Help me build a £600 gaming PC

Matt-

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Hello,

So I'm going to be building my first gaming PC soon, and I have around £600 to spend,I might be able to push it to £700. I have never done this before and I'm struggling. I'm planning on making an AMD build, and I'm looking at ASUS' crosshair V formula motherboard and AMD's fx-9370.

I don't need to get a monitor, or any other external stuff because I have it all. My monitor is 1920x1080 too.

I would appreciate any tips, thanks
 

Effeectt

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If you can push it to £700, you could get a real good build. By the way, the 9000FX series is pretty useless. The CPU your planning to buy is an fx 8350 OC.

Parts List :
CPU-AMD FX 6300
RAM-Corsair Vengeance 8GB(2X4GB) 1600
GPU-ASUS GTX 770 DCU II
Motherboard-ASUS M5A97
HDD-Western Digital WD Blue 1TB
Case-Cooler Master Haf 912
DVD Drive- Black SATA 24X DVD Burner
PSU-Corsair CX 600

No OS by the way :p
 
This build will be very good for 1080p:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1V3Wi
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1V3Wi/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1V3Wi/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£79.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£95.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: PNY XLR8 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£37.87 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (£163.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.80 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£48.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£12.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£65.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £595.59
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-30 11:42 GMT+0000)

If you want to push it to £700 get one SSD.
 

diazalon

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No dont get that, its bad quality just build you own. This guy seems to be posting this everywhere so i assume he is payed to advertise it.

I fully support this build though:
CPU-AMD FX 6300
RAM-Corsair Vengeance 8GB(2X4GB) 1600
GPU-ASUS GTX 770 DCU II
Motherboard-ASUS M5A97
HDD-Western Digital WD Blue 1TB
Case-Cooler Master Haf 912
DVD Drive- Black SATA 24X DVD Burner
PSU-Corsair CX 600

But i would change the psu to a higher better one like this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Gaming-Series-Edition-Bronze/dp/B00AMLKARU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383134710&sr=8-1&keywords=gs600
 
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diazon;
I dont know if or why you are trolling me.

But do you actually live in the UK; are you from there; do you know the prices?

What monitor would you suggest and what price is it?

How much does that leave for his rig?

Duduct the price of windows 8 from that 600 pounds also (or are you suggesting a novice goes to Ubuntu?) which he would have to download.

So; if you take off 250 pounds for the monitor & Windows 8 combined from the money; you have around 350 pounds for a rig.

CPU i3? i5 intel gaming chip? PRICE IS ?
HARD DRIVE PRICE IS (at least?) 60+ pounds?
GRAPHICS CARD PRICE IS AT LEAST 150-to-200 pounds for a decent one?
A/M Cooler?
MEMORY (at Very LEAST 4Gb [8Gb pref]) PRICE IS ?
MOTHERBOARD PRICE IS ?
DVD Drive (Price is)?
Mouse? Keyboard? all COSTS money.
CASE Price is ?
Cables?
SPEAKERS? Silent gaming you have in mind?

So; with Windows 8, a cheap reasonable 17-to-20-inch? Monitor and a fair graphics card, he has less than 200 pounds left for the computer....

Deduct 60 pounds for a CHEAPO reasonable reliable power supply and deduct 60 pounds for a Cheapo resonable hard drive....
........... and that leaves 80 pounds for;-
his Motherboard,
CPU,
RAM
DVD drive
keyboard, mouse
cables, A/M cooler
etc...

And an obvious novice has to put it together?
Any damage, and he has to buy that part again?

A low end gaming CPU alone is around 100 pounds.
A reasonable low end gaming motherboard is similar.

QED....

DO

THE

MATH

Then tell us your spec; with prices.

Dude.

Then compare to my suggestion one more time.

Sausages; to you all if you ignore it; I suggest he gets a PS4; and a second hand 32-inch HDTV.
 

diazalon

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Monitor £100 but he clearly says he does not need one
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1Vwkk
£638 + windows WAYYYYY better than your crappy zoostorm

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1VwoN
Better and cheaper than the crappy zoostorm
 

zichus

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If on tight budget build this:
Intel® Pentium® Dual Core G2030 3.0GHz 3MB LGA1155 BX80637G2030SR163
Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3
Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 4GB DDR3 CL9 KIT OF 2 CML4GX3M2A1600C9B
OCZ ATX 2.2 CoreXStream 500W
Sapphire AMD/​ATI Radeon HD7770 1GB GDDR5 PCIE 11201-17-20G
Seagate BARRACUDA 7200 1TB SATA 64MB ST1000DM003
SAMSUNG DVDRW 24X SATA BLACK SH-224DB/BEBE
add WIN 7

will get high settings on 1600x1050 resolution. Built myself so im happy. You need to check the prices yourself coz I dont live in UK.
 

diazalon

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I agree that is a pretty good system for the money but his budget is bigger than that so he ca get more performance than this will give you.
 
