Spec help for my brother please.

[Red Alert]

Hi all,

Sorry to do this, my brother wants a pc that he can play games on. Nothing above 1080 resolution but wants to be playing Skyrim, Rome 2 etc on decent settings.

I spec'ed him an Haswell rig as I only use Intel myself but it came out about £700 quid which is a little steep for him at the moment.

So anyway, how does this look? And please be kind, I dont know AMD at all.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7870-2GD5T) with FREE GAMES £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-4 Quad Core 4350 4.20GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £91.99
1 x Akasa Cobra Power 650W Modular Power Supply PSU £61.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £59.99
1 x Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard £52.99
Total : £430.45 (includes shipping : £11.25).



Couple of things I should say, first the case he already as and is MATX, also he has a 128gb SSD as a boot drive that I can give him. EDIT> Also will be using an Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 from me.

If there is anything that can be changed to make this better, and ideally under £500 I would really appreciate it.

Thanks,

 

[teppic]

The 6300 is much better than the 4350 and even slightly cheaper. The board is bad - do you have to stick with the micro-ATX case?

 

[Red Alert]

If I can bring him a system within £500 he would be happy. He could move from MATX if he needed too.

 

[teppic]

This would be much better. A bit of room left to put towards an ATX case.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) **Voltage Unlocked** £187.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
Total : £473.95 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 

[Fire_fly]

Possible Intel alternative if you are willing to get a second hand i5 to go with it.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) **Voltage Unlocked** £187.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £49.99
Total : £414.96 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 

[snips86x]

I know it's over, but there are long term benifits:

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) **Voltage Unlocked** £187.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £185.99
1 x MSI Z77MA-G45 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard £79.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £49.99
Total : £563.95 (includes shipping : FREE).

 

[Doomedspeed]

does it need to be mATX?

 

[Chris0]

wants to be playing Skyrim, Rome 2 etc on decent settings.

everything specced here, even your original lineup is a lot better than my PC and I max Skyrim no problem.

 

[Doomedspeed]

everything specced here, even your original lineup is a lot better than my PC and I max Skyrim no problem.

how is a 4350 better than a 950?