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Barry Burton
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How's this for around £600?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£131.20 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£33.35 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£60.90 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 64GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£32.18 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.39 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£149.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.77 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.60 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£71.60 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £608.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-11 14:33 GMT+0000

 

I'm looking at getting this power supply; http://www.ebuyer.com/584148-coolermaster-gm-series-550w-semi-modular-80-bronze-power-supply-rs550-amaab1-uk It's just not on PCPartPicker so I stuck the CX in there as a placeholder. I've checked the reviews and it seems to be a good PSU.

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How's this for around £600?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£131.20 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£33.35 @ Aria PC)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£60.90 @ CCL Computers)

Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 64GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£32.18 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.39 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£149.14 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.77 @ CCL Computers)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.60 @ Aria PC)

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£10.46 @ Aria PC)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£71.60 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £608.59

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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I'm looking at getting this power supply; http://www.ebuyer.com/584148-coolermaster-gm-series-550w-semi-modular-80-bronze-power-supply-rs550-amaab1-uk It's just not on PCPartPicker so I stuck the CX in there as a placeholder. I've checked the reviews and it seems to be a good PSU.

You could do better in that budget I believe. That PSU is okay. 

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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/gmpbrH
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpick...rH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£131.20 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£31.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£43.45 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba  2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£52.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Vapor-X Video Card  (£189.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  (£28.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£46.09 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£71.60 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £595.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-11 14:36 GMT+0000

 

Built this for some other guy a few minutes ago. And don't buy Corsair ram (at this price point).

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I've literally never seen that Patriot Signature RAM in stock at Amazon, and that's the only place that sells. There aren't really any other options at that price. If it happens to be in stock when I'm buying (in a few days) I'll get it and switch some other parts out. I'll see if I can fit a 280x in too.

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I don't know, I'd still have concerns with regards to security. It seems like the only way I can be 100% sure of what I'm getting is to just pay the full £70.

I've used G2A and if you're unsure you can use the shield if its a 3rd party seller so if its bad you get a refund. And it does save you money. Alternativley you could download Windows 10 which is stable as far as I'm concerned and its free.

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I've used G2A and if you're unsure you can use the shield if its a 3rd party seller so if its bad you get a refund. And it does save you money. Alternativley you could download Windows 10 which is stable as far as I'm concerned and its free.

 

I'll think about it, but I'll need to look into it a bit more. It's definitely worth considering anyway.

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I'll think about it, but I'll need to look into it a bit more. It's definitely worth considering anyway.

If you do

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£141.78 @ Scan.co.uk)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£34.57 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£43.45 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£54.95 @ Scan.co.uk)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£179.14 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1500 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£39.50 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£49.80 @ Scan.co.uk)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£56.89)

Total: £600.08

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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If you do

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£141.78 @ Scan.co.uk)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£34.57 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£43.45 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£54.95 @ Scan.co.uk)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£179.14 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1500 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£39.50 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£49.80 @ Scan.co.uk)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£56.89)

Total: £600.08

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-11 15:59 GMT+0000

 

Thanks for the help.

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That 64GB SSD is too small for anything but the OS. Honestly at this price point, youre better off focusing on real performance parts like GPU and CPU. You also dont need an optical drive in this day and age. With that in mind, this is what I'd recommend:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£130.94 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.60 @ Kustom PCs)

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

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£179.14 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£29.77 @ CCL Computers)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.98 @ Novatech)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£71.60 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £606.96

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-11 17:19 GMT+0000

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