£600 budget entry level

shiiip · Sep 27, 2015

http://pastebin.com/93DmbWnx

This is my build so far

Couple of things I would like some input on

1. What case should I get? I would like something roomy enough for a first build but not too expensive

2. Cooling - I've gone with a closed circuit cooler but of course the case will need to support liquid cooling. Also some input on if it's worth doing liquid cooling would be nice

3. Motherboard - I've picked a GA-990FXA-UD3 for now as a kind-of placeholder. From what I've heard they "Do everything" but I would prefer to save a bit of money and have a decent motherboard which of course supports everything I put on it

4. Power: Again another placeholder. Too low?

5. SSD: Currently don't have one on this build. I have a 2TB HDD but some help in finding a good budget SSD would be good if needed

jmsellars1 · Sep 27, 2015

That's going to be a pretty poor gaming machine. On the latest games you'll be looking at the lowest possible settings, purely because that's a weak graphics card, definite entry level £200-300 machine kind of stuff.

A gaming machine at this budget is going to need something like 300-500W depending on your components, the key is to get a quality PSU though.

This would improve gaming performance dramatically over that build, has a high quality PSU as well which means good reliability:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£88.92 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£58.73 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£32.34 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.74 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked Video Card (£125.96 @ More Computers)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£39.01 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic ECO 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£29.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £409.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-27 19:02 BST+0100

EDIT: Liquid cooling is only really worth it if you're going to overclock, I wouldn't bother as an i3 is going to give great gaming performance without needing to overclock and it saves you some cash.

The Crucial MX100 is a good budget SSD, middle of the road in terms of speed but pretty cheap and reliable. The Samsung drives are probably a bit faster, equally relible and only a bit more expensive.

nzrajput · Sep 27, 2015

What do you need in 600 pounds budget? Monitor included or just CPU?

sora · Sep 27, 2015

Do you need a monitor and OS?

shiiip · Sep 28, 2015

nzrajput :

I'm reserving £100 of the budget for I/O stuff like a monitor and Windows 7 etc, but I don't mind too much if it goes slightly over the £500 point (The CPU side)

EDIT: Also another question. Buying Windows 7 is a bit confusing, there are some going for £20 but say SP1 and then others are £60-70 and don't.

nzrajput · Sep 29, 2015

Couldn't find Core i5 6500 at the website. If you can, go with 6500 instead of 6400.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/GNztD3
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/GNztD3/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£160.97 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: Asus B150M-K D3 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£54.54 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£36.67 @ Dabs)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.74 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card (£149.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£30.43 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£37.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £505.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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