Budget Z97 Build?

[Ethn]

I'm building a PC for a friend and he's a student wanting to spend about £300 on a budget Z97 build with room for upgrading to a intel i5 4690k some time in the future.

[Killervolt]

This might be a bit expensive but . . .

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.16 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£39.99 @ Ebuyer)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.70 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card (£91.52 @ Amazon UK)

Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case (£33.70 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£29.99 @ Aria PC)

Total: £345.05

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-03 11:18 BST+0100

[TheRandomness]

For £300 you'd need to upgrade the CPU, GPU and cooler in the future

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£49.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.74 @ Aria PC) 

Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£33.39 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.74 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card  (£91.52 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£40.96 @ More Computers) 

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Plus 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£66.53 @ CCL Computers) 

Total: £381.87

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-03 11:23 BST+0100

 

£81 over but a PSU that can support upgrades.

[jimakos234]

i know this is over budget, but if he will be upgrading in the future, a good mobo and a solid psu would be nice to have.

Also z97+ discrete gpu on that price, it simply cannot happen

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-E ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£103.00 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£38.06 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.70 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  (£41.41 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£71.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £343.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-03 11:32 BST+0100

[DannyRyu]

Tell him to save up atleast 500$

[Serpius]

I'm building a PC for a friend and he's a student wanting to spend about £300 on a budget Z97 build with room for upgrading to a intel i5 4690k some time in the future.

 

Ethn,

 

Tell your friend to save additional 120 GBP and get this computer build. 

Getting this computer build will assure your friend can upgrade to an Intel i5-4690k or Intel i7-4790k processor in the future.

The i3-4170 dual core processor that I picked out has hyperthreading, which gives it a good boost in power and speed.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£89.33 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£65.11 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£35.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.70 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£95.68 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.34 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £419.12

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-03 12:34 BST+0100

[Rian]

Ethn,

Tell your friend to save additional 120 GBP and get this computer build.

Getting this computer build will assure your friend can upgrade to an Intel i5-4690k or Intel i7-4790k processor in the future.

The i3-4170 dual core processor that I picked out has hyperthreading, which gives it a good boost in power and speed.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£89.33 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£65.11 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£35.98 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.70 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£95.68 @ Amazon UK)

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£34.98 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.34 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £419.12

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-03 12:34 BST+0100

In my opinion he should still go with the pentium if he's planning to upgrade in a few months

[Serpius]

In my opinion he should still go with the pentium if he's planning to upgrade in a few months

 

That's fine. I am sticking with my selection of the i3 processor.