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kingpinNo2 · Mar 10, 2016

So basically can anyone plese take a look at my possible new build and tell me how i can improve it, but still keep it under £900

Many thanks

King

logainofhades · Mar 10, 2016

Your build is almost 1300, so I am a bit confused by the 900. First off, not a good PSU choice, and FX is over 3yrs old, on a dead platform.

kingpinNo2 · Mar 10, 2016

logainofhades :

When I said 900 I meant just the PC not any peripherals

logainofhades · Mar 10, 2016

Ok, gotcha. Just as an FYI, the Corsair CX line are not very good PSU's. Stick to tier 1 and 2 units, in the future. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

This is also a dead platform, but it is a better performing one, and gives you i7 performance to boot.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£205.80 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£79.92 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£55.92 @ More Computers)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£62.72 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Green 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive (£113.50 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card (£268.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£36.48 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £898.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-10 22:13 GMT+0000

Or you could go with a current gen CPU, and get a better SSD.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£169.79 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock B150M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£62.16 @ More Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£60.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£102.97 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Green 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive (£113.50 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card (£268.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£36.48 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £889.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-10 22:14 GMT+0000

kingpinNo2 · Mar 10, 2016

Thank you for those builds I'll check them out, I always get confused with which Intel cpu is newer

kingpinNo2 · Mar 12, 2016

logainofhades :

Ok, gotcha. Just as an FYI, the Corsair CX line are not very good PSU's. Stick to tier 1 and 2 units, in the future. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

This is also a dead platform, but it is a better performing one, and gives you i7 performance to boot.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£205.80 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£79.92 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£55.92 @ More Computers)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£62.72 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Green 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive (£113.50 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card (£268.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£36.48 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £898.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-10 22:13 GMT+0000

Or you could go with a current gen CPU, and get a better SSD.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£169.79 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock B150M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£62.16 @ More Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£60.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£102.97 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Green 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive (£113.50 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card (£268.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£36.48 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £889.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-10 22:14 GMT+0000

Sorry to bother you, just a quick question!!
Does a Full tower require anything different than a mid tower (other than the size of hardware and fittings)??
Thanks for your time

logainofhades · Mar 12, 2016

Nope, no special requirements.

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