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Competent budget gaming rig? (ignore case, it's hideous any suggestions around the same price welcome lol).

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January 29, 2014 5:18:46 AM

All prices are from amazon, looking to build something on very tight budget (£500-£550) which can handle quite alot for the money. Just want clarification if this is a decent build. Also if I ever wanted to crossfire another card, what Mobo could possibly be better?


CPU: AMD FX 6300 Black Ed - £83.81

GPU: Saphire Radeon HD 7770 1GB Ghz Ed - £77.36

Mobo: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - £63.91

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600mhz CL9 - £64.99

HDD: WD 1TB 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive - Caviar Blue - £43.54

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - £25.77

PSU: Corsair Builder Series CXM 500W Modular 80 PLUS Bronze - £46.72

Case: CiT Vantage Mesh Gaming Case - £35.99

Optical Drive: LiteOn IHAS124-04 24x SATA Internal DVDRW Drive - £12.99

OS: Microsoft Windows 8 Standard 64 bit OEM - £74.12

Total: £529.20


Thats everything! Anything else that maybe could be improved within the same sort of budget constraints and also mobo solution for crossfire options also welcome, Cheers!





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a b 4 Gaming
January 29, 2014 5:46:52 AM

How's this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£80.00 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.18 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£54.64 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.92 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card (£127.55 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Silverstone SST-RL01B-USB 3.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£33.61 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.00 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.00 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £548.67
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-29 13:46 GMT+0000)

You save a bit by shopping around.
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January 29, 2014 5:50:38 AM

Deffo recommend Someone Somewhere's build. The GPU is far more capabale than the 7770
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January 29, 2014 5:51:19 AM

You should go for that build much faster.
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January 29, 2014 5:57:06 AM

Yeah just literally chucked this together in 5 mins while at work, just to see if the components would be any good, would have looked for deals after I knew this was decent enough, Thanks Someone for recommending the gfx and mobo, muchos appreciated!
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a b 4 Gaming
January 29, 2014 6:01:11 AM

You won't really be able to Crossfire, and OCing would be mediocre. However, a faster GPU is definitely worth it. Crossfire is to be avoided unless you're in the high end, IMO.
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a c 466 4 Gaming
January 29, 2014 6:12:08 AM

Agreed, you do not want to crossfire low end cards. It never really works well. A single higher end card is always better.
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January 30, 2014 2:33:33 AM

cool, that sounds decent, I could maybe go for a 270x, what would you guys say to a 7870 PCS+ Myst, are they any good, beleive they're reasonably priced awell
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a c 466 4 Gaming
January 30, 2014 6:13:25 AM

the 270x and the 7870 MYST are basically the same exact card. They will perform the same.
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