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[Kirky2k15]

Max budget is £250

 

UK only

 

This is for my uncle who will be buying a GPU at a later date and wants to tinker a bit with overclocking...

 

He already has an SSD and HDD from an older pc that we plan on using...

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/TGfGpg

[Schony125]

I dont know looks sweeet

[Sam Z Man]

If this for general productivity or gaming.

Do not get that PSU.

[Kirky2k15]

If this for general productivity or gaming.

Do not get that PSU.

It will be general productivity for now till my uncle can free up more cash for a GPU...

[techguru]

Max budget is £250

 

UK only

 

This is for my uncle who will be buying a GPU at a later date and wants to tinker a bit with overclocking...

 

He already has an SSD and HDD from an older pc that we plan on using...

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/TGfGpg

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£85.99 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.95 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£48.42 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£32.72 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  (£30.35 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£41.99 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £263.42

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-14 21:40 GMT+0000

[jimakos234]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£85.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-PRO3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£47.77 @ More Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£34.49 @ Aria PC)
Case: BitFenix Neos Black/Silver ATX Mid Tower Case  (£27.84 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£51.36 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £247.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-14 21:42 GMT+0000

[Kirky2k15]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£85.99 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: ASRock B85M-PRO3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£47.77 @ More Computers)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£34.49 @ Aria PC)

Case: BitFenix Neos Black/Silver ATX Mid Tower Case  (£27.84 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£51.36 @ CCL Computers)

Total: £247.45

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-14 21:42 GMT+0000

 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£85.99 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.95 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£48.42 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£32.72 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  (£30.35 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£41.99 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £263.42

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-14 21:40 GMT+0000

 

Thanks guys, couple of questions tho

 

1 can he OC the i3 like you can the G3258?

 

2 also same question on the motherboard - does a non z97 board allow overclocking?

[techguru]

Thanks guys, couple of questions tho

 

1 can he OC the i3 like you can the G3258?

 

2 also same question on the motherboard - does a non z97 board allow overclocking?

you don't need to oc for a office pc

and the i3 is better since it has HT

[jimakos234]

Thanks guys, couple of questions tho

 

1 can he OC the i3 like you can the G3258?

 

2 also same question on the motherboard - does a non z97 board allow overclocking?

 

you don't need to oc for a office pc

and the i3 is better since it has HT

this^

also the pentium 3258 can be overclocked on non-z97 mobos(b85/h81 etc) after a bios update

[Kirky2k15]

you don't need to oc for a office pc

and the i3 is better since it has HT

It will be office pc to begin with but my uncle likes to get the most for his money hence the tight budget lol

 

Didn't know the i3 had HT so 2 physical cores with HT = 4 cool

[Kirky2k15]

this^

also the pentium 3258 can be overclocked on non-z97 mobos(b85/h81 etc) after a bios update

Didn't know this - good to know probably can save some money on the mobo now

[techguru]

It will be office pc to begin with but my uncle likes to get the most for his money hence the tight budget lol

 

Didn't know the i3 had HT so 2 physical cores with HT = 4 cool

by the time he bothers with this...he will probably get a new cpu

just build the best you can for the money..then he can upgrade the cpu later

[vSyNd1c4t3]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£85.99 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.95 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£48.42 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£32.72 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  (£30.35 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£41.99 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £263.42

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-14 21:40 GMT+0000

 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£85.99 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: ASRock B85M-PRO3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£47.77 @ More Computers)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£34.49 @ Aria PC)

Case: BitFenix Neos Black/Silver ATX Mid Tower Case  (£27.84 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£51.36 @ CCL Computers)

Total: £247.45

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-14 21:42 GMT+0000

 

This is for my uncle who will be buying a GPU at a later date and wants to tinker a bit with overclocking...

[techguru]

This is for my uncle who will be buying a GPU at a later date and wants to tinker a bit with overclocking...

I highly doubt that....if they were a person technical enough to wanna do that..they would be on here asking themselves on what to buy

 

if its gonna be a office pc..get the I3

[jimakos234]

This is for my uncle who will be buying a GPU at a later date and wants to tinker a bit with overclocking...

still, overclocking wont increase performance in the level to simulate 2 threads more.

[vSyNd1c4t3]

I highly doubt that....if they were a person technical enough to wanna do that..they would be on here asking themselves on what to buy

 

if its gonna be a office pc..get the I3

 

still, overclocking wont increase performance in the level to simulate 2 threads more.

 

I agree, but I kinda figured they wanted to tinker with overclocking something easy/cheap just in case they messed up. Eventually going into a 4690k or something.

 

Seems some responses I missed out on clerified what it will be used for though.

[Kirky2k15]

still, overclocking wont increase performance in the level to simulate 2 threads more.

Yeah that i3 with HT is looking good right now cheers