£600 Budget Build - UK

[ZapTic]

Hi, since i'm not interested in buying a next gen console i've decided to build a gaming PC instead, my current PC is a really old HP store bought computer which can't even run league of legends at over 30fps.
ps. I'm a complete noob.


Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next month

Budget Range: £600 after shipping

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, music, browsing, occasional editing

Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, Speakers

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon and any other UK sites

Country: England

Parts Preferences: by brand or type: Any reputable brands (I know its unlikely i can get high spec intel CPUs etc in my budget so better value AMDs are welcome)

Overclocking:Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: Would like it to run quietly if possible and full size case would be a bonus

 

[Suztera]

This is a solid build for just under 600 quid.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£99.08 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£45.36 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£62.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.18 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£119.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.11 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.88 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.65 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £594.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Your list has two ram kits. You might want to get rid of one of them and readjust your list.

 

[ZapTic]

Wow thanks for the fast reply Tom, looks good and comes in under budget. Just on quick question, do you think it would be possible to discard the £70 price of the windows 7 OS and get it for free or heavily discounted from somewhere like r/softwareswap and reinvest the saved money into different upgrades like maybe an i5 or better GPU etc?

 

[Suztera]

Still not a great list. Motherboard choice is not good enough really for a FX 8320. You want a higher end 970 motherboard for that cpu. Especially if overclocking.
Your choice of the HDD is a bad one. You can get a 1TB for less.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex


My suggestion is over budget by £20 but it is a better build:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£99.08 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.95 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£62.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£159.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.11 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.88 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£71.60 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £619.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

[ZapTic]

Thanks Suztera looks really good and yeah I would be willing to go a little over budget if it was worth doing so. I'm signing off for the night now as I have work early in the morning. Big thanks to both of you for your suggestions, also liked the fact that a lot of parts can be bought from Amazon which makes things a lot easier.

 

[sora]

Thanks Suztera looks really good and yeah I would be willing to go a little over budget if it was worth doing so. I'm signing off for the night now as I have work early in the morning. Big thanks to both of you for your suggestions, also liked the fact that a lot of parts can be bought from Amazon which makes things a lot easier.

I would also definitely snatch that Windows 7 deal as I personally prefer Windows 7 over Windows 8.