Opinions on this budget build please

Daniel_190

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Mar 21, 2016
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[strike]AMD A10-7870K Black Edition 3.9GHz Socket FM2+ Retail Boxed Processor
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AMD FX8350 Black Edition 8 Core Processor

MSI 970 Gaming AMD AM3 GBE LAN ATX Motherboard

[strike]ASRock FM2A88X Extreme6+ Socket FM2+ VGA DVI-D HDMI DisplayPort 7.1 CH HD Audio ATX Motherboard[/strike]

Crucial CT102464BA160B 8GB DDR3 PC3-12800 Unbuffered NON-ECC 1.5V 1024Meg x 64

Seagate 1TB 3.5" SATA Desktop Hard Drive

Sapphire R9 380X NITRO 4GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card

Still have to decide on my SSD was considering the Seagate SSHD but can't find enough on it to make me want to risk it. Haven't built a computer in a long time so thought it would be good to get some opinions
 

X79

Honorable
What's your budget?
You're going with an APU, yet still picking a discrete graphics card, which is a bit odd in my view.
How about an FX-6300 or FX-8350? Depending on your budget. There's also nothing wrong with an SSHD.
 

Daniel_190

Commendable
Mar 21, 2016
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Hadn't realized I had put an APU on thanks I had read about them but forgot to check if that was one. Like I say not built in a long time just my computers dying on me. Aiming for about £500 but need to buy everything as even my case is dying a slow death. Glad to hear SSHD are an option
 

X79

Honorable
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£82.49 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£51.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£26.63 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£34.51 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380X 4GB Video Card (£207.32 @ Aria PC)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus White ATX Mid Tower Case (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£55.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.48 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £608.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-21 13:16 GMT+0000

Here you go. It's 100£ over budget, but I think it's worth it. This has everything, pretty much. Do note though, that Windows is included and that's one of the big reasons for the price hike. So if you're not counting Windows as a part of the budget for your build, then you're very lucky. Then you can definitely justify getting a dedicated SSD.

Or if we subtract the SSD and Windows, we can give you a really sweet build for the same extra 100£

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£119.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£72.16 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£52.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380X 4GB Video Card (£207.32 @ Aria PC)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus White ATX Mid Tower Case (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£55.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.48 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £597.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-21 13:21 GMT+0000

Here the CPU has been upped and the motherboard has been changed, so that it allows both SLI and Crossfire X - Dual GPUs from either GPU vendor, so that you have some options going forward. Not all games are GPU-reliant either, thus a strong CPU is just as important as a good GPU in a gaming build. There's also 16GB of RAM, which is nice. Although we can drop it to 8GB if you'd like. Lastly, I don't know which cases you prefer.

But if we absolutely have to stick to under 500£, then this is also viable:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£82.49 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£72.16 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£26.63 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£159.98 @ Novatech)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus White ATX Mid Tower Case (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£55.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.48 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £486.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-21 13:25 GMT+0000

Intel:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£92.79 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£26.63 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£34.51 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card (£103.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus White ATX Mid Tower Case (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£55.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.48 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £528.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-21 14:26 GMT+0000
 
Solution
I would not today build using a FX processor.
The cores are relatively slow, and few games can use more than 2-3 cores,

Here is a post I made earlier on a "budget" build.
Take from it what you will.
I know your prices will be different.
The devil will be in the details.
Post a list of your proposed parts and a link to where you might buy.
A key question for you is whether or not you want to be able to upgrade in the future.


------------------------------ budget skylake build ---------------------------
For a budget gaming build, I like to recommend that one builds for future expandability.
That means paying a bit more up front for some parts that allow for an easier future upgrade.
A good rule of thumb is to budget twice as much for the graphics card than for the cpu.

Let me start where you might not expect:

1. Buy a good 500w psu or better. 500w will run a card as good as a GTX970. 600w will run a GTX980ti.
Future graphics cards will be built on smaller 14nm so they should not need more power than today.
I would normally suggest Seasonic 620w: Expect to pay around $65.
Look for a tier 1 or 2 quality unit on a list such as this:
https://community.newegg.com/eggxpert/computer_hardware/f/135081/t/45344.aspx?Redirected=true

2. Buy a Z170 based motherboard. Z170 will allow you to install a overclockable cpu and even permit a future Kaby lake processor upgrade.
You should find one for under $100. Lesser lga1151 chipsets will work for the truly budget constrained but at the expense of future upgrade optiions.
Here is a M-ATX example: ASRock Z170M Pro4S for $99: http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

3. I suggest a I3-6100 @3.7. About $130. If you are truly budget limited, you can buy a g4400 dual core for $60.
In time, you can upgrade to any I3/I5/I7 cpu that you want and market theoriginal processor.

4. The intel stock cooler will do the job. Skylake runs cool.
If you want, you can use a cryorig H7 cooler with a 120mm fan. $35. It will be quieter.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4UF2DZ6565
One can always add a cpu cooler later.

5. For ram, speed is not important. Buy a 8gb kit of 2 x 4gb DDR4 1.2v 2133 speed ram.
About $40 for this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148858
Heat spreaders are marketing and generally useless.
Faster ram is not worth it for skylake:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1478-page1.html

6. Cases are a personal thing. Buy one you love. Most will do the job for <$50.
Here is a silverstone PS08 for $35:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163223

7. The graphics card is the most important component for gaming.
I like the GTX750ti and EVGA as a brand.
Here is a superclock version:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
You could go stronger in the video card if your budget permits and your games need it.
On the other hand, you could build using the integrated 530 graphics which is quite good and see how you do.
By deferring on the graphics card, you will get a better idea of what you really need.
Integrated is fine for sims, but not fast action games.
8. Lastly, I will never build again without a SSD for the "C" drive. It makes everything you do so much quicker. 120gb will hold the OS and a handful of games.
With 240gb you may never need a hard drive at all. Defer on a hard drive until your ssd approaches 90% full.
Currently, I like samsung 850 EVO best.

-------------good luck------------