Help getting cost down

[bhu78ygv]

im looking into building my first pc. This is where iv gotten so far.

Case: zalman z11 pluse

GPU: radeon hd 7850 2gb

Hard drive: seagate barrcuda 1tb 7200 rpm

memory: 8gd 1600Mhz

Mother board: gigabyte ga z68AP

cpu: intel i5 2500k 3.3ghz

power: 600w novatech

cpu cooler and optical drive

This from new egg costs around $800-850 dollars which is about £500-550. but as i am in the uk i cant use new egg, and as a result of that this build is a little over bugget at £660.
is this build ok? and is there anyway of knocking off about £100 without losing too much performance. mainly wont the pc for gaming such as GW2

 

[TheBigTroll]

1: reduce the cpu to a i5 3450
2: reduce the motherboard to a msi h77ma-g43
3:get your ram from scan (corsair vengeance lp for 29.99)
4:use a fractal core 1000 case
5: use a xfx 450w. sells for 30-40 pounds
6: chose either a asus, xfx sapphire, or msi 7850. those are the ones id get

you lose overclocking but it performs the same overall

 

[bhu78ygv]

Thanks ill look into this know

 

[nafoni]

Good place to start when you need to reduce costs:
http://www.newegg.com/Special/Combo.aspx?name=Combo-Deals

 

[bhu78ygv]

in the uk cant use new egg

 

[srftwhm]

You could try using a site like http://pcpartpicker.com/
Once you've established what components you want in your rig and set the location to where your at and it will help you out big time.

 

[bhu78ygv]

thanks for the help so far ill try that site out

 

[TheBigTroll]

remember to set the prices to uk. also take note that they dont always have the best prices listed and they dont always have all the parts that you can purchase. most of them are there though

 

[bhu78ygv]

iv seen a few people saying a AMD phameon 965 BE would be fine for gaming with the same GPU. as that would save like £80 ?

 

[TheBigTroll]

they are decent chips from amd but they are weaker in terms of CPU performance compared to chips like the i5 3450. the 965 be performs like a i3 2120

 

[DarkOutlaw]

the i3 performs better than any AMD chip...

 

[bhu78ygv]

Ah ok so AMD is out the window

 

[TheBigTroll]

the i3 performs better than any AMD chip...

that is only if you are doing mainly gaming. if you are more all around, id get the phenoms.