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What is the cheapest possible build with a i5, GTX 960, 8GB RAM and 1TB Storage?

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Whats your total budget? and does that include os/monitor/peripherals?

 

Heres what I'd be looking at if you're on a very tight budget:

An R9 280 is a better choice than the 960 as the performance is very similar, but games are starting to need more than 2gb of VRAM, thus making the R9 280 a better choice. Plus an R9 280 is about £30 cheaper than a 960. 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£131.20 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£33.01 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£137.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£32.99 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£38.52 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£72.35 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £533.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Do you need peripherals, monitor?

budget?

Intel Core i3 2100 @ 3.10GHz - Intel Stock Cooler - Zotac Geforce GT 610 2GB Synergy Edition

Intel DH61WW - Corsair® Value Select 4GBx1 DDR3 1600 MHz - Antec BP-300P PSU

WD Green 1TB - Seagate 2.5" HDD 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 500GB - Antec X1 E.

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Not very cheap.

What is your budget?

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I don't need an OS or any peripherals.

My budget is around £400-525. Cheapest is best though

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Whats your total budget? and does that include os/monitor/peripherals?

 

Heres what I'd be looking at if you're on a very tight budget:

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£131.20 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£33.01 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£137.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£32.99 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£38.52 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£72.35 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £533.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-31 17:17 GMT+0000

 

He asked for 960.

Intel Core i3 2100 @ 3.10GHz - Intel Stock Cooler - Zotac Geforce GT 610 2GB Synergy Edition

Intel DH61WW - Corsair® Value Select 4GBx1 DDR3 1600 MHz - Antec BP-300P PSU

WD Green 1TB - Seagate 2.5" HDD 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 500GB - Antec X1 E.

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He asked for 960.

A 280 is also better and quite a bit cheaper. 

PSU Tier List | CoC

Gaming Build | FreeNAS Server

Spoiler

i5-4690k || Seidon 240m || GTX780 ACX || MSI Z97s SLI Plus || 8GB 2400mhz || 250GB 840 Evo || 1TB WD Blue || H440 (Black/Blue) || Windows 10 Pro || Dell P2414H & BenQ XL2411Z || Ducky Shine Mini || Logitech G502 Proteus Core

Spoiler

FreeNAS 9.3 - Stable || Xeon E3 1230v2 || Supermicro X9SCM-F || 32GB Crucial ECC DDR3 || 3x4TB WD Red (JBOD) || SYBA SI-PEX40064 sata controller || Corsair CX500m || NZXT Source 210.

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Without OS and Monitor

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£162.18 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£66.17 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£67.81 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  (£174.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£25.57 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£37.19 @ Aria PC)
Total: £559.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-31 17:22 GMT+0000

Intel Core i3 2100 @ 3.10GHz - Intel Stock Cooler - Zotac Geforce GT 610 2GB Synergy Edition

Intel DH61WW - Corsair® Value Select 4GBx1 DDR3 1600 MHz - Antec BP-300P PSU

WD Green 1TB - Seagate 2.5" HDD 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 500GB - Antec X1 E.

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Without OS and Monitor

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£162.18 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.44 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£66.17 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£67.81 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  (£174.98 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£25.57 @ CCL Computers)

Total: £522.15

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-31 17:20 GMT+0000

And PSU? xD

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And PSU? xD

Sorry its added now.

Intel Core i3 2100 @ 3.10GHz - Intel Stock Cooler - Zotac Geforce GT 610 2GB Synergy Edition

Intel DH61WW - Corsair® Value Select 4GBx1 DDR3 1600 MHz - Antec BP-300P PSU

WD Green 1TB - Seagate 2.5" HDD 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 500GB - Antec X1 E.

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Without OS and Monitor

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£162.18 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.44 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£66.17 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£67.81 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  (£174.98 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£25.57 @ CCL Computers)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£37.19 @ Aria PC)

Total: £559.34

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-31 17:22 GMT+0000

To keep it in the budget for the OP I would take away the Hyper 212 Evo since they won't be overclocking anyway and the stock cooler will do fine at stock speed.

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To keep it in the budget for the OP I would take away the Hyper 212 Evo since they won't be overclocking anyway and the stock cooler will do fine at stock speed.

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Intel Core i3 2100 @ 3.10GHz - Intel Stock Cooler - Zotac Geforce GT 610 2GB Synergy Edition

Intel DH61WW - Corsair® Value Select 4GBx1 DDR3 1600 MHz - Antec BP-300P PSU

WD Green 1TB - Seagate 2.5" HDD 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 500GB - Antec X1 E.

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A 280 is also better and quite a bit cheaper.

Electricity or basically taxes as a whole is so expensive in uk

“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”


 


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