Good £600(ish) build?

chill101 · Feb 21, 2014

Hi guys, would this be a fine build to go with or is there any improvements I could make keeping it under £650 and as close to £600 as possible. thoughts welcome thanks

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2Xx5S PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2Xx5S Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2Xx5S/by_merchant/ Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2Xx5S/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£80.99 @ Amazon UK) Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£89.98 @ Amazon UK) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£61.39 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.97 @ Dabs) Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£147.00 @ Amazon UK) Case: Zalman Z9 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK) Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£53.47 @ Amazon UK) Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£12.80 @ Amazon UK) Other: packard bell viseo 243d 24 full hd led monitor with dvi vga black (£93.00 @ Dabs) Total: £627.59 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

lmaonade200 · Feb 21, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£106.36 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£74.90 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£61.39 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.97 @ Dabs)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£147.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z9 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£53.47 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.99 @ Amazon UK)
Other: packard bell viseo 243d 24 full hd led monitor with dvi vga black (£93.00)
Total: £637.07
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

it's slightly more expensive but I think you should go with a FX 8320 instead

sora · Feb 22, 2014

chill101 :

Hi guys, would this be a fine build to go with or is there any improvements I could make keeping it under £650 and as close to £600 as possible. thoughts welcome thanks

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2Xx5S PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2Xx5S Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2Xx5S/by_merchant/ Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2Xx5S/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£80.99 @ Amazon UK) Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£89.98 @ Amazon UK) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£61.39 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.97 @ Dabs) Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£147.00 @ Amazon UK) Case: Zalman Z9 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK) Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£53.47 @ Amazon UK) Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£12.80 @ Amazon UK) Other: packard bell viseo 243d 24 full hd led monitor with dvi vga black (£93.00 @ Dabs) Total: £627.59 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

I personally love your build, do you need an OS though?

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