New build help and ideas

jamesfindlay3 · January 26, 2016

Hi I am planning a new build and I have it pretty much planned out I am just looking on ways to make it cheaper without impacting performance (and if possible make it better for less)! Any help would be appreciated on ways to make it cheaper/improved. Thanks' for the help!

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/9CtJJx

ShiroArikawa · January 26, 2016

No possible way, other than going for a 390 and 6400 and oc only using the strap not multiplier.

HKZeroFive · January 26, 2016

You could pick up a cheaper PSU like the EVGA G2 550W or 650W. That'll save you about 50 pounds.

Streetguru · January 26, 2016

Hi I am planning a new build and I have it pretty much planned out I am just looking on ways to make it cheaper without impacting performance (and if possible make it better for less)! Any help

CPU has twice the threads, double the SSD storage.

Spending all that extra for overclocking probably isn't worth it

the 390 is a better card than the 970 overall

and I upgraded the display to a 1440p IPS display, you could potentially fit in a 4k IPS free-sync display, but it's 359 pounds

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/lg-monitor-27mu67

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Vtyc23

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Vtyc23/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£215.26 @ Dabs)

Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£74.27 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.76 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£104.97 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.97 @ Amazon UK)