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[ennogs]

My mates PC is old and he is struggling to play games.

He wants to build a new PC but keep costs down as much as possible so he will be re-using his tower. He already has keyboard, monitor OS etc.

I would say he needs 1 x 4GB memory as he could add more at later date, processor, graphics card, and power supply.

Could somebody please do a spec for him. Thanks.

 

[ennogs]

If on a tight budget and only his case can be re-used, this may suit him:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD560KWOHJBOX) £67.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75M-DGS AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £52.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £41.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £34.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.95
Total : £246.90 (includes shipping : FREE).

Thanks but he does not need hard drive or DVD writer and the graphics card is missing.

To be honest his budget is as low as possible but let's say £300 - 400. I was thinking for graphics a GTX 580, 590 or if he can a 680. I realise for graphics he may have to go for a second hand card.

He already has most of what he needs from things that can be re-used from his old PC. He already has a keyboard, OS, mouse, monitor, 1TB drive and a DVD writer.

What he needs is

A new power supply. I think it would be foolish to use his old one. It's a bog standard power supply that he has now and is very old.

Motherboard

4GB memory

Processor

Graphics card

 

[ennogs]

Thanks.

 

[ennogs]

Thanks.

 

[ennogs]

Does anybody know what overclockers charge for building a pc to spec?

 

[ennogs]

I don't, ask in the customer forum would be your best bet

Thanks

 

[ennogs]

The PSU will be able to run a 680, my 670 in my sig pulled 330w at full load.

I am not sure on the second hand market for the 680, but the 670 is just as good.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD 990X (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 Thermaltake Smart 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U1600GC4G9-2G) £43.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £309.95 (includes shipping : £10.00).

It looks like my mate is going to go with this set up. He is also going to buy a new case. Can somebody please recommend a cheap case.

Also for my own interest is this AMD processor overclockable?

 

[ennogs]

May also be worth checking if the operating system is 32 bit or 64 bit before committing to 8gb of memory.

He will be using 64 bit Windows 7

 

[ennogs]

I just want to double check all these components will fit together

1 x Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD 990X (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 Thermaltake Smart 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U1600GC4G9-2G) £43.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £309.95 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 

[ennogs]

Aaargh my mate was going to go with this one but the processor is out of stock.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £55.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
Total : £261.96 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 

[ennogs]

Aaargh my mate was going to go with this one but the processor is out of stock.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £55.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
Total : £261.96 (includes shipping : £10.00).

My mate still wants to go with this one but the processor is out of stock.

Would this processor fit the motherboard?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-339-AM&groupid=701&catid=1967&subcat=1825

 

[ennogs]

My mate after much consideration is going with this build. He is going to add a GTX 580 to it in a couple of weeks.,

1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £55.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
GTX580

As the AMD processor is out of stock can somebody please recommend a replacement processor around the same priceish?

Also as I said in in a previous post he is going to be re-using a case. Do you think this case is ok for the components he is getting?

 

[ennogs]

The case should do for your build, it looks like s standard case.

How long can he wait, as the 6300 is a good chip for the price.

Well he is itching to get the PC built. He said it depends on how long the wait will be until OcUK have some in stock.

 

[ennogs]

Does the AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor come with a CPU cooler or will he have to buy one separately?