Sub £500 Build

Steven.

Steven.

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So the time has come to refresh my 4 and a half year old build which was the following:

1 x AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.2 GHz Socket AM3 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
1 x ASUS M4A77TD PRO 770 Socket AM3 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard
1 x Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz Memory Kit Unbuffered CL9
1 x OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular PSU -135mm Fan
1 x XFX HD 5770 1GB DDR5 DUAL DVI DISPLAYPORT HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card


I'm not a massive gamer by any means but I do run multiple EVE accounts and have the occasional mess around on BF, Just Cause 2 & Crysis etc so I'm just wondering if the below setup is any good?

While my budget is £500 I'd prefer to keep under it, I've already got a Case, PSU and HDD's sitting here which is why I've missed them out from the list. I'm just looking for something that will last me for another 3 or so years before having to worry about replacing anything.




YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £131.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 750Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £68.99
1 x MSI Z97 PC Mate Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G1600HC9DC01) £55.99
Total : £441.55 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
mickyflinn said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4460 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £134.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £125.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £68.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x Gigabyte B85M-DS3H Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £53.99
Total : £447.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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^^ +1

Much better card. Here are some benchmark results:

GTX 750TI vs AMD R7 265: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1130?vs=1127

GTX 750TI vs AMD R9 270x: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1130?vs=1043


The 265 is a good alternative if you want to save some cash, it runs battlefield well on high settings + it has £10 off this week :D :
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R7 265 Dual-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
Total : £99.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
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Now kicking myself for picking that card, could have swore when I looked at a 270 it was major £££ which put me onto the 750Ti.

The case and PSU I had sitting for this have now been given to a friend who was in a bit of a rush. So I was thinking about the following?



YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 450W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £44.99
1 x Antec One Gaming Case - Black £29.99
Total : £87.28 (includes shipping : £10.25).



Does everything look okay with what I've already picked?

I was toying with the idea of the Corsair CX430 modular and non modular unit as the SuperFlower 450w bronze unit is currently out of stock.
 
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