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Ooops, you are right, I missed that he had a monitor.

Good call; but your first PC has an i3 chip which is rubbish for gaming. Fair comment though...almost.
Your second choice is OVER budget.

Like I said at the end; for 600 quid, he really needs to get a PS4 & used HDTV as it would play better than an i3 and a R9 270X. Which will have him playing Crysis 3 at medium settings only, at best.

Or do what I suggested, and get a good used i5 PC with everything except graphics in it, and buy a GOOD graphics card; not a re-hash of an olde one.

Neither of us are really wrong.

He chooses.
 

diazalon

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The second one is under budget and has no gpu because the zoostorm one has no gpu also so i was just matching it.
No dont get a ps4 get a pc and the i3 is NOT a bad gaming cpu
see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6olutcuXHc
Worse gpu and older i3 and still runs really well better than any console
 
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Crossfire on the HD7770 is a pretty great solution. The Sapphires are less than $100 a pop.

 

diazalon

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Would not recommend corssfireX especially on the low end cards
 
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WRONG.

Crossfire Sapphire HD7770`s are absolutely brilliant for gaming and are (or were) the very cheapest pound-for-pound high-frame rate gaming that you can/could buy for a 1080p monitor.
Less than $100 each for the Sapphire ver.

Price for performance, nothing could beat it pricewise/performance until the week the R9 series arrived (but show me an R9 for under $100 each), that is, IF you have the price drops there.

Still looking?
 

diazalon

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CrossfireX issues.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/HD_7750_7770_CrossFire/5.html
The 7950 beats it mostly and is cheaper and does not have the issues with cross fire
and the 7770 is only 1gb

http://www.amazon.co.uk/XFX-Radeon-Edition-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B008LTJPKS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1383235564&sr=8-4&keywords=hd7950

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-Vapor-X-Radeon-Graphics-DisplayPort/dp/B007R9NSK6/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1383235603&sr=8-8&keywords=hd7770
 
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I personally run HD770`s in crossfire until the GTX 780 Ti is released, and they ran GREAT in Battlefield 4; they run great in Modded Skyrim Ledgendary, they run brilliant in staples like Half-Life 2 Orange Box, they run GREAT in Quake 4, they run Great in Fallout 3 G.O.T.Y, and they run the latest Hitman without problem, and a bunch of others.

You blow trivialities out of proportion regularly?

Anyway, you seem to comment without personal experience of the HD7770`s in crossfire. Youtube HD7770 in Crossfire gaming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0UJVAgAWZY
PC Whizzkids APPROVE.

The only OCCASIONAL issue I have ever found is in the game `RAGE`, which means you have to spend five seconds sometimes pressing a button to switch off crossfire for that sometimes. Depending on the update at the time.
 

diazalon

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WOW! HE APPROVES! THEY MUST BE AMAZING!
Not really the 7950 would be a better choice less power consumption, no crossfire problems,can add another one later
 
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Sarky git; I said "Whizzkids" The PROFESSIONAL Production team who did the video and testing indicated THEY APPROVE as do many viewers and buyers in comments.
I agree. that my experience of the cards confirms that they are excellent for the PRICE for someone on a low budget.

The cards themselves are not an issue at that price.

When the HD7770`s were $100 each (and before the very recent price drops [that have not got to everyone and all shops]), the HD7950 was WAAAAYYY more than $200. Before the R9 series got into the shops.

And you know it.
the prices of the HD7770`s have dropped also. They are a steal at 80 quid each. 160 for the pair will compete excellently against a HD7950 at a far far higher price to someone on a low budget.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/11201-17-20G-DisplayPort-CrossFireX-Multi-GPU-Technology/dp/B009YTT5RW/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1383237569&sr=1-1&keywords=HD7770

P.S.
We don`t even know if the kid has access to a credit card; and is looking for advice to buy at PC world or something?
 

diazalon

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Well i agree that they are pretty good for the money however for an extra 1gb of vram = 2gb (1 is just not good anymore) and about £10 you get an amazing single gpu so now crossfirex problems less heat and power consumption and the ability to add another one, pretty much anyone on most websites would say single gpu rather than multi gpu
 

zichus

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Well - everything depends on a budget. If he can afford 7950 the go for it and you can add later another in crosfire. I was not able to afford it so i bought the 7770 and when im upgrading then ill buy another 7770. And im happy also for the 7770 single card performance. :)

If you deciding on crossfire 7770 or single 7950 then probably the best would be single card. Also because you can upgrade single card later on which you cant probably on the crossfire version.
 
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I think I have at least one HD7770 going spare in two days, as I confirmed the purchase of the Inno3D iChill GeForce GTX 780 HerculeZ X3 Ultra this morning, as I got bored of waiting for the GTX 780 Ti.
Review here;-
http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/inno3d_ichill_gtx_780_herculez_x3_ultra_review,1.html

Because Battlefield 4 is delivered in four or five days. :wahoo: