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Hi, building a lower end budget PC for games like Civ 5, Xcom, etc
I'm using a AMD/ATI Radeon 4850 graphics card I have spare from a few years back, and planning on doing quite a bit of overclocking on the CPU, hence the Z97 board and Hyper 212 evo.
Does anyone have any opinions/advice? I'm still unsure about the case, does it have decent (ish) cooling and silencing? Will it fit all components (including the 4850 GPU)? Also, are there any 8gb kits of RAM available for not much more? Is the Z97 overkill, I plan on doing quite a bit of overclocking but not an absolutely huge amount, are there any cheaper boards that still do a decent job at OCing?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£47.98 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.86 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£63.42 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£34.68 @ More Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.98 @ CCL Computers)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.09 @ Aria PC)
Total: £272.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-01 15:09 GMT+0000
I'm using a AMD/ATI Radeon 4850 graphics card I have spare from a few years back, and planning on doing quite a bit of overclocking on the CPU, hence the Z97 board and Hyper 212 evo.
Does anyone have any opinions/advice? I'm still unsure about the case, does it have decent (ish) cooling and silencing? Will it fit all components (including the 4850 GPU)? Also, are there any 8gb kits of RAM available for not much more? Is the Z97 overkill, I plan on doing quite a bit of overclocking but not an absolutely huge amount, are there any cheaper boards that still do a decent job at OCing?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£47.98 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.86 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£63.42 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£34.68 @ More Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.98 @ CCL Computers)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.09 @ Aria PC)
Total: £272.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-01 15:09 GMT+0000
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