<£720 Gaming PC Build

Shootingbut · Apr 17, 2014

I have proposed this build for my friend and would just like to know which ways I can improve it for him. I want it to be the best performance to price ratio possible for him. Any suggestions?

ummm, yeah the build is here lol sry http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/shootingbut/saved/4mGW

cdrkf · Apr 17, 2014

Shootingbut :

That's a good build. My only thought is you can do better than the 6350 for nearly the same money:

http://www.ebuyer.com/409186-amd-fx-8320-3-5ghz-socket-am3-16mb-cache-retail-boxed-processor-fd8320frhkbox

Thats the 8320 (2 additioanl cores) for less than £10 more. Also the 8320 is fully unlocked so you can really easily bump the speed up a tad if needed down the line.

Also you can get the graphics card for less:
http://www.ebuyer.com/614468-powercolor-turboduo-r9-270x-2gb-gddr5-oc-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-graphics-axr9-270x-2gbd5-tdhe

Or maybe even move up to a 280X (and drop the cpu down to an FX 4XXX part):
http://www.ebuyer.com/614469-powercolor-turboduo-r9-280x-3gb-gddr5-oc-dvi-hdmi-mini-displayport-pci-e-axr9-280x-3gbd5-t2dh

Edit: Personally I'd probably ditch the wifi adaptor and opt for a wired internet connection if at all possible for gaming. Wifi is just too variable for games. If cabling is the problem maybe throw in a kit of power line network adaptors (allow you to run networking over the mains wiring in your friends house).

Shootingbut · Apr 17, 2014

cdrkf :

Shootingbut :

That's a good build. My only thought is you can do better than the 6350 for nearly the same money:

http://www.ebuyer.com/409186-amd-fx-8320-3-5ghz-socket-am3-16mb-cache-retail-boxed-processor-fd8320frhkbox

Thats the 8320 (2 additioanl cores) for less than £10 more. Also the 8320 is fully unlocked so you can really easily bump the speed up a tad if needed down the line.

Also you can get the graphics card for less:
http://www.ebuyer.com/614468-powercolor-turboduo-r9-270x-2gb-gddr5-oc-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-graphics-axr9-270x-2gbd5-tdhe

Or maybe even move up to a 280X (and drop the cpu down to an FX 4XXX part):
http://www.ebuyer.com/614469-powercolor-turboduo-r9-280x-3gb-gddr5-oc-dvi-hdmi-mini-displayport-pci-e-axr9-280x-3gbd5-t2dh

Edit: Personally I'd probably ditch the wifi adaptor and opt for a wired internet connection if at all possible for gaming. Wifi is just too variable for games. If cabling is the problem maybe throw in a kit of power line network adaptors (allow you to run networking over the mains wiring in your friends house).

Ok, going with the 8320. He wanted the wireless but I can suggest the powerline to him. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3th33

Poprin · Apr 17, 2014

Shootingbut :

Just be aware with PC part picker the best price is not always the best price. For example CCL have low advertised prices but I've found their postage costs to be very high. Often Amazon is your best bet for free postage, or ebuyer. Or order everything from one place like scan / overclockers and get combined postage.

As mentioned above I think the 6350 is a false economy. It's not massively faster if at all than the 6300 and it's 125w rather than 95w for the same performance. If you are going to spend that much I would go with the 8320 mentioned above which is also 95w and give you much better performance for the money.

Also I would try to move your budget around and go for an SSD, I would recommend the Crucial M500 256gb as it's the best performance for the money at the moment in my opinion and then lower the 1tb drive to say a 500gb if you need to save some cash.

Also finally I would not use that motherboard unless you are specifically doing a MicroATX build. I run that motherboard in one of my machines and it's a good board but it's only SATA II and it doesn't have any USB3 front headers only rear ports. I would go with a standard ATX board with a 990 chipset if you can as it is far superior with not a great deal of difference in price.

Poprin · Apr 17, 2014

Actually to elaborate on the board you can probably go with the 970 chipset and get the Asus M5A97 R2.0 which is SATA III and USB 3 and has 1x front USB3 header and is much better board.

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