Hey guys, i'm doing my first build. I got some advice on here a few days ago and came out with a pretty decent build for my budget, since then i've decided to increase my budget a little though and need some advice.
Budget: £600
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£101.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£52.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card (£168.96 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.74 @ Amazon UK)
Other: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz Socket AM3+ 16MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor (£124.46)
Total: £498.13
Custom part is the CPU, for some reason it wasn't listed on PC part picker :/
If you don't mind I have a few questions about this build.
1. Case - I'm not quite sure what I need here, this one seemed ok: http://www.ebuyer.com/390898-casecom-cs-13-case-cs-13
It has cable management etc, but i'm not sure if it has a USB 3.0 Header for the motherboard. Will this case fit my needs or can anyone recommend another case?
2. Upgrades - I have enough room in my budget to spend a little extra, i'm thinking either upgrade the motherboard to a Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 or upgrade the video card to a GTX 760, which would you guys say is the better choice?
3. Cooling I think I may need some kind of cooling, especially if I switch to the GTX 760. Will a heatsink suit my needs and if so can you guys recommend any? I'm pretty clueless about these kind of components and what i'd actually need, if anything.
Thanks for all the help, Jon.
Budget: £600
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£101.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£52.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card (£168.96 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.74 @ Amazon UK)
Other: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz Socket AM3+ 16MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor (£124.46)
Total: £498.13
Custom part is the CPU, for some reason it wasn't listed on PC part picker :/
If you don't mind I have a few questions about this build.
1. Case - I'm not quite sure what I need here, this one seemed ok: http://www.ebuyer.com/390898-casecom-cs-13-case-cs-13
It has cable management etc, but i'm not sure if it has a USB 3.0 Header for the motherboard. Will this case fit my needs or can anyone recommend another case?
2. Upgrades - I have enough room in my budget to spend a little extra, i'm thinking either upgrade the motherboard to a Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 or upgrade the video card to a GTX 760, which would you guys say is the better choice?
3. Cooling I think I may need some kind of cooling, especially if I switch to the GTX 760. Will a heatsink suit my needs and if so can you guys recommend any? I'm pretty clueless about these kind of components and what i'd actually need, if anything.
Thanks for all the help, Jon.