First PC Build, looking for advice.

GedPreston · Sep 29, 2014

New to PC building, as this will be my first build ever.

Was wondering what your thoughts on this are and if you would switch out anything?

I had budgeted £600-650 and think i've got a good build for £643.53.

I plan to add another 8GB RAM at some point, Upgrade the PSU and Add Extra Fans.

Here is the link to the Pcpartpicker build : http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/mhfqNG

Cheers!

NOTE : I recently found an AMD CPU , which seems to look better and is cheaper than the i5 i have selected. What would you recommend?

Amazon link for the AMD CPU : http://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-FX8350-Edition-Processor-4-2GHz/dp/B009O7YUF6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1412044738&sr=8-2&keywords=AMD+fx

Skylarz · Sep 29, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£133.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£43.79 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.90 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card (£263.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£36.35 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.35 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.98 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £644.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-30 03:40 BST+0100

U can stick with 1 stick and do 2x8 or go with 4x4 later

GedPreston · Sep 29, 2014

I have just added an edit at the bottom of the post regarding the CPU as well if you'd be able to give me any advice on that?

rockie_ · Sep 29, 2014

i would get MSI GTX 970 4GB . it is faster
2x4GB is better /faster . it will enable dual channel memory support

GedPreston · Sep 30, 2014

rockie_ :

The GTX 970 would take me out of my budget, i'll be happy with the Sapphire r9 290 Tri x for now.

Pr3di · Sep 30, 2014

I would go with this to be honest:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£128.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£49.04 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.90 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX Video Card (£265.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus White ATX Mid Tower Case (£36.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£43.32 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.98 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £636.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-30 15:42 BST+0100

Better GPU, dual channel RAM for better performance, newer generation CPU and mobo, and if you decide that you will not get a CPU that will overclock in the future, we can even go for a cheaper non-Z mobo, and get some stronger CPU.

sora · Sep 30, 2014

GedPreston :

The R9 290 is still a great GPU and a GTX 970 isn't really needed in 2014 neither 2015.

GedPreston · Sep 30, 2014

Pr3di :

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/CHkh23
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/CHkh23/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£128.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£49.04 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£64.24 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.90 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX Video Card (£265.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus White ATX Mid Tower Case (£36.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£43.32 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.98 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £650.34

Shopped around a bit more and read up on the GTX 970, decided i'll go with that GPU after all, and swapped out the RAM as well.

And that is sitting nicely on my 650 budget,

GedPreston · Sep 30, 2014

sora :

Yeah but for an extra couple of quid it seems to be the one to get i'd say. And it's not as big which means more airflow!

rockie_ · Sep 30, 2014

MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate may need a BIOS update to support i5 4460

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£128.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£72.56 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£64.24 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£274.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.75 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£43.32 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.98 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £676.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-01 01:56 BST+0100

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