Stulid Come help! :) £550 Computer Build

9dal39

9dal39

9dal39

Associate
Joined
25 Jan 2013
Posts
607
Hey Guys,

Okay so im looking for a build for a friend built mine and it went swimmingly so to speak haha, as in mine is completely fine so im going to build one for my friend he has a budget of around £550 higher or lower is allowed just explain the spec and show me what you've got all he needs is it to be able to play the games below preferably in higher details but doesn't expect to be able to max out on them at this budget.
CS:GO
Lineage 2
Elder Scrolls

his old pc was DDR2 4GB / nvidia 250 GTX | cant remember what else he had so yeah, something that he will notice an improvement on obviously.
get speccing oh forgot to mention, Don't need OS, and don't need monitor keyboard or mouse, so this is purely for the computer build! thanks guys!

And as mentioned above can build ourselves so will be ordering parts!
 
gonna switch for the black version of the case but other than that looks good thanks stu, you've outdone yourself yet again! :) would the cpu be fine without an aftermarket cooler? as i was going to put my cooler into his machine then go for an AIO myself?
 
l Core i5-4460 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £154.99
(£129.16) £154.99
(£129.16)
HIS Radeon R9 380 IceQ X2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H380QM2GD) HIS Radeon R9 380 IceQ X2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H380QM2GD) £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £65.99
(£54.99) £65.99
(£54.99)
Asus H81M-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard Asus H81M-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
SuperFlower FX 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Black SuperFlower FX 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Black £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Red Window BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Red Window
 
should be nice and easy to put together yeah stu? btw remember my build? it runs quite hot on CS:GO wasn't sure if i should use better thermal paste?
 
Erm ill run a test later and find out back to this pc, erm the cpu you recommended isnt in stock should i switch it out for the 4570? There looks to be virtually no difference other than £7 price lemme know asap zo can order. Also should i order a better thermal compound or would the one included be good enough?
 
stu i ordered all your parts you suggested got delivered today, currently putting it together one well ide say major problem lol.. im wiring it all up and the case fans I can't attach to the mobo, there isn't any available slots for the 2 3 pin fans? :/ what do i do! :o
 
yeah but the two on the mobo are 4 pin ones, so the CPU fan is using one of these, but then yeah the case comes with 1 front fan and 1 rear fan, so obviously cant plug them both in is it ok to plug 1 of the 3 pin adapters into the 4 pin slot? or would this be a bad idea? and would i need to buy that cable i linked you above to be able to make both fans work?
 
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-219-BX

this case was the one ordered, no idea why it came with both, it came with 1 rear and 1 front, preinstalled, yes both of these fans are 3 pin's ive plugged the rear one into the spare 4pin fan slot on the mobo, but there is still the front fan not plugged into anything so is currently not running, so how can i go about getting both these fans running, and the rear case fan doesn't glow red like suggested in the image hmm ?
 
look at the case link i sent you though it says and i quote ha :)

- Cooling Front: 2 x 120mm (optional)
- Cooling Rear: 1 x 120mm Red LED (included)
 
plus to be a pain in the butt could you link me a decent DVI cable the one with the FLAT bit then the 4 dotted surround not sure if thats male or female lol..
 
basically his monitor has a VGA port, and a DVI-D port so obviously whatever wires gets that from his monitor to his new gfx card with the best quality for now until he can go buy another screen! :)
 
and all cores were running at like 50 just running youtube? whats a safe level for them to get too? as ill get an aftermarket cooler if its needed if it does go to high?
 
thanks mustang thats good to know ive got the rear working on one of the mobo 4 pins atm, but ill order a wire so can get the front fan working too :) and okay so what would you say is safe for his CPU? as he got a little worried when in speedfan there was the fire symbol next to his cpu cores lol :') or can you suggest me an aftermarket cooler that would fit in that case?
 
will do danny, what flash the BIOS on the motherboard to the latest version? ive never done it before and heard many scared about it but with a usb it looks pretty simple so i think ill do that method, ill let you know about raising the stock min rpm :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom