Designing a new build

Jonathan Sifleet

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Approximate Purchase Date: Christmas!

Budget Range: Unsure, as budget as possible.

System Usage from Most to Least Important: General use, gaming, rendering.

Are you buying a monitor: No

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Any.

Location: UK

Parts Preferences: by brand or type (e.g.: AMD.

Overclocking: Yes, except cooler in the future.

SLI or Crossfire: No.

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920*1080

Additional Comments: I've got a 1tb HDD, and the RAM. I need to keep the price as low as possible, and the performance as high as possible. I need a 750w PSU with hybrid fan control. I'd also like an 8320. Also, don't worry too much about the GPU, the likeliness is that I'll upgrade to a 280x at some point. Also, in case you didn't read, I'll be getting a cooler in the future.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I moved house and the motherboard snapped during transport, and fried nearly all the components (I turned it on after transport, there was a loud bang and LOTS of smoke).

What I had in mind:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£112.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£106.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (Purchased For £0.00)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For £0.00)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£144.99 @ Ebuyer)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (Purchased For £0.00)
Case: Inwin GT1 Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£54.01 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£89.70 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (Purchased For £0.00)
Keyboard: SteelSeries Merc Stealth Wired Ergonomic Keyboard (Purchased For £0.00)
Total: £508.48
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-20 20:32 GMT+0000)
 

Jonathan Sifleet

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I recovered it from my old build, no need to buy more, I can clock it myself. Yes I will CrossFireX in the future.