X4 860K Build

[captainClueless]

Hi all. As I am trying to plan my first ever PC build, on a very tight budget (was around £750 but may be closer to £500 now), I was wondering if the X4 860K would be a worthwhile CPU to use?

 

Essentially, the build needs to have everything other than keyboard, mouse and case (I have the Zalman ZM-T4, not sure if it is any good though). I do need a monitor.

 

Finally, the only "game" I play is Football Manager 2017 but I am looking at possibly getting into a bit more in the future. Other than that, I use my laptop for Microsoft Office, Sublime Text and web browsing.

 

On a side note, I don;t mind building a PC now and upgrading as time goes on (if that helps at all). Thank you in advance

[screamXrawr]

I would suggest maybe waiting to see pricing for the new 4-core ryzen. It might be a while though so if you're impatient go for it but know there isn't an upgrade path for that cpu unless you upgrade motherboard also

[Shiv78]

Athlons are trash. For 500 pounds you can get quite the gaming rig:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/3R3mBP
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/3R3mBP/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£168.59 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: *Gigabyte GA-B250M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£62.80 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£58.32 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 470 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card  (£147.94 @ More 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  (£49.95 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £514.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-02 22:01 GMT+0000

[david cassar]

4 minutes ago, Shiv78 said:

Athlons are trash. For 500 pounds you can get quite the gaming rig:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/3R3mBP
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/3R3mBP/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£168.59 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: *Gigabyte GA-B250M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£62.80 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£58.32 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 470 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card  (£147.94 @ More 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  (£49.95 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £514.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-02 22:01 GMT+0000

He has a case but he needs a monitor and a hdd I believe. It would be smarter to swap out the i5 with say a pentium g4560 and using the 100 pounds towards some storage and a monitor.

[Shiv78]

3 minutes ago, david cassar said:

He has a case but he needs a monitor and a hdd I believe. It would be smarter to swap out the i5 with say a pentium g4560 and using the 100 pounds towards some storage and a monitor.

Oops, forgot the HDD

[captainClueless]

3 minutes ago, david cassar said:

He has a case but he needs a monitor and a hdd I believe. It would be smarter to swap out the i5 with say a pentium g4560 and using the 100 pounds towards some storage and a monitor.

 

Indeed I do need a monitor. I did buy a used HDD but I'm not sure I trust it so may have to write off that purchase as a mistake and move on

[Shiv78]

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/W3YQgL
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/W3YQgL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£52.34 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: *Gigabyte GA-B250M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£62.80 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£58.32 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 470 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card  (£147.94 @ More Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.95 @ Ebuyer) 
Monitor: Samsung S22D300HY 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  (£81.97 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £496.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-02 22:12 GMT+0000

[captainClueless]

Thank you @Shiv78 that looks pretty good. As I get a bit more cash I can get another monitor (I am used to working with two monitors in my job and that would be helpful at home too, but not essential for the time being)

 

You guys on here work wonders!