How is this build?

longroadtoruin

My friend has specked me a gaming build for my budget of €500. If I'm to buy my OS then the budget will be exceeded. I was wondering if there was anything in this build you would change to cut the overall price without reducing performance much. I already have a monitor, keyboard, mouse and HDD. This is what I have for the build so far:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2tVQ3

EDIT: This is the new build. I think the only thing I've changed is the RAM

SterlingArcher

So you want a pc done with a 500 euro build minus the HDD . And you have the monitor.

You can cut costs on the motherboard.

You could maybe get for 580 euro including Windows.

yawhat!

A bit over budget but well worth the money for bang for buck. I hope you didn't purchase yet

Item|Price
AMD FX-6300 Prozessor, Boxed, Sockel AM3+|€98.40
8GB-Kit Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz CL9|€73.12
be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 7 500W - bulk -|€55.16
BitFenix Merc Alpha|€34.21
ASUS M5A78L-M LX3, Sockel AM3+, mATX|€39.74
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 760, 2GB DDR5|€209.48
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€529.10

longroadtoruin

yawhat! wrote: »

A bit over budget but well worth the money for bang for buck. I hope you didn't purchase yet

Item|Price
AMD FX-6300 Prozessor, Boxed, Sockel AM3+|€98.40
8GB-Kit Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz CL9|€73.12
be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 7 500W - bulk -|€55.16
BitFenix Merc Alpha|€34.21
ASUS M5A78L-M LX3, Sockel AM3+, mATX|€39.74
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 760, 2GB DDR5|€209.48
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€529.10

Thanks but if I'm to buy Windows then this will go way past the budget

marco_polo

A shade over budget, but this would work and leave CPU upgrade possibilities in the future.

You won't be hopping into any 64 player BF4 maps with the G3420, but it will play almost any single player game no problem with the r9 270x. Its probably still a better option than an A8 anyway.

Item|Price
Thermaltake V4 Black Edition ohne Netzteil|€38.28
XFX PRO450W Core Edition Full Wired Power Supply|€42.85
MSI H81M-E33, mATX, Sockel 1150|€41.88
Intel Pentium G3420 Box, LGA1150|€55.88
2 x 4GB Corsair Valueselect DDR3-1333 CL9|€71.66
HIS R9 270X IceQ Boost Clock 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E DLDVI-I/HDMI/2xMini DP|€170.09
Windows 8.1 64Bit Eng Intl (SB-Version) DVD|€83.85
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€523.48

longroadtoruin

marco_polo wrote: »

A shade over budget, but this would work and leave CPU upgrade possibilities in the future.

You won't be hopping into any 64 player BF4 maps with the G3420, but it will play almost any single player game no problem with the r9 270x. Its probably still a better option than an A8 anyway.

Item|Price
Thermaltake V4 Black Edition ohne Netzteil|€38.28
XFX PRO450W Core Edition Full Wired Power Supply|€42.85
MSI H81M-E33, mATX, Sockel 1150|€41.88
Intel Pentium G3420 Box, LGA1150|€55.88
2 x 4GB Corsair Valueselect DDR3-1333 CL9|€71.66
HIS R9 270X IceQ Boost Clock 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E DLDVI-I/HDMI/2xMini DP|€170.09
Windows 8.1 64Bit Eng Intl (SB-Version) DVD|€83.85
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€523.48

would the A8 not be able to handle 64 player lobbies on battlefield? I was kind of expecting that . guess I'll have to wait til I can afford more.

yawhat!

yawhat! wrote: »

A bit over budget but well worth the money for bang for buck. I hope you didn't purchase yet

Item|Price
AMD FX-6300 Prozessor, Boxed, Sockel AM3+|€98.40
8GB-Kit Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz CL9|€73.12
be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 7 500W - bulk -|€55.16
BitFenix Merc Alpha|€34.21
ASUS M5A78L-M LX3, Sockel AM3+, mATX|€39.74
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 760, 2GB DDR5|€209.48
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€529.10

I'd definitly keep the 6300. You could go for the 7870 either instead of the 760.

7850 isn't a great card at all. It would bring the above build to 480. Are you sure there's no where else you can source windows?;)

marco_polo

longroadtoruin wrote: »

would the A8 not be able to handle 64 player lobbies on battlefield? I was kind of expecting that . guess I'll have to wait til I can afford more.

Well I was actually gambling that you weren't building it for multiplayer. Both CPUs will play it, but I would suspect that the frame-rate could tank often on the really big maps. I'd like to see at least an FX-6300 in there myself.

The main idea behind the H81 build was that it is much more upgradeable than the FM2 platform and you could stick a much better CPU in there when you have more cash.

If this is mainly for multiplayer, I'd get the FX6300 and make do with the HD7850 for now, it'll still put out reasonably decent frame rates once AA is off an you turn down a few settings here and there. It ought to be a much smoother multiplayer experience playing with a slightly less GPU and better CPU with a few graphics setting turned down, than with a weaker CPU and more powerful card.

This is definately the best I can do with windows included.

Item|Price
Sharkoon VS3-Value Chrom, ohne Netzteil|€24.53
XFX PRO450W Core Edition Full Wired Power Supply|€42.85
ASRock 985GM-GS3 FX, AM3+, mATX|€47.83
AMD FX-6300 Prozessor, Boxed, Sockel AM3+|€98.40
2 x 4GB G.Skill PC3-12800U CL11-11-11-28|€64.44
XFX Radeon HD 7850 860M X BOX Special Edition, 2GB DDR5|€139.90
Windows 8.1 64Bit Eng Intl (SB-Version) DVD|€83.85
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€520.79

longroadtoruin

yawhat! wrote: »

. Are you sure there's no where else you can source windows?;)

I've never done it before. If only someone here knew how to get it elsewhere and could tell me.