Please help, first build

[arronleeds]

Dont really care but how long will it take you to do?

Won't be long

[jack.beale111]

Cool

[rhyseyness]

He has £500 and that's nearly £400 dude.

Good point, well made.

Was trying to find a motherboard comparable to the one he'd already picked...

Could probably squeeze an i3 into the budget though.

[stconquest]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£137.15 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£34.68 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£39.46 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£32.40 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (£169.33 @ More Computers)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  (£25.29 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£46.18 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £484.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-02 14:29 BST+0100

[jack.beale111]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£137.15 @ Ebuyer)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£34.68 @ CCL Computers)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£39.46 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.40 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card (£169.33 @ More Computers)

Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£25.29 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.18 @ CCL Computers)

Total: £484.49

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-02 14:29 BST+0100

Cheers :-)

[jack.beale111]

Cheers :-)

Chers man but it has to go into a corasiar spec 01

Appriciate it though!

[arronleeds]

Hey man got to go out but will finish it when I'm back, won't be too long.

[rhyseyness]

Chers man but it has to go into a corasiar spec 01

Appriciate it though!

There's no reason it can't. Change the Zalman Z3 for a corsair spec 01

[jack.beale111]

Also the case is not part of the buget, propably should have mentioned that... sorry!

:-)

[stconquest]

Chers man but it has to go into a corasiar spec 01

Appriciate it though!

 

The Zalman is fine and comes with a bunch of fans.

[jack.beale111]

Oh yeah, total befiner at this, only started considering this about this a week ago!

[rhyseyness]

Also the case is not part of the buget, propably should have mentioned that... sorry!

:-)

There's no reason it can't. Change the Zalman Z3 for a corsair spec 01

 

Even better, just don't buy the case

[jack.beale111]

Nice, how good for gaming do u think it would be?

[rhyseyness]

Nice, how good for gaming do u think it would be?

Pretty damn good for the price

 

EDIT: Assuming you're talking about the build stconquest suggested

[jack.beale111]

Pretty damn good for the price

Nice one, ill wait for arronleeds to get back to me with his recomendations and then make a decision between the two units,

Also how upgradable is the unit that youve described?

[rhyseyness]

Nice one, ill wait for arronleeds to get back to me with his recomendations and then make a decision between the two units,

Also how upgradable is the unit that youve described?

I couldn't possibly take credit for it, @stconquest picked it

That's a difficult question to answer.

There won't be any new processors which will fit in that socket (AFAIK), so unless you change the mobo too, you won't be able to upgrade that. (Other than moving to an i7 of the same generation.)

PCIe 3.0 isn't going anywhere anytime soon, so the graphics card can likely be added further down the line.

An SSD would be a good upgrade too, and that can easily be added after you've built the system...

Hopefully that's the kind of answer you were looking for

[jack.beale111]

I couldn't possibly take credit for it, @stconquest picked it

That's a difficult question to answer.

There won't be any new processors which will fit in that socket (AFAIK), so unless you change the mobo too, you won't be able to upgrade that. (Other than moving to an i7 of the same generation.)

PCIe 3.0 isn't going anywhere anytime soon, so the graphics card can likely be added further down the line.

An SSD would be a good upgrade too, and that can easily be added after you've built the system...

Hopefully that's the kind of answer you were looking for [emoji14]

I have to point out how much of a noob i am at this point whats pcie 3.0 and do you mean i dont have to get a graphics card now, but should save up and get a verry good one?

[jack.beale111]

Oh yeah and thanks @stconquest

[rhyseyness]

I have to point out how much of a noob i am at this point whats pcie 3.0 and do you mean i dont have to get a graphics card now, but should save up and get a verry good one?

PCIe 3.0 is the slot on your motherboard where the graphics card plugs in.

For the next few years, this will be standard, until motherboards are released with PCIe 4.0.

What I mean is that you'll be able to buy a new graphics card when yours is old, and it will still work in that motherboard.

You should be buying a graphics card now, as you suggest, but you'll be able to buy a new one to replace it in the future without replacing any other components.

Hope this helps/clears things up

Sorry if I didn't make that very clear, lol

[jack.beale111]

Anyway cheers @stconquest and @rhyseyness and thanks for your help

Will wait for @arronleeds to get back to me before deciding

Also may need help installing the os at some point, so if u could keep an eye out incase i repost to this disscusion, cheers again

Jack

[arronleeds]

So jack you don't need a case ? You already have one ? And do you have An os as the other guy didn't include it in the build, so if he added an os it would be over budget.

[arronleeds]

so this is a build i would choose if you dont need a case but need an os, the motherboard doesnt support the 1866mhz ram but it costs the same as the 1600mhz that someone else had in the build they recommended and also its 2 sticks of 4gb allowing dual channel.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£138.31 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£34.68 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£39.22 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£32.40 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 270X 2GB IceQ X² Video Card  (£102.93 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£52.03 @ Amazon UK) 

Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  (£9.96 @ Aria PC) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  (£75.24 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £484.77

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-02 16:23 BST+0100

[arronleeds]

this is a build id buy if you dont need the case or os, i have kept with the same cpu as even this i5 is enough for gpus like the titan x and fury x. it has an r9 280x which is better than the r9 380 in the other build which is just a rebranded r9 285 which is less powerful than the 280x, im pretty sure you could actually pick up an r9 290 for the same price if you loo around on some sites and it will run games at ultra settings easily. its all about looking on different sites for better prices, pc part picker isnt the best at finding good prices.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£138.31 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£34.68 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£39.22 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£32.40 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£189.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£52.03 @ Amazon UK) 

Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  (£9.96 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £496.19

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-02 16:36 BST+0100

[jack.beale111]

Thanks @arronleeds appriciate it i think ill take aspects from both build designs , if anyones interested ill post an image when done, thanks for all the help, like i say ill need help installing os and drivers, so ill ask when i need it

Cheers

Jack

[jack.beale111]

Also going to try something different and not have a case!

Going to try and find a way of mounting it on a antistatic board and then put it on a wall!

Cheers again @arronleeds , @rhyseyness and @stconquest