First home built PC

justin77783 · Aug 10, 2014

Hi, everybody. I'd like to build my first PC at home. my budget is around 700 euro and i don't want anything fancy, just a decent PC for everyday use and some gaming (battlefield 3-4, metro or similar). i know my way around computers just never built one of my own. Can anyone point me to a possible configuration lists or something? I live in Ireland.

P.s.: i'm not sure will it sound foolish or not, but i'd prefer i5 processor and gtx gpu

Thanks

plywrlw · Aug 10, 2014

This is the cheapest I can do limiting myself to Amazon.co.uk

If you know some sites in Ireland you'd prefer to use I can have a look at those. If you were willing to swap out the GTX 760 for an R9 270X it would bring down your budget a bit.

You can exchange the Windows 8.1 for 7 if you prefer but watch out for "dodgy" deals on Amazon that seem too good to be true

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£126.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£42.93 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£173.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£47.11 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.98 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£79.81 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £611.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-10 22:57 BST+0100

justin77783 · Aug 10, 2014

plywrlw :

This is the cheapest I can do limiting myself to Amazon.co.uk

If you know some sites in Ireland you'd prefer to use I can have a look at those. If you were willing to swap out the GTX 760 for an R9 270X it would bring down your budget a bit.

You can exchange the Windows 8.1 for 7 if you prefer but watch out for "dodgy" deals on Amazon that seem too good to be true

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£126.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£42.93 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£173.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£47.11 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.98 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£79.81 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £611.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-10 22:57 BST+0100

justin77783 · Aug 10, 2014

Thanks for the quick response. But wouldn't it be better to get a more powerful PSU, if I were to upgrade in a future? and also, is this r9 (i assume it's radeon?) in the same spec line as gtx?

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