Spec me a system for my nephew!

[Death] · 28 Dec 2013 at 11:39

Ok after a system for the nephew, looking to build as cheap as possible will say max 400 but would prefer cheaper lol, all he ever seems to play is world of Warcraft , so need a system that will run that nicely even on 25 man raids. Many thanks for the help guys really appreciate it.

He has keyboard / monitor etc , so just base unit needed

ExRayTed · 28 Dec 2013 at 12:37

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £143.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £56.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £493.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

This will do the job. Consider a few quid extra for this cooler as the OEM one is a little loud

YOUR BASKET
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
Total : £20.96 (includes shipping : £4.98).

Edit - Someone clearly didn't read the budget properly, had £500 in my mind

Josh · 28 Dec 2013 at 12:44

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Asus F2A55 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £55.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £41.99
1 x Akasa AK-CC4009EP01 Venom Pico Compact CPU Cooler £16.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £386.47 (includes shipping : £8.00).

APU Build with a better heatsink than the standard jobbie.

You can also get this and hybrid x-fire the it for a bit more gpu grunt.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 6670 "Ultimate Edition"1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £74.99
Total : £83.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).

BinnsY · 28 Dec 2013 at 12:59

You can get a much higher spec APU build for only £1.50 more than the above if you go for this setup. It's a step up on both motherboard and RAM, and going from 1600mhz memory to 2666mhz makes a massive difference with an APU as they use the RAM for graphics memory.

I've sacrificed on both the case and PSU, but when running an APU theres really no need for anything more than a 300W PSU, the full systems barely going to pull 200 at max load.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-6800K Black Edition 4.10GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD680KWOHLBOX) £109.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £69.95
1 x Gigabyte F2A88X-D3H AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Motherboard £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 300W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £26.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard II Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £387.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Tohrazer · 28 Dec 2013 at 16:39

25 man raids without a dedicated gpu could be a bit hairy perhaps? im not up to date on how APU's perform

Danny75 · 28 Dec 2013 at 17:09

Intel CPU/Mobo and AMD graphics with 500W PSU:

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7790 TURBO 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £97.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G1600HC9DC01) £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £41.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0500-KR) £39.95
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £37.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £19.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £407.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Intel CPU/Mobo and Nvidia graphics with 450W PSU:

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 650Ti EX OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G1600HC9DC01) £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £41.99
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £37.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £19.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £405.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).