First time build

[Private_Ceg]

Hey this is my first build and it will be used mostly for gaming and a bit of rendering. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Private_Ceg/saved/nKLwrH. My max budget (for just the compuer itself and OS) is £550 or $890. Do you think I should change anything? Thanks for the help

[ArunRaj]

Hey this is my first build and it will be used mostly for gaming and a bit of rendering. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Private_Ceg/saved/nKLwrH. My max budget (for just the compuer itself and OS) is £550 or $890. Do you think I should change anything? Thanks for the help

 

I would probably get a 120 GB SSD.

[the jolly roger]

Hey this is my first build and it will be used mostly for gaming and a bit of rendering. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Private_Ceg/saved/nKLwrH. My max budget (for just the compuer itself and OS) is £550 or $890. Do you think I should change anything? Thanks for the help

i would change the motherboard for a 990fx chipset (i personally like the asrock fata1ity 990fx killer),  they are a bit more expensive but overclock much better, as ArunRaj said above, 120gb ssd will be much better, other than that looks nice!

[Gung Pow Chicken]

I would definitely recommend getting an ssd or atleast one of those hybrid drives.

[NumLock21]

I did not add a SSD to the build, and does not include monitor

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320E 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  (£106.38 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£45.95 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£57.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card  (£151.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: BitFenix Neos Black ATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.75 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£43.76 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£11.05 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£69.23 @ Aria PC)
Total: £551.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-02 21:47 BST+0100

 

With monitor

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320E 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  (£106.38 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£45.95 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£57.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card  (£151.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: BitFenix Neos Black ATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.75 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£43.76 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£11.05 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£69.23 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: LG 22MP55HQ-P 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £651.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-02 21:49 BST+0100

[Jey R.]

Awwe old time, my first ever was

Cpu : i7 920do

Mobo: evga x58 sli

Memory: 6gb 1600 dominator 8 tm

Gpu: bfg gtx 275

Psu: bfg semi modular 1200w

Case: antec 12 hundred

Cpu cooler: zalman cmp 9 something

Hhd : Hitachi 1gb 7,200 rpm

Optical ; dvd drive

Monitor ; hp 21 1080p

.and the funny thing is, I still have this after 6 years, awe money so worth.

[Private_Ceg]

So would it be worth getting a ssd and a r9 270x or no ssd and a or r9 280?

[minus]

So would it be worth getting a ssd and a r9 270x or no ssd and a or r9 280?

 

If I were to pick between the two, I'd get the 280 then save the ssd for later.

 

Sideote: In my country an R9 280 is only 20 USD cheaper than an R9 280x... and the R9 280x has the same price of a GTX 970...