My New PC Build

[DickyNI]

I know ive been posting quite a bit about building a new PC, but until that time comes im trying to weigh out all possible options for my build. I have a max budget of £550. I would like to see some builds that arent the same standard i5's and stuff like that. 

 

All help welcome

If my posts are getting annoying to anyone i dont mind taking a break for a while hahah

Thanks for your time

[Guest]

Are you looking to build a completely new PC or just want to make a major upgrade to the existing one?

[DickyNI]

3 minutes ago, Manijs said:

Are you looking to build a completely new PC or just want to make a major upgrade to the existing one?

A completely new build, my current build isnt worth upgrading

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, DickyNI said:

A completely new build, my current build isnt worth upgrading

need os/monitor/peripherals? anything you can reuse?

[Aereldor]

There aren't too many options in that price range.

Optimized for gaming (GPU-intensive workloads)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£154.00 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£39.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£42.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card  (£187.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23  ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.48 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£48.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £536.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Optimized for productivity (video editing, rendering, 3D Modelling; CPU-intensive workloads) (Can also game)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1241 V3 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£250.54 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£42.48 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£40.99 @ Alza) 
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1050 2GB StormX Video Card  (£105.46 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23  ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.48 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£37.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £539.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-14 14:50 GMT+0000

[Matias_Chambers]

What will the build be used for? Gaming? 

[DickyNI]

2 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

need os/monitor/peripherals? anything you can reuse?

I already have all of that

[DickyNI]

1 minute ago, Matias_Chambers said:

What will the build be used for? Gaming? 

Gaming yeah

[Matias_Chambers]

1 minute ago, DickyNI said:

I already have all of that

Do you have an HDD you can reuse? You could get an SSD and reuse your HDD for bulk storage. 

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£154.00 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£39.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£42.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GB Video Card  (£215.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£23.04 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£37.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £549.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-14 14:53 GMT+0000

[DickyNI]

1 minute ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Do you have an HDD you can reuse? You could get an SSD and reuse your HDD for bulk storage. 

I cant really take anything out of the old pc as im giving it to my younger brother

[DickyNI]

1 minute ago, herman mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£154.00 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£39.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£42.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GB Video Card  (£215.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£23.04 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£37.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £549.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-14 14:53 GMT+0000

Will that psu be reliable?

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, DickyNI said:

Will that psu be reliable?

it's a decent budget psu. tier 4 in the psu tier list.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3902/antec-earthwatts-ea-380d-green-380w

[DickyNI]

4 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

it's a decent budget psu. tier 4 in the psu tier list.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3902/antec-earthwatts-ea-380d-green-380w

That wouldnt be good for future upgrades though sure it wouldnt?

[Herman Mcpootis]

5 minutes ago, DickyNI said:

That wouldnt be good for future upgrades though sure it wouldnt?

you'll have to upgrade to a higher wattage psu in the future if you want to upgrade, unless the new gpus in a few years eat even less power than now and can be powered off a 380w psu. you can always spend abit extra for a cx450m but unless you wanna upgrade soon i wouldn't worry about it.

[Guest]

Maybe just wait a bit to see, what AMD has up its sleeve.