First Build

[div2691]

So I am building my first every computer and i think i have worked out everything i am getting. Now i had a pretty tight budget of £300 so i have had to go cheap on some components.

Now I am about to purchase everything now and was hoping if i could just get some reassurance that everything will work together .

I am getting the following

http://www.waeplus.co.uk/product/282731/AMD-Phenom-II-X4-965-3.4-GHz-Black-Editi#back
http://www.waeplus.co.uk/product/666906/ASROCK-M3N78D---Socket-AM3---Chipset-720#back
http://www.waeplus.co.uk/product/818530/GEIL-Black-Dragon-PC-Memory-2-X-4-GB-DDR#back
http://www.waeplus.co.uk/product/1213562/Clearance%3A-SAPPHIRE-TECHNOLOGY-Radeon-HD#back

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120969594652#ht_1703wt_1037
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360413178145#ht_1563wt_1271
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110855784833#ht_2322wt_1271

Sorry to be a pain with all the links. But im not wanting to spend all that money and it to go wrong.

I am a bit of a newbie to this lol.

 

[idroid]

What the hell is that?? what's your budget?

 

[div2691]

It's building on a budget lol. My budget is £300 like i said before.

 

[idroid]

oh... sorry :lol: let me build you something. wait a sec.

 

[smorizio]

the hard drive on ebay wont work. most new mb now dont have any ide ports. you need a sata hard drive. if your going to hard core gaming the intel cpu are better for gaming then amd. the g620 and a h61 mb are in your price range. myself i toss the money for a g820 or i3 3120 or i3 3220 and a good x68 or z77 mb like the msi g45. the case and power supply looked fine for a power supply look at reviews to see how well they tested. some cheap ps are not maked 500 or 700w there 300w ps that the vendor rebranded...under load they go bang and take out your rig.if you need to build and then wait i would get an amd fx chip with the onboard gpu. use the onboard gpu then add another card and crossfire them.

 

[idroid]

CPU: Intel Pentium G850 2.9GHz Dual-Core Processor (£51.04 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H61M-GS Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£38.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£27.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£54.04 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card (£76.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 370 ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.70 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair 430W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£35.32 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £313.44

 

[willard]

I was really impressed until I saw your hard drive. You are going to hate your computer if you use a used, ancient IDE drive as your only drive. They say it's guaranteed, but there's a very good chance that drive will die in the short term. I wouldn't touch it with a ten meter cattle prod.

Your PSU is worse. A 700W PSU for around $23 is well into the "too good to be true" category. A decent 700W PSU would cost more than twice that. A random review I found on Amazon,

This product is an utter disgrace. Blew up within hours of installation, burnt my fingers, blew every fuse on the extension cord. All round, terrible product. DO NOT buy this, even if desperate.

Really, you have the beginnings of a great budget gaming rig. You just need a slightly bigger budget. Another £15-£20 on the hard drive (shoot for the 250-320 GB range, SATA only, no IDE/PATA), and another £20 for this PSU and you'll have a quite decent gaming rig.

Also, you don't have a DVD drive. You can get away with this, but it's going to be a problem unless you have another computer and an 8+ GB flash drive or SD card handy.

 

[proton007]

I'd go with idroid's build, this guy churns out builds like a factory.

 

[idroid]

I'd go with idroid's build, this guy churns out builds like a factory.

LOL!!