spec me a £600 new build

Zvarden

Zvarden

Zvarden

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Hi Guys, new poster here.

I am looking to build a new Gaming Rig. It's been around 5 years since I last upgraded.

I don't need a monitor / kb/mouse etc. I will need an O/S as the PC I have now is being stolen by my daughter.

My monitor supports 1680x1050, this is what I play all games in, I play a wide and varied selection and will be playing ESO when it comes out, having played in beta my current PC handles it fairly well but it's time for a change!

I'm out of touch with the latest tech, I have had a good look through the forums but there just doesn't seem to be anything that grabs my attention. I am happy to go AMD or Intel, SSD is not a necessity but will happily have a build specced with one.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270X DEVIL 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £157.99
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 BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £59.99
1 x Corsair CS550M 550W Semi-Modular 80+ GOLD Certified Power Supply (CP-9020076-UK) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £38.99
1 x Deepcool GAMMAXX S40 CPU-Cooler - 120mm £19.99
Total : £616.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).



• You can download a 90day tial of Win8.1 to get you started.
• The GFX card includes five free games.
 
Thanks Stulid,

Is it worth adding a SSD in there and taking a couple of cheaper option or would you say it really wouldnt be worth it?
 
My offering:

Put in a 6 core CPU instead of the 8 core in stulids, this allowed me to add a SSD, I also opted for a different case & CPU cooler. I put in a normal 270 rather than the 270x that stulid suggested, either will be more than enough considering the resolutions you say your playing at.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £129.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £83.99
1 x Corsair CS550M 550W Semi-Modular 80+ GOLD Certified Power Supply (CP-9020076-UK) £59.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £56.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £38.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £17.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £14.99
Total : £596.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
 
Zvarden said:
having played in beta my current PC handles it fairly well but it's time for a change!
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Then keep the present video card for now. Spend the budget on getting a new and better (presumably?) system in, which will also provide you with the "change" kick you crave and the SSD. Pop a decent video card in down the road. My tuppence.
 
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Thanks again guys, some good options there. A quick question, would there be a massive benefit from the Vulcan memory running at 2400Mhz?
 
The FX line don't benefit so much from faster ram.

But of course if the faster ram is the same price then why not go for it? But the colours aren't a great match if that matters to you
 
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