Looking to reduce the cost of a build

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
T

the_eddster

Honorable
Dec 20, 2013
4
0
10,510
I have a £300 budget and was recommended a £400 build, I want to see if I can bring it down to 300 pounds.

My current build is this:

- Palit 2GB GDDR5 Nvidia GeForce GTX 650Ti Boost Graphics Card

- G.Skill 8GB (2x 4GB) Dual Channel Ares Series Memory Kit

- Western Digital 1TB internal Hard Drive

- Zalman ZM500-GS 500W ATX Power Supply

- BitFenix Merc Beta Midi Tower Chassis

- AMD Athlon II X4 750K CPU

- AsRock FM2A75 Pro4-M Motherboard

To be clear, I'm not looking for a super powerful build (I understand that's impossible for my budget) just a set up that will play any game at standard settings and be future proof for the next 3 years.
 
Solution
jay2577
Capture.jpg
Sort by date Sort by votes
jay2577

jay2577

Honorable
Jun 17, 2012
1,844
0
12,460
It would be difficult to shave anything off the cost of that:(
I wouldn't even recommend anything less than an AMD FX6300 if you want to keep it for 3 years.

Cutting costs on your PSU further could cause disastrous results.
I wish i could help
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
T

the_eddster

Honorable
Dec 20, 2013
4
0
10,510


Sorry, should have mentioned I don't have a setup atm. My old build crashed last year :/
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
T

the_eddster

Honorable
Dec 20, 2013
4
0
10,510


Well when i say crashed i mean the thing basically exploded, it was an old build anyway and i was overclocking it a little too much. Hence why there is a case on the list of items however for the moment i don't need a dvd drive that did survive.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
jay2577

jay2577

Honorable
Jun 17, 2012
1,844
0
12,460
Hi:)
I picked just one website as if you buy from lots of different ones the separate delivery charges usually cancel out any saving you make on components.
I have used that website for 10 years and not had any problems with it. They also offer free delivery.
It was the cheapest website picking out all the components from one shop.
I couldn't reduce the price anymore without risking the quality of the components.
Like you could get a power supply unit for £15 instead of £43.96 but the power supply unit is a very important part of a computer system. It's the only part that can destroy all the other components if it breaks so using a decent quality one is essential.

By the sounds of it your last computer could of exploded from the power supply unit failing.
Later on when you have more spare cash you could get an aftermarket cooler for that CPU and overclock it to 4.2Ghz quite easily but i wouldn't recommend it with the included cooler.

 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom