

Would a i5-4590 and either GTX 960 or R9 380 will be ok for 1080 gaming?

I don't need OS or peripherals, and I`m looking to spend £500 ish.

Bickaxe · 15 Dec 2015 at 15:23

The CPU and GPU will be good for 1080

Something like this (I can't find any details on the GPU dimensions but it should fit in the case)

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Intel Core i5-4590 3.30GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £155.99
1 x Asus H81M-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £41.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01)= £29.99
1 x Palit GeForce GTX 960 "Reference" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (NE5X960010G1-2061F)= £149.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR)= £36.95
1 x Kingston 240GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/= £56.99
1 x Kolink Victory Micro-ATX Gaming Case - Black= £22.99

Total: £507.19
(includes shipping: £12.30)

What games will he be playing?
You could just put in a G3258 for a big saving and can be overclocked (if you wanted to)

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01)= £29.99
1 x Palit GeForce GTX 960 "Reference" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (NE5X960010G1-2061F)= £149.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR)= £36.95
1 x Kingston 240GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/= £56.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £55.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX (MB-438-GI)= £40.00
1 x Aerocool V3X Evil Green Edition Midi-Tower - Black/Green= £19.99
1 x Alpenföhn Brocken ECO CPU Cooler - 120 mm= £24.95

Total: £426.55
(includes shipping: £11.70)

holtzman · 15 Dec 2015 at 16:34

Thanks Bickaxe,

On his ps4 he plays Fallout 4, GTA V, Assassin's Creed & Dying Light etc. so it needs to be fairly beefy.

/\ndy · 15 Dec 2015 at 16:57

I have a similar setup currently.

ASUS H81-1 PLUS
i5 4460
8GB corsair ballistix
R9 380 4GB
600W PSU

Great for 1080p, plays all the latest games easy.

ExRayTed · 15 Dec 2015 at 16:58

holtzman said:
Thanks Bickaxe,

On his ps4 he plays Fallout 4, GTA V, Assassin's Creed & Dying Light etc. so it needs to be fairly beefy.

If that's the case don't discount an i3 build with a good GPU. For games it'll perform better than an i5 with a budget GPU.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Raijintek Arcadia Mid Tower USB 3.0 Case - Black= £24.95
1 x Intel Core i3-4170 3.70GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £85.99
1 x Asus H81M-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £41.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01)= £29.99
1 x SuperFlower FX 450W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Black= £42.95
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N970TTOC-4GD)= £249.95
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £65.99

Total: £554.11
(includes shipping: £12.30)