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for 650 pounds, an AMD cpu, not a good idea, at least before zen arrives. AMD graphics card on the other hand is fine.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£147.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£46.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£25.29 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£31.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba Product Series:DT01ACA 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.77 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£259.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£23.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£58.77 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £631.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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My friend has given me the task to build him a PC since i built my own rig not that long ago except there is a problem...

 

I was planning on building him this I3 build:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/b3WQ3C

 

 

But he told me that the budget was too much and he needed to go with something around £600-£650($880-950 US) so that build  got flung out the window

 

I looked at some AMD Builds like this one here:

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

 

 

Will this do as i have no idea what AMD processors are like and would like some help for AMD parts!

 

Thanks 

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You really shouldn't be building an AMD rig right now. Try shaving off costs on the i3 build. Does he really need an optical drive/wifi adapter? You can probably find equally good parts that are slightly cheaper to be able to fit within the budget

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for 650 pounds, an AMD cpu, not a good idea, at least before zen arrives. AMD graphics card on the other hand is fine.

consider this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£147.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£46.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£25.29 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£31.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba Product Series:DT01ACA 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.77 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£259.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£23.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£58.77 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £631.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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There is no need to go AMD, you can save up in the intel build by: 

 

1-Getting a B150 board

2-A good but lower wattage power supply (650W is pure overkill for a R9 380 and an i3)

3-Ditching that useless drive unless he really need it

 

Ta da:

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£147.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£46.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£23.67 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.96 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  (£168.84 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£44.69 @ More Computers) 
Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£57.12 @ CCL Computers) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  (£55.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£27.75 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £613.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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By getting windows 8.1 (can upgrade to 10) and getting a cheaper case managed to fit a i5

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2 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

for 650 pounds, an AMD cpu, not a good idea, at least before zen arrives. AMD graphics card on the other hand is fine.

consider this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£147.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£46.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£25.29 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£31.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba Product Series:DT01ACA 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.77 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£259.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£23.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£58.77 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £631.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Either of the intel builds suggested above would do.
I wouldn't purchase an AMD build. 

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4 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

for 650 pounds, an AMD cpu, not a good idea, at least before zen arrives. AMD graphics card on the other hand is fine.

consider this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£147.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£46.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£25.29 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£31.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba Product Series:DT01ACA 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.77 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£259.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£23.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£58.77 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £631.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Also why not wait for new polaris and pascal cards, it's just a couple of weeks to go.

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