N Nattress Honorable May 8, 2014 43 0 10,540 Jun 1, 2014 #1 I need a £500 gaming pc that can also do things like video editing etc. and 3d design.
Solution R R realchaos Jun 1, 2014 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£101.99 @ Aria PC) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.24 @ CCL Computers) Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£60.23 @ Amazon UK) Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.99 @ Dabs) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£129.00 @ Amazon UK) Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @...
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£101.99 @ Aria PC) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.24 @ CCL Computers) Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£60.23 @ Amazon UK) Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.99 @ Dabs) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£129.00 @ Amazon UK) Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @...
Nuckles_56 Admirable May 25, 2014 2,274 0 6,960 Jun 1, 2014 #2 Here is about as good as we can do for that budget PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£101.99 @ Aria PC) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.24 @ CCL Computers) Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£53.95 @ CCL Computers) Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.99 @ Dabs) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£146.00 @ CCL Computers) Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.18 @ Scan.co.uk) Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£48.98 @ Dabs) Total: £500.27 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.) (Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-01 09:36 BST+0100) Upvote 0 Downvote
Here is about as good as we can do for that budget PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£101.99 @ Aria PC) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.24 @ CCL Computers) Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£53.95 @ CCL Computers) Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.99 @ Dabs) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£146.00 @ CCL Computers) Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.18 @ Scan.co.uk) Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£48.98 @ Dabs) Total: £500.27 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.) (Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-01 09:36 BST+0100)
R realchaos Distinguished Jan 30, 2013 5,287 0 19,960 Jun 1, 2014 Solution #3 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£101.99 @ Aria PC) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.24 @ CCL Computers) Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£60.23 @ Amazon UK) Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.99 @ Dabs) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£129.00 @ Amazon UK) Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @ Scan.co.uk) Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.98 @ Aria PC) Total: £495.02 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.) (Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-01 10:17 BST+0100) Took the above build but: -Better quality psu and motherboard for practically the same price. -Better quality case. -Same performance gpu, cheaper price. Upvote 0 Downvote Solution
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£101.99 @ Aria PC) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.24 @ CCL Computers) Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£60.23 @ Amazon UK) Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.99 @ Dabs) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£129.00 @ Amazon UK) Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @ Scan.co.uk) Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.98 @ Aria PC) Total: £495.02 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.) (Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-01 10:17 BST+0100) Took the above build but: -Better quality psu and motherboard for practically the same price. -Better quality case. -Same performance gpu, cheaper price.