Budget Intel Gaming system (sub £450)

JackCripps · Jun 10, 2014

Hi, just wondered if you good folks could check this build out for me and recommend any changes, ideally staying sub £450 ($750 but I live in england so no good using american prices).

CPU Intel Core i5-4460 3.20GHz S1150 6MB

M/Board Gigabyte B85M-HD3 Motherboard

Ram Corsair 4GB DDR3 1600Mhz Vengeance Memory

GPU Gigabyte NVIDIA GTX660 2GB DDR5 PCI-E Graphics Card

PSU Corsair Builder Series CX 430 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze Power Supply Unit

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

O/D Samsung SH-224DB/RSMS

Case CoolerMaster N-Series N200 USB 3.0 Micro-ATX Case

Cheers, Jack

Eduello · Jun 10, 2014

A cheaper motherboard, twice more RAM, a pretty much equal GPU, a lot better PSU, and finally a cheap yet very good case:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£127.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£32.05 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card (£131.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.84 @ Dabs)
Total: £459.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-10 22:19 BST+0100)

JackCripps · Jun 10, 2014

Hi, will that motherboard suffice? I mean I know its cheaper which is good, but I don't want it to break on me or anything and also will the power and USB 2.0 header connections be an issue?
Cheers, Jack

Eduello · Jun 11, 2014

I don't think they are going to be an issue. The board is made by MSI so the quality is good, but it's so cheap because it's micro-ATX, it has only 2 RAM slots, and less space for expansion. It should be enough for your needs though.

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