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I'm planning on building this pc for my younger brother, the games he wants to play are: Minecraft, Skyrim and LoL with decent fps as he wants me to build him a pc for his youtube channel.
Is it any good for his purpose?
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/B29K23
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/B29K23/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/B29K23/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£70.20 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.32 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£45.31 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£43.66 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X 1GB Video Card (£85.54 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case (£8.16 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£46.26 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.84 @ Dabs)
Total: £369.23
Is it any good for his purpose?
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/B29K23
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/B29K23/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/B29K23/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£70.20 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.32 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£45.31 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£43.66 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X 1GB Video Card (£85.54 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case (£8.16 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£46.26 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.84 @ Dabs)
Total: £369.23
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June 11, 2014 6:57:53 AM
Best solution chosen by ErAnkurPaul
maddogfargo said:
EasyLover said:
Not so sure what is wrong with PCPartPicker!PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor (£88.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£45.31 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£104.01 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.98 @ Aria PC)
Total: £407.60
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-11 14:00 BST+0100)
^ This ^ or the FX 6300 build above is also a good option, provided you get a better PSU for the earlier 6300 build.
Worth noting:
The FX 6350 comes with a much better stock heatsink than the FX 6300. it is more like the FX 8320/8350 heatsink with copper plate and heat pipes.
I recently put an FX 6350 on a Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (8+2 phase VRM) with an H110 (liquid cooler) and got 4.950GHz stable. 5.0 GHz would boot but was not stable. I hit a voltage wall before I hit a temperature wall. So this CPU has a lot of potential for performance tweaking.
It is rare for a 970 board to have 8+2 phase power, but if you can get that it will be much better in the long run.
4.950 GHz stable. Great bro. Congrats
EasyLover said:
Not so sure what is wrong with PCPartPicker!PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor (£88.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£45.31 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£104.01 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.98 @ Aria PC)
Total: £407.60
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-11 14:00 BST+0100)
^ This ^ or the FX 6300 build above is also a good option, provided you get a better PSU for the earlier 6300 build.
Worth noting:
The FX 6350 comes with a much better stock heatsink than the FX 6300. it is more like the FX 8320/8350 heatsink with copper plate and heat pipes.
I recently put an FX 6350 on a Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (8+2 phase VRM) with an H110 (liquid cooler) and got 4.950GHz stable. 5.0 GHz would boot but was not stable. I hit a voltage wall before I hit a temperature wall. So this CPU has a lot of potential for performance tweaking.
It is rare for a 970 board to have 8+2 phase power, but if you can get that it will be much better in the long run.
Not so sure what is wrong with PCPartPicker!
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor (£88.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£45.31 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£104.01 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.98 @ Aria PC)
Total: £407.60
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-11 14:00 BST+0100)
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor (£88.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£45.31 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£104.01 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.98 @ Aria PC)
Total: £407.60
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-11 14:00 BST+0100)
Lucas Pejica said:
LucoTF said:
You'll never get a Z5 case for £8 dude, pcpartpicker is crazy todayIs £370 your budget?
It's a pretty good build for the budget. Maybe consider getting 2x4gb ram instead of 1x8gb so you can run in dual channel, don't worry about leaving space for upgrades (because you would want both sticks to be a matched pair anyway). Also the PSU isn't great quality but it's not the worst either and I'm not sure you would find better for that price in the UK
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June 11, 2014 5:48:23 AM
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June 11, 2014 5:43:45 AM
Lucas Pejica said:
I'm planning on building this pc for my younger brother, the games he wants to play are: Minecraft, Skyrim and LoL with decent fps as he wants me to build him a pc for his youtube channel.Is it any good for his purpose?
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/B29K23
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/B29K23/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/B29K23/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£70.20 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.32 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£45.31 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£43.66 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X 1GB Video Card (£85.54 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case (£8.16 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£46.26 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.84 @ Dabs)
Total: £369.23
Don't get the CX psus, their parts suck. I suggest a Seasonic psu as they make their psu with high quality parts. Other than that, the build is great
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