Sensible, value for money gaming build; thoughts appreciated

[samhickman]

Hi Guys,

I'm thinking about finally overhauling my current machine which has lasted extremely well for the last 5 years with only the odd new graphics card. Not looking to spend thousands for the sheer sake of it, maybe £600...

I've been doing a bit of digging on several tech sites and put together a quick build which i'd like some thoughts on if you don't mind.

CPU: AMD FX 8150 AM3+ BLACK RETAIL
Motherboard: ASUS AM3+ SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0
Memory: Patriot 8GB DDR3 1600MHz
GPU: HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5
Existing Hiper 880W HPU-4M880 SLi Certified ATX 2.2 Power Supply
Pair of existing DVD-R drives
Current ASUS case (ATX is still the standard right?!)

The CPU, GPU, RAM and motherboard are currently coming in at around the £600 mark. Any recommendations to drive down the price, or alternate components that may be a better choice?

Cheers!

 

[krthush V2]

Better parts for ya here:

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

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£143.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 PRO3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£57.10 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB Video Card (£354.55 @ Dabs)
Total: £588.58
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-18 21:13 BST+0100)

Key Points:

-7970 gpu>7950 gpu

-no need to waste tons of money on the mobo, just get a cheaper mobo (you will still be able to overclock but maybe not as well), still its better to get a better gpu + cpu and sacfrice on the mobo. The mobo I've chosen is a very very good budget mobo.

-got you a better cpu

-got cheaper ram which still performs fine

-might look into a better PSU, but as long as you trust the hiper you should be fine

 

[samhickman]

Thanks, much appreciated!

 

[krthush V2]

N.p! any questions/opinions ?

 

[samhickman]

N.p! any questions/opinions ?

Just need to check the physical size of the GPU and make sure it fits! Are there any new sorts of plugs or connectors on the card which I may need to accomodate? A full size ATX case will still be okay right?

Other than that it looks good, hopefully with carefully chosen upgrades I can get another 3-4 years out of it!

 

[ksham]

The PSU should provide them. If you're water cooling, then you may need some blocks.

 

[krthush V2]

You won't be able to upgrade that beasty, (you will only be able add another gpu you on, but the way cf is looking atm, it might not be worth it). That said you really won't need to upgrade it, it will run all games currently on maxed out graphics, and will be able to run most future games medium to high graphics (that is a prediction though).
And it really is best you can get atm, without paying tons of cash for intel i7s + titans...

A full atx case is fine, the gpu isn't especially gaint, and there aren't any new sorts of plugs connectors you need,
I'm assuming you have this PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817128010

And that psu there has everything needed to run your pc.

 

[samhickman]

it really is best you can get atm, without paying tons of cash for intel i7s + titans...

Hi krthush, does this selection of parts still hold up, there isnt something else better suited now we're a few months down teh line? As soon as you recommended the build we had an offer accepted on a house, so it kind of fell down my priorities! would like to buy a new system ASAP now though.

Cheers,

Sam