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£550 Budget build (1st time build need help)

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October 13, 2014 8:22:21 PM

Hello guys, im looking to make a PC for gaming and just everyday use my budget is not very big £550 i would need a monitor in the build but i have a copy of windows. The games i will be playing are CS:GO, Dota 2, Football manager, Day-Z and games like that if anyone could help me that would be great! Thanks

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October 13, 2014 8:31:10 PM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor (£84.26 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£55.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.69 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£119.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£37.27 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.93 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.09 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: Asus VS247H-P 23.6" Monitor (£113.09 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £561.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-14 04:30 BST+0100

This will play those games with flying colours :) 
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October 13, 2014 8:46:37 PM

MasterDell said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor (£84.26 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£55.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.69 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£119.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£37.27 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.93 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.09 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: Asus VS247H-P 23.6" Monitor (£113.09 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £561.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-14 04:30 BST+0100

This will play those games with flying colours :) 


Thanks for the build would you make able to change the mobo as the amazon listing is weird also if its not to much could you put all the parts 2 amazon
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October 13, 2014 8:51:52 PM

Luke94 said:
MasterDell said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor (£84.26 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£55.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.69 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£119.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£37.27 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.93 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.09 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: Asus VS247H-P 23.6" Monitor (£113.09 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £561.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-14 04:30 BST+0100

This will play those games with flying colours :) 


Thanks for the build would you make able to change the mobo as the amazon listing is weird also if its not to much could you put all the parts 2 amazon

That should be fine :) 
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October 13, 2014 8:56:35 PM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor (£98.30 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.35 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.69 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£119.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: Asus VS228HR 60Hz 21.5" Monitor (£98.82 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £577.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-14 04:56 BST+0100
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October 13, 2014 9:08:03 PM

If you want a smaller case and motherboard , and to save a little too then

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7LWm7P
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7LWm7P/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor (£98.30 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus H97M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£62.25 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.69 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£119.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£28.64 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: Asus VS228HR 60Hz 21.5" Monitor (£98.82 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £566.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-14 05:07 BST+0100
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October 13, 2014 9:10:30 PM

Or the same with a bigger monitor
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/PRfVLk
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/PRfVLk/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor (£98.30 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus H97M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£62.25 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.69 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£119.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£28.64 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: ViewSonic VA2349S 60Hz 23.0" Monitor (£109.54 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £577.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-14 05:09 BST+0100

worth the extra IMO
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October 13, 2014 9:14:41 PM

Would the i3 and the r9 270x be the best i can get for my budget
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October 13, 2014 9:20:37 PM

Luke94 said:
Would the i3 and the r9 270x be the best i can get for my budget


You will get better performance on multiplayer servers for BF4 and similar graphically intensive games with
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/HqLpVn
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/HqLpVn/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£74.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£68.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.69 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£119.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: ViewSonic VA2349S 60Hz 23.0" Monitor (£109.54 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £576.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-14 05:18 BST+0100

Performance will be worse , but still good enough in games like Starcraft, Skyrim etc that do not use multicore processor well
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October 13, 2014 9:27:15 PM

Outlander_04 said:
Luke94 said:
Would the i3 and the r9 270x be the best i can get for my budget


You will get better performance on multiplayer servers for BF4 and similar graphically intensive games with
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/HqLpVn
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/HqLpVn/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£74.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£68.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.69 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£119.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: ViewSonic VA2349S 60Hz 23.0" Monitor (£109.54 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £576.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-14 05:18 BST+0100

Performance will be worse , but still good enough in games like Starcraft, Skyrim etc that do not use multicore processor well


Not going to be playing BF4 i will mostly be playing CS:GO and football manager
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October 14, 2014 7:59:30 AM

Anyone?
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October 14, 2014 8:04:02 AM

You've asked this already.
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October 14, 2014 8:04:18 AM

You got over 30 answers, 13 of which were builds.
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October 14, 2014 8:09:37 AM

Scizor119 said:
You got over 30 answers, 13 of which were builds.


I only got one reply on my other post

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October 14, 2014 8:19:25 AM

For that budget.. Yes i3 and 270x/280 would be the best
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October 14, 2014 11:19:00 AM

MasterDell said:
For that budget.. Yes i3 and 270x/280 would be the best


Thanks i might get a i5 and use the Intel HD Graphics 4600 and wait until the sales next month and try and pick up a GPU cheaper. It should be able to handle cs:go and football manager
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October 14, 2014 12:04:36 PM

You would be surprised how well 4600 graphics perform
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October 14, 2014 12:14:07 PM

I was looking around at some posts and videos on it and it should run CS:GO good and football manager does not really need a high end GPU so it should do me for a month or 2 while i wait to get a GPU
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October 14, 2014 4:21:09 PM

So after reading around for a while i have come up with this http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/vN6yLk and i might have a 19 inch monitor which i can use for the time being
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October 14, 2014 4:28:11 PM

Looks good to me :) 
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October 14, 2014 5:39:59 PM

If i got the i5-4690 or 4590 would i need a cooler or should i be fine with the stock
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October 14, 2014 5:43:19 PM

Stop is plenty. If you want to reduce noise just get a TX3. Even at that, the stock cooler isnt bad for noise. AMD is another story
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