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okatashin

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Hi, I've put some parts together that i would really appreciate a few opinions on. here are my parts:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zalman-Z11-Plus-Installation-Anti-Vibration/dp/B007C008L2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383361000&sr=8-1&keywords=zalman+z11+plus#productDetails £49

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00CX4MUCC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE £51.60

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/graphics-card/his-radeon-hd-7870-fan-2-gb-gddr5-pci-express-3-0-h787f2g2m/21453632-a.html £135.80

http://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-FX6300-Edition-4-1GHz-Socket/dp/B009O7YORK £85

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004JM1ZG8/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AW5NG0FDGS721 £61

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007ZW2LY4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE £57

http://www.ebuyer.com/319639-seagate-1tb-barracuda-internal-hard-drive-oem-st1000dm003?utm_source=b2c_thursday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=b2c_thursday £43

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006BSPTAQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE £13.92

http://www.ebuyer.com/506016-samsung-24x-sata-internal-dvd-rw-bare-black-sh-224db-bebe £13.34

http://www.maplin.co.uk/g7-680w-atx-pc-power-supply-345571 £40

total £549.66

if you want to make any suggestions keep in mind i'm British so i can't order from america and thx in advance :)

 
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maurelie

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Here is something you might consider

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£83.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£62.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£71.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£46.42 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card (£133.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case (£33.01 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£48.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer (£12.36 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £552.74
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-15 16:27 GMT+0000)
 
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im not overclocking so need for better mobo, corsair ram is worse, storage in all is more for the same, whould like to keep zalman z11 plus, 6% more efficiency isn't worth £9 more and 130 less watts, needs a wifi card as cant plug it in to router however will look in to gpu.

 
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I highly doubt that PSU you chose is actually 680W. Its not from a high;y trusted brand nor is it 80+ bronze rated.

Get an XFX, Corsair or Seasonic one. these are the 3 most reliable PSU brands

 
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-Western Digital Caviar Blue is 10-15% faster than the Seagate. Plus it has 2 years warranty.
-Samsung EVO or PRO have faster write/read speeds than the SanDisk
-The PSU you have picked is non brand PSU, while XFX is much better.
-Asus motherboards are considered for the best motherboards, the use high quality parts.
-It is not all about efficiency, more of durability, speed and quality.
-Cheers.
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/22Kc9
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/22Kc9/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/22Kc9/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£134.39 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H87-G43 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£72.38 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£62.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£46.42 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£190.99 @ Dabs)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS/I Snow Edition (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.58 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£48.02 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £600.77
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-15 17:27 GMT+0000)

I use the same case, psu and gpu with a Ivy Bridge i5 and it maxes virtually everything.
 
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okatashin

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can i just say the the psu is fine and im getting it from a shop meaning its probably more reliable. the 1tb harddrive has exactly the same specs so i don't know where you got that from. the motherboard will probably replaced later anyway when i've got a better budget though it isn't very different. the ssd i would have no trouble believing though it's £14 more for 8gb less and the ssd i'm getting is still fairly fast. Finally i've never been the one to side with brands, if i can get something that's pretty much the same for cheap i'll forever go the cheapskate option
 
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Well if the PSU turns out to be junk and fries your components don't say we didn't warn you.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£83.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£68.38 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card (£203.75 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.64 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£54.61 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £574.35
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-15 17:37 GMT+0000)

 
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''Hi, I've put some parts together that i would really appreciate a few opinions on. here are my parts:''

So clearly you have opened this thread for some other options.

''if you want to make any suggestions keep in mind i'm British so i can't order from america and thx in advance ''

People are making suggestions, but here is your reply:

''Finally i've never been the one to side with brands, if i can get something that's pretty much the same for cheap i'll forever go the cheapskate option''

Obviously people here on this forum can't help you.
 
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okatashin

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why can't they help me exactly?

 
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they criticize your build because you asked them to help you!
I don't think anyone here on toms-hardware will ever suggest you a worser build than the one you came up or try to make you buy low quality brands products.
Clearly people here on this forum can't help you. as maurelie wrote is because you don't listen at all lol.
well anyway is your build ! up to you!

I would suggest this but still up to you
(the previous mentioned builds were really good too!)

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/22MrH
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/22MrH/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/22MrH/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.62 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G43 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£93.70 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60.24 @ Dabs)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£46.42 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card (£146.36 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman Z9 ATX Mid Tower Case (£35.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£54.61 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£12.76 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £618.67
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-15 18:56 GMT+0000)

this here should be a quality build where you will only have to upgrade the gpu and i5 to a i7 4770k in a few years.

 
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your build is good as well (although I don't trust that psu at all) but it just could go better.
anyways your build as I wrote is good as well so there will be no bottleneck or problems at all. just go for it (with that psu at own risk)
 
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the vital part isn't about the ram (you could get the 1866 mhz ram is perfect)
I only chose that ram because many people are happy with it and it's of good quality nothing more.
Yet to be honest you won't realize any difference between a 1600mhz and 1866mhz ram as a human ( if you were an android that would be something else lol )
The only case would be if you were to do real hard industrialized rendering, editing and creation tasks
But choose the 1866 ram (I just didn't see them lol)
 
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okatashin

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sry but it just seems like you've all copied and pasted a random build you found somewhere. i dont mean to sound horrible or anything but just cant comprehend hdds with the same specs preforming 15% differently. plus you can all stop worrying about the wrath of the unbranded psu as i dont even think it's compatible, and dont any of you dare rub that in my face as none of you actually said anything about that
 
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okatashin

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but why pay more for a 1600mhz is what im saying
 
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I didn't write anything about hdd performing 15% better
the one I chose will work at a speed of 64mb (if you find a 128mb one that would be better performance)
and if it was just copy and paste I wouldn't bother to answer.

Yet about being compatible, that all depends on the mainboard
 
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For most gaming faster RAM wont make a difference.
The GPU is by far the biggest contributing factor to fps. No with my build it has a 7970 which is a good GPU.
Saykns build is also great its got less gpu power but quite a superior CPU.

With the FX-6300 build if I am not mistaken you could upgrade the CPU to an FX8350 in the future with the same mobo. Its slightly behind th i5 series but still a grat CPU.

I still say get a corsair, seasonic or xfx PSU. Crappy psus dont supply there rated wattage, dont supply good constant voltages and dont handle voltage spikes well. All that means it could fry your other components.
 
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true I agree completely.
oh wish my name really was Saykns =D that would make it impossible for anyone to call me by my name =)))
 
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okatashin

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i was talking about a previous comment from maurelie and i thought it would be rude to completely blow all of them off.
the mobo i decided to change because may as well play it safe to the asus m5a97 r2.0 though are you sure that's the only thing that matters as alot of reviews on this product say about needing a 6pin and 8pin psu http://www.ebuyer.com/489317-xfx-hd-7870-dd-edition-2gb-gddr5-dual-dvi-hdmi-dual-mini-fx-787a-cdfc?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products&gclid=CInU2sy1xLoCFa-WtAod9XkA-g
 
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that's why I said it depends on the mainboard.
omg (why I wrote that damned " say ")
any new mainboard (2010+) will only work at full power and correctly with a 80+ psu (6pin, 8pin included / well even older psus own that (>^-^)>
while the stronger ones such as the ones (with powerful sli/crossfire and oc options) need a bronze psu.
I am not trying to make it sound like they won't work at all , is just that it will avoid any problems
 
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