Is this a good build for a £500 budget?

Willmo · Sep 6, 2013

IS this a good build for my £500 budget?

AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor £58.50
MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard £44.56
PNY XLR8 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory £37.97
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £46.99
Asus Radeon HD 7790 1GB Video Card £94.90
XFX 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply £34.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) £69.96
Samsung S22C150N 22 Inch LED Monitor £100
TOTAL 487.87

If it isn't can you guys please give me some tips

thanks

Guest · Sep 6, 2013

change motherboard that support PCI-Express 3.0 coz your GPU bus standard is pci-E 3.0

chosen12k6 · Sep 6, 2013

Willmo :

Here is a setup i made up real quick, converted your 500 euros to $658 us heres what I got out of it. If you can tell me a site you are ordering this stuff from I can help you better.

Setup:

AOC e2460Sd 24-Inch Widescreen LED Monitor - AOC

$129.99

AMD FD6300WMHKBOX FX-6300 6-Core Processor Black Edition - AMD

$118.99

ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard - Asus

$99.99 (if you get more money later you can upgrade your card and have a crossfire in the future)

Kingston Technology HyperX 4 GB Kit (2x2 GB Modules) 4 Dual Channel Kit 1600 (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM KHX1600C9D3K2/4GX - Kingston H. Corporation

$41.50 x2 (4 2gb sticks to utilize your quad channel mobo)

Corsair Builder Series CX 430 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS (CX430) - Corsair

$39.99

Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHZ OC 2 GB 256 -bit GDDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 100354OC-2L - SAPPHIRE

$184.99

Subtotal: $656.95

Win 7 home premium you can get from
http://www.discountmountainsoftware.com/miwi7hoprfuv6.html?cmp=gpl&utm_source=googlepla&utm_medium=cse&utm_term=Microsoft+Windows+7+Home+Premium+Full+Version+OEM+64-Bit+(Branded)&utm_campaign=googlepla&gclid=COryqcvHt7kCFenm7AodQTAAfw
$73.00 With rebates on multiple pieces of hardware you are right inside your budget. Plus 2 free games from AMD for purchasing the 7870. Can't beat it. Upgradibility for around 500 euro. Plus you get a bigger monitor 24 inches and a way better card, mobo and cpu

Willmo · Sep 7, 2013

Would this be compatible with my processor and graphics card? Also is it a good motherboard?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-M5A78L-M-USB3-Motherboard-Socket/dp/B0054U7HIO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378576490&sr=8-1&keywords=amd+motherboard

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