complete newbie trying to lower my build cost by a few quid

Karl Hopwood · Aug 14, 2013

hi all,

complete newbie to PC gaming and trying to lower my build cost but not sure on compatibility and what not

so ive been recommended this build:

VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail

MSI 990XA-GD55 AMD 990X Chipset (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD

Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK)

Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K)

Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black

20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

The Ram is going to cost me £60 but ive been offered - for £30 off a friend will they be okay for the build?

also thinking of swapping the AMD piledriver fx-8 core 8320 to a AMD piledriver fx-6 core 6350

will this be possible if so will i notice much difference?

ill be playing games like BF3, Skyrim, Dayz

feel abit daft asking as i should know more about this stuff but everyone starts off knowing very little

thanks

g-unit1111 · Aug 14, 2013

How much are you looking to spend overall? You could change a few things around (and I'd go with Intel for gaming personally) but if you post your budget I could suggest a rig.

Onus · Aug 14, 2013

You might look at a 970-chipset board instead, but NOT one of the cheap MSI ones. Most of theirs appear on a Googledocs spreadsheet I cannot link at work that shows they have weak VRMs known to pop under load.
I'd recommend Asus or ASRock, but especially if you get the latter, make sure it is a true 970-series board, not a "960" or otherwise saddled with the old SB710. Even one of these better 970 boards should be cheaper than a 990X.
For the PSU, make sure you get the modular version, the CX-500M. They're all made by CWT for Corsair, but the non-modular ones use some inferior Samxon capacitors that don't like heat and are known for early failure. The modular ones, however, use all-Japanese capacitors.

Karl Hopwood · Aug 14, 2013

Budget is around £600 looking to get products from overclockers as i live local so i can collect as im switching banks atm so waiting for my new card and im hoping to purchase everything on friday after work

thanks

g-unit1111 · Aug 14, 2013

Here you go:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£137.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.43 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£65.00 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card (£156.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.15 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £477.53
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-14 21:03 BST+0100)

- Better case and PSU
- Stronger GPU
- Low profile RAM

Karl Hopwood · Aug 14, 2013

thanks alot will have to wait until i get my card though so i can order the parts

Onus · Aug 14, 2013

Looks nice, and there's enough left in the budget you might be able to either add a 120GB SSD or increase the graphics card to a GTX760.

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