Cheap NZ Build for a friend

EIijah · September 3, 2015

So my friend wants to get a gaming pc one that can run stuff on low-med settings at decent frames, so I picked this stuff, they also want it to be small. Good or bad? and will the CPU work straight away with the board (No case picked because I want to look at them in person).

http://imgur.com/WPWGKdN I don't use pcpartpicker because it has really bad support for NZ stores.

astranger200 · September 3, 2015

yeah, looks good but if you can save some money elsewhere, bump the gpu to a 960

Hecknologist · September 3, 2015

So my friend wants to get a gaming pc one that can run stuff on low-med settings at decent frames, so I picked this stuff, they also want it to be small. Good or bad? and will the CPU work straight away with the board (No case picked because I want to look at them in person).

http://imgur.com/WPWGKdN I don't use pcpartpicker because it has really bad support for NZ stores.

Seems good but I'd add a 1TB hdd as 120GB probably won't cut it for OS and games, not to mention videos, pics, music etc. If they have a hdd from an old desktop/laptop just use that. If you're going to look at cases, Computer lounge in silvia park and PBTech are great for viewing display models. Playtech is decent too. If you find one you want but the price is a bit high, buy it from Ktech or DTC as they're usually cheaper.

Str_Mape · September 3, 2015

Just a heads up those pricespy prices are not actually valid due to the falling dollar.

I'd go with these from techworld.

PSU: http://techworld.co.nz/evga-0500-500b-500w-80plus-bronze-p-48066.html

RAM: http://techworld.co.nz/patriot-ddr3-1600-signature-line-8gb44-cl11-p-48883.html

Board: http://techworld.co.nz/gigabyte-h81m-intel-express-lga1150-ddr3-matx-p-52580.html

Price with shipping: $262.61

And these from 1st wave

HDD: http://1stwave.co.nz/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=194

GPU: http://1stwave.co.nz/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=803

CPU: http://1stwave.co.nz/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=648

Price with shipping $739.5

Total price: $1002.11

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EIijah · September 3, 2015

Seems good but I'd add a 1TB hdd as 120GB probably won't cut it for OS and games, not to mention videos, pics, music etc. If they have a hdd from an old desktop/laptop just use that. If you're going to look at cases, Computer lounge in silvia park and PBTech are great for viewing display models. Playtech is decent too. If you find one you want but the price is a bit high, buy it from Ktech or DTC as they're usually cheaper.

I have spare Hard drives just not a spare SSD so I don't need to add one

EIijah · September 3, 2015

Just a heads up those pricespy prices are not actually valid due to the falling dollar.

I'd go with these from techworld.

PSU: http://techworld.co.nz/evga-0500-500b-500w-80plus-bronze-p-48066.html

RAM: http://techworld.co.nz/patriot-ddr3-1600-signature-line-8gb44-cl11-p-48883.html

Board: http://techworld.co.nz/gigabyte-h81m-intel-express-lga1150-ddr3-matx-p-52580.html

Price with shipping: $262.61

And these from 1st wave

HDD: http://1stwave.co.nz/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=194

GPU: http://1stwave.co.nz/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=803

CPU: http://1stwave.co.nz/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=648

Price with shipping $739.5

Total price: $1002.11

@EIijah Be sure to follow your own topics so you get notifications when people reply, the follow button is near the top right of the page, above the orange "reply to this topic" button.

Thanks I'll have a look at them, but I check my topics regularly and prefer not to follow

Serpius · September 3, 2015

So my friend wants to get a gaming pc one that can run stuff on low-med settings at decent frames, so I picked this stuff, they also want it to be small. Good or bad? and will the CPU work straight away with the board (No case picked because I want to look at them in person).

http://imgur.com/WPWGKdN I don't use pcpartpicker because it has really bad support for NZ stores.

Eliljah,

Here's my recommended computer build.

Only $30 more and you get a 4 GB graphics card in this computer build. All prices are quoted in NZ dollars and all are NZ based vendors.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($234.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)

Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($119.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)

Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($82.90 @ Aquila Technology)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.55 @ PC Force)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 370 4GB Video Card ($315.00 @ Paradigm PCs)

Case: Silverstone RL01B-USB 3.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($71.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)

Power Supply: Antec 600W ATX Power Supply ($94.05 @ PC Force)

Total: $1000.50

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-04 11:45 NZST+1200

EIijah · September 4, 2015

Eliljah,

Here's my recommended computer build.

Only $30 more and you get a 4 GB graphics card in this computer build. All prices are quoted in NZ dollars and all are NZ based vendors.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($234.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)

Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($119.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)

Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($82.90 @ Aquila Technology)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.55 @ PC Force)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 370 4GB Video Card ($315.00 @ Paradigm PCs)

Case: Silverstone RL01B-USB 3.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($71.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)

Power Supply: Antec 600W ATX Power Supply ($94.05 @ PC Force)

Total: $1000.50

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-04 11:45 NZST+1200

Thanks I'll have a look into the 370 but it looks good, but I do want a small build like micro atx as she doesn't have the space to have something big

Serpius · September 4, 2015

Thanks I'll have a look into the 370 but it looks good, but I do want a small build like micro atx as she doesn't have the space to have something big

Elijah,

Well, here's my computer build in a mini-ATX setup.