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Hello anyone who wishes to help me. I'm trying to build a pc with a budget of £500, and I was hoping some person could help me because this is the first time I'm building one.

 

So here are the Specs!

 

Processor= AMD Athlon X4 860k

 

Motherboard= MSi A68HM Grenade

 

RAM= ddr3 HyperX 16gb (2x8)

 

Power Supply= Corsair 80 Plus 450W 

 

Graphics Card= EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti SC 2Gb

 

Storage= WD Blue 1TB 

 

Case= CiT Xecutioner Mesh Gaming Case

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What exactly is that mysterious "Corsair 80 plus 450w" psu?

Seems a bit dodgy, and i think there are better alternatives for that 750 ti, afaik a rx 460, but i'm not sure about that.

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1 minute ago, pzsoltlego said:

Hello anyone who wishes to help me. I'm trying to build a pc with a budget of £500, and I was hoping some person could help me because this is the first time I'm building one.

 

So here are the Specs!

 

Processor= AMD Athlon X4 860k

 

Motherboard= MSi A68HM Grenade

 

RAM= ddr3 HyperX 16gb (2x8)

 

Power Supply= Corsair 80 Plus 450W 

 

Graphics Card= EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti SC 2Gb

 

Storage= WD Blue 1TB 

 

Case= CiT Xecutioner Mesh Gaming Case

For the CPU and GPU you are going for, you will never need 8 GB of RAM. Try to splurge that money saved by going with 8 GB instead into something else. Maybe you can add a little more to a 1050 or 1050ti? I'm not sure exactly how good your motherboard is like if it is a middle-tier mobo, but you can try to cheapen out on the motherboard since I think the most feature you would need is SATA connections and Front Panel I/O. What i'm trying to say is don't get 16 gb of RAM and try to stick with 8 GB. Then use that money to upgrade your GPU .

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Just now, samcool55 said:

What exactly is that mysterious "Corsair 80 plus 450w" psu?

Seems a bit dodgy, and i think there are better alternatives for that 750 ti, afaik a rx 460, but i'm not sure about that.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CP-9020096-UK-VS450-Power-Supply/dp/B01842YHUY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1477255615&sr=8-1&keywords=corsair+450w+psu 

 

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1 minute ago, samcool55 said:

What exactly is that mysterious "Corsair 80 plus 450w" psu?

Seems a bit dodgy, and i think there are better alternatives for that 750 ti, afaik a rx 460, but i'm not sure about that.

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/vs-seriestm-vs450-450-watt-power-supply

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£92.91 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£40.78 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£45.48 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£34.56 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.99 @ Novatech) 
Total: £311.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-23 21:49 BST+0100

 

And you can spend the rest on a GTX 1050 Ti or an RX 470. Those would be your best bets

My Build, v2.1 --- CPU: i7-8700K @ 5.2GHz/1.288v || MoBo: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E Gaming || RAM: 4x4GB G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 2666 14-14-14-33 || Cooler: Custom Loop || GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC Black, on water || PSU: EVGA G2 850W || Case: Corsair 450D || SSD: 850 Evo 250GB, Intel 660p 2TB || Storage: WD Blue 2TB || G502 & Glorious PCGR Fully Custom 80% Keyboard || MX34VQ, PG278Q, PB278Q

Audio --- Headphones: Massdrop x Sennheiser HD 6XX || Amp: Schiit Audio Magni 3 || DAC: Schiit Audio Modi 3 || Mic: Blue Yeti

 

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The Experiment --- CPU: i5-3570K @ 4.0 GHz || MoBo: Asus P8Z77-V LK || RAM: 16GB Corsair 1600 4x4 || Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo || GPUs: Asus GTX 750 Ti, || PSU: Corsair TX750M Gold || Case: Thermaltake Core G21 TG || SSD: 840 Pro 128GB || HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB

 

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16 minutes ago, Cereal5 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£92.91 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£40.78 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£45.48 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£34.56 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.99 @ Novatech) 
Total: £311.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-23 21:49 BST+0100

 

And you can spend the rest on a GTX 1050 Ti or an RX 470. Those would be your best bets

no USB 3.0

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i would wait for Zen and Kabylake because Zen will be interesting too see the price of and Kabylake is(if the leaks are true) bringing a quad core pentium that could be amazing value

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

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"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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Just now, Thread212 said:

I wonder how much it will cost.. i mean intel Cpu always expensive especially the high end one. 

hhhhhh...

the quad core pentium is probably pretty cheap, cheaper then an I3 6100 or around that price probably, if it will even be a thing seeing as there is no offical word on that yet 

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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1 minute ago, Thread212 said:

For real...!!??
Quadcore for $100 

interesting...i'ill look forward to that..anyway where did u hear that?

there is a thread about all we thats been leked on Kabylake somewhere that i looked through, i think its in the CPUs section, cant find it right now so it might have been merged with some other thread, idk

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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1 minute ago, GTFREAK said:

stay warm friend http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/GWnH4C

 

there is no upgrade path from there, if he wants to get an I5 or something later he will need new CPU, motherboard, RAM and a new windows key if he gets an OEM one

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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£500 i3-6100 / RX 470

All parts from Amazon

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£92.91 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£51.71 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£38.86 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£45.48 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 470 4GB Gaming X Video Card  (£179.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£40.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.99 @ Novatech) >Amazon Link
Total: £498.94

 

If you can add a bit more to your budget, get a 120gb SSD as boot drive.

Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£35.63 @ Amazon UK) 

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1 hour ago, Apollo Refugio said:

no USB 3.0

Swap in a case. You can get a case for the same price with 3.0

My Build, v2.1 --- CPU: i7-8700K @ 5.2GHz/1.288v || MoBo: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E Gaming || RAM: 4x4GB G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 2666 14-14-14-33 || Cooler: Custom Loop || GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC Black, on water || PSU: EVGA G2 850W || Case: Corsair 450D || SSD: 850 Evo 250GB, Intel 660p 2TB || Storage: WD Blue 2TB || G502 & Glorious PCGR Fully Custom 80% Keyboard || MX34VQ, PG278Q, PB278Q

Audio --- Headphones: Massdrop x Sennheiser HD 6XX || Amp: Schiit Audio Magni 3 || DAC: Schiit Audio Modi 3 || Mic: Blue Yeti

 

[Under Construction]

 

My Truck --- 2002 F-350 7.3 Powerstroke || 6-speed

My Car --- 2006 Mustang GT || 5-speed || BBK LTs, O/R X, MBRP Cat-back || BBK Lowering Springs, LCAs || 2007 GT500 wheels w/ 245s/285s

 

The Experiment --- CPU: i5-3570K @ 4.0 GHz || MoBo: Asus P8Z77-V LK || RAM: 16GB Corsair 1600 4x4 || Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo || GPUs: Asus GTX 750 Ti, || PSU: Corsair TX750M Gold || Case: Thermaltake Core G21 TG || SSD: 840 Pro 128GB || HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB

 

R.I.P. Asus X99-A motherboard, April 2016 - October 2018, may you rest in peace. 5820K, if I ever buy you a new board, it'll be a good one.

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