What could I change to save money? (Without big performance drops)

[Combatman12]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7pgm23

 

Just wanna see if I can shave off the extra £££

 

oops how embarassing

[Altecice]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

 

Just wanna see if I can shave off the extra £££

 

Link doesnt work

[Combatman12]

Link doesnt work

 

Fixed and Embarassing

[OnCue]

Nevermind, fixed

[79wjd]

Nevermind, fixed

still not working for me 

[Altecice]

Fixed and Embarassing

 

Drop the SSD for now if you need it to be cheaper and buy an 840 (or maybe not due to recent bugs) later on.

[simtransporter]

still not working for me 

copy and paste it in the url bar. Although the text has changed it still links to the previous one.

@OP you should fix that.

[Combatman12]

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7pgm23

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7pgm23/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£166.74 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£61.08 @ Ebuyer) 

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£55.01 @ CCL Computers) 

Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£44.87 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.50 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£163.90 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case: Zalman ZM-Z9 U3 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£49.20 @ Kustom PCs) 

Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£35.09 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £613.39

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-23 19:19 BST+0100

[simtransporter]

There have been many similar topics posted in the past, here's my general response:

 

There are many things you can do to save money on a build, but that will mean cutting corners... and only you can choose what to cut corners on depending on your priorities.

 

Here are a list of things that you can cut corners on that don't affect performance in any meaningful way...  

 

- Case.
- Power supply,     you can eaisly find cheaper PSUs if you are willing to compromise on things like efficiency ratings, modular cables, ect.

- Motherboard,     it doesn't affect performance that much, you can get a cheaper motherboard if you are willing to compromise on some features...

 

- GPU brand,        you might be able to find a cheaper version of the same the GPU from a different brand, with a different cooler design.

- Memory,             you might be able to find similar spec memory at a cheaper price if you dig around, or you could get lower spec memory and overclock it.

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/219834-good-money-savers-needed/?p=3013352