First time build on a student budget

[Nosirrath]

Okay so don't know how to introduce this tbh so I'll just jump right in. 

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

This is my masterpiece, the aim is to have a build that is cheap and can be used for both gaming and college work which could include light video editing from time to time. The budget is £700 or about $1000 and I've been experimenting with buying the parts from different countries to try and find the cheapest options although I haven't calculated shipping. I've included the monitor and peripherals but I'm clueless when it comes to that stuff so those are just the first ones on the list. Recommendations for those items would be greatly appreciated.

I guess that's about it, it'd be great to hear the veteran's opinions.

Any questions just ask and I'll get back to you as soon as.

[Goat]

What kind of games do you play? Are they demanding? I recommend you exclude the peripherals from this list and plan another budget for it to get the most out of the money you have now.

[Castdeath97]

Get a core i3 6100, FX line is getting very very old by now.

 

Get a 950

[Oshino Shinobu]

Unless you order parts from within the EU, you're also going to have to account for import charges and duties (minimum 20% add on to total cost, including shipping).

Here's a build for £600, excluding monitor and OS. You can get the OS for around £20 from Reddit softwareswap, and I'll leave the monitor choice up to you. 

This build will perform a lot better than the one you posted. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£149.99 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£65.81 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£30.47 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  (£156.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.99 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£69.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Total: £604.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-08 14:13 GMT+0000

[ZetZet]

2 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

 

no monitor breh

 

 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£95.99 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£49.99 @ Novatech) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£31.52 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  (£121.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£28.49 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£42.60 @ Amazon UK) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£12.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  (£74.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Monitor: Asus MX239H 23.0" Monitor  (£143.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £674.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-08 14:15 GMT+0000

 

 

 

[Oshino Shinobu]

Just now, ZetZet said:

no monitor breh

 

 

3 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Here's a build for £600, excluding monitor and OS. You can get the OS for around £20 from Reddit softwareswap, and I'll leave the monitor choice up to you. 

 

[ZetZet]

2 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

 

 

yes, so it's way more expensive. OP had 650 gbp WITH MONITOR AND OS. You did 600+20 for OS that's instantly 620. You want him to get a monitor for 30 GBP?

 

please show me where i can get a monitor that cheap, I would order one right now.

 

my build is 20 gbp over budget while improving performance and massively improving monitor quality.

[Oshino Shinobu]

3 minutes ago, ZetZet said:

yes, so it's way more expensive. OP had 650 gbp WITH MONITOR AND OS. You did 600+20 for OS that's instantly 620. You want him to get a monitor for 30 GBP?

Read his first post. His budget is £700. £80 for a pre-owned monitor is plenty. 

EDIT: or he can get a decent new one for £100, which is then only £20 over budget. You could reduce the cost of the case to offset the price of the OS if he can't go £20 over. 

[ZetZet]

Just now, Oshino Shinobu said:

Read his first post. His budget is £700. £80 for a pre-owned monitor is plenty. 

his build also included speakers and keyboard/mouse combo which adds those 50. I took those into account. You ignored them completely.

 

Sure your build is better performing, but it's way over budget unless you start going into used parts and fishy OS purchases. 

[ReesZRB]

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/qqHkFT
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/qqHkFT/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£149.99 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£70.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£27.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  (£156.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case  (£49.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£68.03 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: BenQ GL2250HM 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Keyboard: Logitech K120 - UK Layout Wired Standard Keyboard  (£10.58 @ Amazon UK) 
Mouse: Logitech G402 Wired Optical Mouse  (£39.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £704.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-08 14:22 GMT+0000

[Oshino Shinobu]

3 minutes ago, ZetZet said:

his build also included speakers and keyboard/mouse combo which adds those 50. I took those into account. You ignored them completely.

 

Sure your build is better performing, but it's way over budget unless you start going into used parts and fishy OS purchases. 

The speakers and keyboard have no cost in the build he posted. I was assuming he already has them. Could be wrong, though, 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£85.69 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£79.99 @ Novatech) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£37.99 @ Novatech) 
Storage: Sandisk Z400s 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£31.98 @ Novatech) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  (£96.18 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  (£35.62 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£34.99 @ Novatech) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£12.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  (£74.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Monitor: Asus VE247H 23.6" Monitor  (£101.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse 
Speakers: Logitech Z313 25W 2.1ch Speakers 
Total: £655.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-08 14:23 GMT+0000

EDIT: @Nosirrath are you factoring the speakers and keyboard into the price?

[Goat]

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/hpBN3C
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/hpBN3C/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£149.99 @ Novatech) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£94.03 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£34.01 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£65.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  (£156.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.99 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£101.51 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: BenQ XL2411Z 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  (£209.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £938.46

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-08 14:18 GMT+0000

 

I managed to include a monitor. I recommend you set another budget for the peripherals. Here's what I recommend. 

 

Mouse: Logitech G502 / Roccat Tyon / Mionix Castor 

Keyboard: Corsair Strafe RGB / Corsair K70 RGB 

Headset: Kingston HyperX Cloud 2

[ZetZet]

Just now, Oshino Shinobu said:

The speakers and keyboard have no cost in the build he posted.

yes, exactly. But I know what they cost. So I assume he doesn't have them yet and he includes them in the price. 

[Nosirrath]

52 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Unless you order parts from within the EU, you're also going to have to account for import charges and duties (minimum 20% add on to total cost, including shipping).

Here's a build for £600, excluding monitor and OS. You can get the OS for around £20 from Reddit softwareswap, and I'll leave the monitor choice up to you. 

This build will perform a lot better than the one you posted. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£149.99 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£65.81 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£30.47 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  (£156.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.99 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£69.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Total: £604.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-08 14:13 GMT+0000

Thanks this is exactly what I needed

[Nosirrath]

59 minutes ago, Goat said:

What kind of games do you play? Are they demanding? I recommend you exclude the peripherals from this list and plan another budget for it to get the most out of the money you have now.

Pretty much whatever's in the sale, nothing much more demanding than Gta or tomb raider with average 1080 settings. I play some RTSs from time to time like Civ 5 or total war too

[Nosirrath]

45 minutes ago, ZetZet said:

yes, exactly. But I know what they cost. So I assume he doesn't have them yet and he includes them in the price. 

Yeah as far as peripherals they're basically just there to remind me to but them because it might be a month or two before I start building