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A Gaming PC to rival consoles
I have been considering building a pc on a console budget and as such come up with a build worth £402. As I am very new to pc building I was hoping you could review my system.

Case - Novatech Defender 100
Motherboard - Asus M5A78L-M/USB3
CPU - AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50Ghz
GPU - SAPPHIRE AMD R9 280
RAM - G-Skill 4GB Ripjaws X DDR3 1333 (X2)
PSU - SilverStone Strider Essential Series 500W ST50F-ES
Hardrive - WD 1TB 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive

I already have a monitor, keyboard and mouse.
Thank you for your help :) 
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October 13, 2014 2:45:18 PM

Twigman said:
Nothing wrong with this build, the GPU in this is miles better than what you'll find in the PS4 and XB1. High frames at high settings are easily achieved here :p 

Twig


Definitely, it is like a stronger console that can actually be upgraded.
October 13, 2014 7:28:51 AM

Great, Thank you!
October 13, 2014 7:16:14 AM

Thank you for all of the replies, As a student any potential upgrades will be difficult to fund so that is why I went for an AMD build as it has the best bang for it's buck now rather than after potential upgrades. Does anyone have any recommendations for RAM at 1600mhz, 8GB at £60? Thanks :) 
October 13, 2014 6:28:54 AM

For that cheap,this build is definitely great.
October 13, 2014 6:25:46 AM

go for at least 1600mhz ram
October 13, 2014 6:24:34 AM

Henry Oliver said:
I have been considering building a pc on a console budget and as such come up with a build worth £402. As I am very new to pc building I was hoping you could review my system.

Case - Novatech Defender 100
Motherboard - Asus M5A78L-M/USB3
CPU - AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50Ghz
GPU - SAPPHIRE AMD R9 280
RAM - G-Skill 4GB Ripjaws X DDR3 1333 (X2)
PSU - SilverStone Strider Essential Series 500W ST50F-ES
Hardrive - WD 1TB 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive

I already have a monitor, keyboard and mouse.
Thank you for your help :) 


I would get a faster speed of Ram. Something that is 1600 mhz is what you need in ram speeds as 1333 is rather slow nowadays,

Everything seems in order, but I would recommend something like this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($94.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($263.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $652.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-13 09:24 EDT-0400

That is ScatterVolt's console killer and will get you farther than a AMD based System.

I would recommend a higher end PSU though,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $74.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-13 09:29 EDT-0400

That XFX is higher tier than that Corsair PSU.

So for a total of 547.94 Euro. This will have lot's of upgrade room and will beat any console/amd build.

The board as well

Supports 5th Generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150)

So Broadwell cores will be supported with this system.
October 13, 2014 6:22:34 AM

Nothing wrong with this build, the GPU in this is miles better than what you'll find in the PS4 and XB1. High frames at high settings are easily achieved here :p 

Twig

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