Help/advice on this budget build

Jubba · May 11, 2015

Making this for a family member. They often do light gaming; nothing seriously graphic intensive and not at 1080p, web browsing and college work. Would the CPU be all good for this and if I was to overclock it would the motherboard be good enough?

Also, is 4 gb of RAM enough for what he plans to use it for?

Thanks in advance for help!

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

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£77.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£50.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£25.38 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.40 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£131.94 @ Aria PC)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case (£33.35 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.86 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.16 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £408.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-11 09:12 BST+0100

Vic 40 · May 11, 2015

Basically looks fine.I would make some changes.I would pick another psu,also 8gb of ram.I would pick a little better motherboard too looking at overclocking.

Looks like this,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£77.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS10X OPTIMA CPU Cooler (£16.45 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£65.68 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£46.83 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 285 2GB TurboDuo Video Card (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case (£33.35 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£48.64 @ More Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.16 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £457.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-11 18:03 BST+0100

you can ignore the cooler,just added it because for the price it's a good option.
The gpu is better and cheaper,but for "light gaming" could this next one be good enough too,
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r7260xcnf4
For a case would this also do,
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-case-rck281kkn1
or
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/zalman-case-z3pluswhite

With some changes i gave could it look like this,
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/cmNDyc

I would,looking at what is done with it,go for an intel option,no need for overclocking that way,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor (£86.95 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI B85M-E45 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£48.95 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£50.42 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card (£79.51 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£32.86 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£48.64 @ More Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.16 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £395.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-11 18:20 BST+0100

madmatt30 · May 11, 2015

If you're seriously budget limited this is excellent value for money
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£77.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK AIDOS BLACK 48.6 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£17.50 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£39.59 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£46.83 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 285 2GB TurboDuo Video Card (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£32.86 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.99 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£9.59 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £421.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-11 18:34 BST+0100

badboyrog2 · May 11, 2015

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

CPU: Intel Core i3-4330 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£104.37 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Biostar B85MG Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£48.36 @ More Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£50.77 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.23 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 285 2GB TurboDuo Video Card (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 Window ATX Mid Tower Case (£37.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£48.64 @ More Computers)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£9.59 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £458.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-11 21:01 BST+0100

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