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I'm wondering if this build is good for <£400 [Suggestions are awesome]

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Ok, did so.

 

 

Now one last question, do ALL of the wires come with the parts?

Uh... I'm not sure.

 

  1. For instance, my CPU cooler didn't come with any screws to fix it onto the case (the radiator). Luckly, I found ones inside my case "bag" of screws that fit it.
  2. My PSU also didn't come with the power chord. That was actually a good thing, as the plug type in my country is different than others, so I had to use a cable dedicated for that.

However, aside for those, I had everything else I needed.

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So, after just a couple of months I might be ditching my Laptop by giving it to my little brother and get a gaming PC instead.

 

My laptop is a Acer Aspire E5-551 was £399.99 and has a AMD A10-7300 with 1.9GHz-3.2GHz Quad-Core. Also has a bad so thats why I want an upgrade. (It also had a 1TB HDD which I have nearly filled with games.

 

So, this is my choice for a new PC (By the way, I know how to build PC's, I watched a few tutorials)

 

Photon (By Austin Evans but with some changes made by me):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£59.39 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI A78M-E35 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£37.06 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory: Corsair 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£47.63 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.91 @ Aria PC) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TRENDnet TEW-805UB 802.11a/b/g/n/ac USB 3.0 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£9.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £360.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-13 19:43 GMT+0000
 
So, is my choice good? Are there any upgrades that I can add?
I also want that PC to run games at 40+ FPS on current games and so that it'll last for the next couple of years.
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It's good, but change the mobo to an h81, and the CPU to an i3.

Want to help researchers improve the lives on millions of people with just your computer? Then join World Community Grid distributed computing, and start helping the world to solve it's most difficult problems!

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£84.12 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£33.72 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£47.63 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£30.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£40.25 @ Aria PC)
Wireless Network Adapter: TRENDnet TEW-805UB 802.11a/b/g/n/ac USB 3.0 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£9.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £375.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-13 20:22 GMT+0000

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Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£33.72 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: Corsair 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£47.63 @ CCL Computers) 


Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card  (£129.98 @ Novatech) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.91 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£40.25 @ Aria PC) 

Wireless Network Adapter: TRENDnet TEW-805UB 802.11a/b/g/n/ac USB 3.0 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£9.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £389.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-13 20:42 GMT+0000

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Ok, my part list is now:

 

 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£33.72 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£47.63 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Thermaltake VM30001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  (£32.88 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TRENDnet TEW-805UB 802.11a/b/g/n/ac USB 3.0 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£9.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £376.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-13 21:02 GMT+0000
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Ok, my part list is now:

 

 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£33.72 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£47.63 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Thermaltake VM30001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  (£32.88 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TRENDnet TEW-805UB 802.11a/b/g/n/ac USB 3.0 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£9.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £376.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-13 21:02 GMT+0000

 

Read this quote of mine. Applies to your build:

 

Haswell Refresh incompatibility detected. When using H81/B85/Z87 mobos, make sure NOT to use any CPU from this list. Alternatively, when using such CPUs, make sure to pick a Z97/H97 mobo.

 

Basically, just change the CPU to the i3-4130/40. Do that, and your build is perfect.

 

Want to help researchers improve the lives on millions of people with just your computer? Then join World Community Grid distributed computing, and start helping the world to solve it's most difficult problems!

 

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Ok, did so.

 

 

Now one last question, do ALL of the wires come with the parts?

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Ok, did so.

 

 

Now one last question, do ALL of the wires come with the parts?

Uh... I'm not sure.

 

  1. For instance, my CPU cooler didn't come with any screws to fix it onto the case (the radiator). Luckly, I found ones inside my case "bag" of screws that fit it.
  2. My PSU also didn't come with the power chord. That was actually a good thing, as the plug type in my country is different than others, so I had to use a cable dedicated for that.

However, aside for those, I had everything else I needed.

Want to help researchers improve the lives on millions of people with just your computer? Then join World Community Grid distributed computing, and start helping the world to solve it's most difficult problems!

 

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Uh... I'm not sure.

 

  1. For instance, my CPU cooler didn't come with any screws to fix it onto the case (the radiator). Luckly, I found ones inside my case "bag" of screws that fit it.
  2. My PSU also didn't come with the power chord. That was actually a good thing, as the plug type in my country is different than others, so I had to use a cable dedicated for that.

However, aside for those, I had everything else I needed.

 

 

Ok thanks :)

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