Making a Machine For A Friend

[Combatman12]

£490 inc windows 8       http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/JHqm23

https://www.g2a.com/windows-8-professional-32-64-bit-cd-key-global.html

 

His budget is approximately £400 to £500

 

What do you think I should change?

 

He's new to PC but is enthusiastic. He's paying with his own money.

I chose a motherboard that can sustain two GPUs, if he wanted to use two >.>

I'd probably change the case but I need good suggestions.

 

[SovietOnion]

I would highly recommend getting 2x4GB DIMMs so his memory runs in dual channel, it's a lot faster that way. I could recommend a few cases but they are quite a bit more expensive so I'll just suppress them. 

As for charging him, I wouldn't even charge a friend but if he insists I'd just do like $50 even. 

[SAV1OUR]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£72.00 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.86 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£64.90 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£61.09 @ Amazon UK) 

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

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£147.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£30.25 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£57.90 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £494.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-13 13:27 BST+0100

[Rheinwasser]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£72.00 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.86 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£64.90 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£61.09 @ Amazon UK) 

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

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£147.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£30.25 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£57.90 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £494.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-13 13:27 BST+0100

 

this is a great idea.

i would get an ssd instead of the hdd.