Part picking...

[SirBobson]

HI guys,

thinking about building a pc but not sure what parts and would like to hear different people's opinions.

My budget is around £400 or in $ is 600 and a bit. I am a mild gamer.

Thanks

[SAV1OUR]

do you need os and peripherals? 

[Paralectic]

What about a FX 6300 for the CPU with a R9 270 for the GPU, combine this with any compatible motherboard ram and storage solution ( small SSD and a HDD if it fits your budger ) and you'll have a nice rig.

[Silver Knight]

HI guys,

thinking about building a pc but not sure what parts and would like to hear different people's opinions.

My budget is around £400 or in $ is 600 and a bit. I am a mild gamer.

Thanks

This isn't for any hardcore gaming, and since it's FM2+ it's upgradeable (AM3 socket is pretty much dead)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£117.59 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88X-D3H ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£54.87 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£66.45 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)

Case: BitFenix Shinobi ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.99 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: Fractal Design Integra R2 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£40.20 @ Scan.co.uk)

Total: £365.04

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-01 15:31 BST+0100)

 

That case is my personal choice (i personally like it), and if you don't like it, then you can chose another one

 

Also, that PSU would work great in the future if you want to put a dedicated GPU with a another FM2 CPU

You can also use this configuration with a dedicated GPU (it's more powerful than the APU solution)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£57.31 @ Scan.co.uk)

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X Extreme4+ ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£54.20 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: AMD 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£64.56 @ Scan.co.uk)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£129.00 @ Amazon UK)

Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.04 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£48.98 @ Dabs)

Total: £418.03

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-01 15:50 BST+0100)

P.S. I would personally choose the second solution because i'm not a big fan of APU's, especially for gaming... And 270x does wonders at that price point

[SirBobson]

This isn't for any hardcore gaming, and since it's FM2+ it's upgradeable (AM3 socket is pretty much dead)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£117.59 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88X-D3H ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£54.87 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£66.45 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)

Case: BitFenix Shinobi ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.99 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: Fractal Design Integra R2 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£40.20 @ Scan.co.uk)

Total: £365.04

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-01 15:31 BST+0100)

 

That case is my personal choice (i personally like it), and if you don't like it, then you can chose another one

 

Also, that PSU would work great in the future if you want to put a dedicated GPU with a another FM2 CPU

You can also use this configuration with a dedicated GPU (it's more powerful than the APU solution)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£57.31 @ Scan.co.uk)

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X Extreme4+ ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£54.20 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: AMD 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£64.56 @ Scan.co.uk)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£129.00 @ Amazon UK)

Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.04 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£48.98 @ Dabs)

Total: £418.03

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-01 15:50 BST+0100)

P.S. I would personally choose the second solution because i'm not a big fan of APU's, especially for gaming... And 270x does wonders at that price point

thanks looks pretty good

[SirBobson]

do you need os and peripherals? 

no i have some already so