Budget Gaming Build

steffan_w17

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Hi, my budget is around £600 and I was wondering what people think of this build since I'll be buying the parts very soon. And if possible, make any suggestions to improve it for the price. I already have a Vertex 2E SSD from a previous build so I haven't included an SSD.
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Thank you
 
Solution
Well, you're trying to use a LGA 1155 MB with a LGA 1150 CPU.

(so it won't work)

What country?

EDIT: never mind

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£79.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Mushkin Stealth 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£201.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.20 @ Aria PC)...

Alpha3031

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Well, you're trying to use a LGA 1155 MB with a LGA 1150 CPU.

(so it won't work)

What country?

EDIT: never mind

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£79.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Mushkin Stealth 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£201.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.20 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.05 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £586.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-14 04:30 BST+0100

Did you need OS?
 
Solution

steffan_w17

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My bad, I was doing a different build matching the LGA 1155 so I forgot to change the MB.

Country: UK

The graphics card won't be bottlenecked by the CPU will it?
I won't need an OS since the SSD has Windows 7 installed on it already.

Thanks for your reply and suggestion.
 
This would give more bang for your buck:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£126.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£55.69 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£61.64 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card (£200.59 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.39 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.05 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £594.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-14 10:26 BST+0100

I can do an ebuyer-only build if necessary
 

steffan_w17

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An ebuyer only build is not necessary but thank you nevertheless. I only used ebuyer to get a build done first. I like the suggestions made but what changes would you make for a budget of £500 instead?
 

Alpha3031

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£79.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.88 @ More Computers)
Memory: Mushkin Stealth 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£169.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.39 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.93 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £499.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-14 13:52 BST+0100