So I'm about to order the parts to my first gaming-oriented build. I have a £955 budget (includes the build, monitor, keyboard and mouse) and I am currently hitting £937.24.
Here is my part list for the build, with the prices from the respective merchants -
AMD FX-8350 (£133.69 Amazon UK)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (£25.76 Amazon UK)
MSI 990FXA-GD65 Motherboard (£79.98 Ebuyer)
G-Skill Ares 8GB RAM (£63.61 Amazon UK)
MSI Radeon R9 280X Twin Frozr (£221.60 Scan w/Scansure)
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD (£43.05 Amazon UK)
Aerocool Strike-X GT Case (£49.99 Amazon UK)
Corsair CX 600W Builder Series 80+ Power Supply ( £47.90 Amazon UK)
Samsung SH-224DB DVD Drive (£10.84 Amazon UK)
Total = £676.42 + £260.82 for peripherals/monitor
Some points to justify some of my choices -
I will be looking to overclock in the near future once I get settled in with the PC, but I want higher performance in the meantime, before I actually overclock. So that's why I'm going for the fx-8350 as opposed to the 8320.
I'm going for the MSI 990FXA MoBo for the two 16x PCI slots, because I may buy another 280x in the future, if certain games become more demanding. I can replace the PSU when the time comes, but I'd rather have a capable MoBo beforehand. I don't know how it handles overclocking, so I could use some advice in that department.
As for the case, I know there are better options out there. But I LOVE the look of the Strike-X GT, plus the Red LEDs/Design matches my keyboard backlight and mouse.
All in all, I just want to know if this build will be 100% good to go and if there are any other options (within budget) that I can change to better my build.
Thanks in advance!
Here is my part list for the build, with the prices from the respective merchants -
AMD FX-8350 (£133.69 Amazon UK)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (£25.76 Amazon UK)
MSI 990FXA-GD65 Motherboard (£79.98 Ebuyer)
G-Skill Ares 8GB RAM (£63.61 Amazon UK)
MSI Radeon R9 280X Twin Frozr (£221.60 Scan w/Scansure)
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD (£43.05 Amazon UK)
Aerocool Strike-X GT Case (£49.99 Amazon UK)
Corsair CX 600W Builder Series 80+ Power Supply ( £47.90 Amazon UK)
Samsung SH-224DB DVD Drive (£10.84 Amazon UK)
Total = £676.42 + £260.82 for peripherals/monitor
Some points to justify some of my choices -
I will be looking to overclock in the near future once I get settled in with the PC, but I want higher performance in the meantime, before I actually overclock. So that's why I'm going for the fx-8350 as opposed to the 8320.
I'm going for the MSI 990FXA MoBo for the two 16x PCI slots, because I may buy another 280x in the future, if certain games become more demanding. I can replace the PSU when the time comes, but I'd rather have a capable MoBo beforehand. I don't know how it handles overclocking, so I could use some advice in that department.
As for the case, I know there are better options out there. But I LOVE the look of the Strike-X GT, plus the Red LEDs/Design matches my keyboard backlight and mouse.
All in all, I just want to know if this build will be 100% good to go and if there are any other options (within budget) that I can change to better my build.
Thanks in advance!
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