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So after taking all the recommendations into account I've came up with this http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/yzGs7P

 

Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor

MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory

Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Gigabyte Radeon R7 370 2GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card

Thermaltake Versa H23 ATX Mid Tower Case

EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer

Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)

BenQ GL2023A 60Hz 19.5" Monitor

 

and comes to £550. Thoughts?

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Hi I'm new to pc building and have a pretty tight budget. Just looking for thoughts and ideas about which parts I should swap out and what would work well together. 

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Well we cant suggest anything without your parts or your budget... we cant do anything....

 

 

 

buy 2 5960x's and 8 gtx titan x's

is that good enough for minesweeper tho?

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Well we cant suggest anything without your parts or your budget... we cant do anything....

 

 

 

buy 2 5960x's and 8 gtx titan x's

 

I only have $10,000 saved up so far... is it even worth building yet?

 CPU:  Intel i7-4790K      Cooler:  Noctua NH-D14     GPU: ZOTAC GTX 1070 TI MINI     Motherboard:  ASUS Z97 Gryphon     RAM:  32GB G Skill Trident X     

Storage: 2x 512GB Samsung 850 EVO (RAID 0) / 2TB Seagate Barracuda     PSU: 850W EVGA SuperNova G2     Case: Fractal Design Node 804

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Well we cant suggest anything without your parts or your budget... we cant do anything....

 

 

 

buy 2 5960x's and 8 gtx titan x's

 

 

is that good enough for minesweeper tho?

 

 

I only have $10,000 saved up so far... is it even worth building yet?

 

 

Hi I'm new to pc building and have a pretty tight budget. Just looking for thoughts and ideas about which parts I should swap out and what would work well together. 

cmon be easy on him... just tell us your budget dude and than we can make something happen

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If you want a sexy and very durable case with great quality at a cheap price, get the nzxt s340. I got it for my build and I've noticed no problems and it's just the right size. It's not huge and it has great air flow and looks very nice with led strips. Usually u can buy some satochi leds on amazon for around 25 bucks and it makes a huge difference if you are a fashionista and want to impress people with the sexiness level of your build.

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sorry :wacko:

 

AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor

Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard

Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card

Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case

EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply

Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer

 

 

Comes to £370 I've got a £400 budget

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swap out that fx for a i5 or an i3

FPS <3

Flick G1 Review

Nixeus Revel Review

 

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Upgrade th cpu/mobo and add a SSD

Maybe later on sell the R9 270x and get a R9 380 4gb

And after that the psu

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£141.19 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£67.34 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (Purchased For £0.00)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£72.37 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £0.00)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card  (Purchased For £0.00)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For £0.00)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £0.00)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (Purchased For £0.00)
Total: £280.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-04 16:50 BST+0100

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I forgot to mention this pc will be used for gaming and not much else

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lowest i feel comfy going. i know the psu is overkill, but it was the cheapest semi modular in bronze in the brand i like

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£85.01 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£59.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£34.49 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£32.40 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 370 2GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card  (£122.50 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£28.17 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£62.38 @ More Computers)
Total: £424.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-04 17:54 BST+0100

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Thank you for all the replies,BigDay do you think I could use a non modular power supply if i took out the drive bay at the bottom of the case?

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Also how long would you think until i would need to update some of the parts?

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Also how long would you think until i would need to update some of the parts?

If you go for a i3 - within 1-2 year(s)

If you go for a i5 - you would need a new graphics card within 1 year, CPU would be good to go for 3-4 years at most.

 

GTX 960, R9 370, R9 380 - these GPUs will need upgrade within december 2016. by then they will be too slow

R9 390, R9 390X, GTX 970 - these GPUs will last until late 2017, early 2018 before they would be dragging their feet.

R9 Fury, R9 Fury X, GTX 980 (OC), GTX 980Ti - These GPUs will last atleast 3+ years before they cannot perform at 1080p.

Current setup

Images of setup: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/183-show-off-your-setup/?p=5872590

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lowest i feel comfy going. i know the psu is overkill, but it was the cheapest semi modular in bronze in the brand i like

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£85.01 @ Ebuyer)

Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£59.96 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£34.49 @ Ebuyer)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£32.40 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 370 2GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card  (£122.50 @ Aria PC)

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£28.17 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£62.38 @ More Computers)

Total: £424.91

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-04 17:54 BST+0100

Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply what about this power supply?

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If you go for a i3 - within 1-2 year(s)

If you go for a i5 - you would need a new graphics card within 1 year, CPU would be good to go for 3-4 years at most.

 

GTX 960, R9 370, R9 380 - these GPUs will need upgrade within december 2016. by then they will be too slow

R9 390, R9 390X, GTX 970 - these GPUs will last until late 2017, early 2018 before they would be dragging their feet.

R9 Fury, R9 Fury X, GTX 980 (OC), GTX 980Ti - These GPUs will last atleast 3+ years before they cannot perform at 1080p.

Thank you this was helpful, what about the r7 370 that was suggested?

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lowest i feel comfy going. i know the psu is overkill, but it was the cheapest semi modular in bronze in the brand i like

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£85.01 @ Ebuyer)

Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£59.96 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£34.49 @ Ebuyer)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£32.40 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 370 2GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card  (£122.50 @ Aria PC)

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£28.17 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£62.38 @ More Computers)

Total: £424.91

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-04 17:54 BST+0100

This tells me that the build will only need 253 watt of power, should I trust this or is it misleading?

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So after taking all the recommendations into account I've came up with this http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/yzGs7P

 

Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor

MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory

Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Gigabyte Radeon R7 370 2GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card

Thermaltake Versa H23 ATX Mid Tower Case

EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer

Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)

BenQ GL2023A 60Hz 19.5" Monitor

 

and comes to £550. Thoughts?

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This tells me that the build will only need 253 watt of power, should I trust this or is it misleading?

 

the build will require around 330w. a 300-350w psu is sufficient

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Can you get a B85 or H81 mobo cheaper where you are?  They are about 10-20 cheaper than the H97 over here and I doubt you will need the extra features of the H97.

 

Otherwise that's a good starting point and should let you enjoy most games.

Grammar and spelling is not indicative of intelligence/knowledge.  Not having the same opinion does not always mean lack of understanding.  

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Can you get a B85 or H81 mobo cheaper where you are?  They are about 10-20 cheaper than the H97 over here and I doubt you will need the extra features of the H97.

 

Otherwise that's a good starting point and should let you enjoy most games.

 

B85 - £48

 

ASRock H81M-HDS -£38

 

if that is the one you ment I would happily buy that instead its like half the price

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Is getting a 500 watt psu better than getting a 350 watt psu for future proofing?

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