New gaming rig for a friend

[leroy94]

Hi every one im trying to sort out a gaming pc build for a friend of mine the only issue is that it is very value oriented as he is only an apprentice and as such he doesn't get paid very much and is currently stuck with his old non gaming laptop i've also only ever put together one pc which was my own so any mistakes i made (which i did) were not as much of an issue as they would be for him.

i believe that the system below should give decent performance in games whilst keeping it small for portability purposes, the issues i'm having are 1, the processor i'm not sure how well it will perform and how the power supply will hold up with that graphics card. if i can get any advice on how the system might perform and its cost effectiveness that would be great. 

 

Mother board:

ASRock FM2A88M-HD+

 

CPU:

 

AMD A10 7850K 

 

CPU cooler:

 

 

Cooler Master Seidon 120V

 

Graphics card:

My old Gigabyte windforce R9 290x

 

Power supply:

 

850W Aerocool Integrator 

 

Boot and storage drive:

 

1TB Seagate Barracuda

 

Ram:

 

4GB (2x2GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3

 

Case:

 

Thermaltake Core V21  

 

OS:

Windows 10

 

Thanks in advance.

[stealth80]

whats the budget and location ?

[leroy94]

Just now, stealth80 said:

whats the budget and location ?

Budget is around £500 and we are in the uk.

[stealth80]

1 minute ago, leroy94 said:

Budget is around £500 and we are in the uk.

where is the 290X from and how much before I start shopping lol

[leroy94]

The 290x is my old one thats currently sat in its box and i think at the time i paid £275 i got it new from ebay.

[stealth80]

1 minute ago, leroy94 said:

The 290x is my old one thats currently sat in its box and i think at the time i paid £275 i got it new from ebay.

are you giving him that? Need to work out his outlay for the card and build a rig with that is left

 

also get windows here:

 

http://www.kinguin.net/category/19429/windows-10-professional-oem-key/

[Matty2hatty]

Do you mean £500 including your 275£ GPU?

[leroy94]

Just now, stealth80 said:

are you giving him that? Need to work out his outlay for the card and build a rig with that is left

 

also get windows here:

 

http://www.kinguin.net/category/19429/windows-10-professional-oem-key/

yes i will be giving him that as i no longer have any need for it, ah i forgot about kinguin thank you for reminding me.

Just now, Matty2hatty said:

Do you mean £500 including your 275£ GPU?

the £500 does not include the R9 290x for £275 as it is my old one and i will be giving it to him.

[stealth80]

1 minute ago, leroy94 said:

yes i will be giving him that as i no longer have any need for it, ah i forgot about kinguin thank you for reminding me.

the £500 does not include the R9 290x for £275 as it is my old one and i will be giving it to him.

so ok £500 for a tower only and windows? Should be able to make a decent rig for that

[leroy94]

yh tower only as it will be hooked up to the tv in his room for steam big picture and he already has controllers and a keyboard/mouse, sorry should have mentioned that above.

[stealth80]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£144.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£77.54 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£57.44 @ More Computers)
Storage: *Sandisk Z400s 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£55.96 @ Dabs)
Storage: *Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Case: Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£46.78 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.73 @ Aria PC)
Total: £491.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-20 17:32 GMT+0000

 

Much stronger PC, get windows from that link I provided

[Matty2hatty]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£172.79 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: ASRock H170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£77.90 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Kingston FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£56.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Crucial BX200 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£94.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£63.48 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £504.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-20 17:34 GMT+0000

This good?

[Matty2hatty]

Wait is the core v21 a must?

[leroy94]

1 minute ago, Matty2hatty said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£172.79 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: ASRock H170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£77.90 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Kingston FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£56.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Crucial BX200 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£94.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£63.48 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £504.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-20 17:34 GMT+0000

This good?

 

2 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£144.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£77.54 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£57.44 @ More Computers)
Storage: *Sandisk Z400s 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£55.96 @ Dabs)
Storage: *Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Case: Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£46.78 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.73 @ Aria PC)
Total: £491.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-20 17:32 GMT+0000

 

Much stronger PC, get windows from that link I provided

you two are awesome but will that 550w power supply be enough for the graphics card?

[stealth80]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£172.79 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: ASRock H170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£77.90 @ More Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£51.40 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£65.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Case: Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£46.78 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.73 @ Aria PC)
Total: £523.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-20 17:35 GMT+0000

 

Skylake, although a little over budget

[flexluthor]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£199.96 @ More Computers) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler 
Thermal Compound: Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra 0.15g Thermal Paste  (£7.47 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£83.13 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£32.95 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  (£74.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £499.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-20 17:45 GMT+0000

 

No Case tho, left it out for you guys to decide which one you want.

 

Edit: Just realized there was no cooler price, it's around £25 I think? Not sure since pcpartpicker doesn't have a price.

[leroy94]

13 minutes ago, Matty2hatty said:

Wait is the core v21 a must?

v21 core is not a must for the case however smaller form factor is preferable.