pc build hows this?

maclovin67

Hi Guys I am not an expert at pc building,have built a couple with a good techie friend,but was looking at buying a pc for my sons birthday this feb. I found this on uk website and thought it wasn't too bad,any ideas welcome guy's. My budget is around 500euro,he will b playing battlefield 4/minecraft and the like,any tweaks/improvements to the below,or any other alternatives would be greatly appreciated.. If I missed anything out let me know,I have lcd monitor/keyboard/gaming mouse..

390 sterling inc shipping not bad i think...

specs here...
CPU: AMD FX 4130 (4 x 3.8 GHz)
RAM: 8 GB DDR3 1333 MHZ
Hard Drive: 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA-III
Case: X-Blade Black
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 - 1 GB
Drive: 24x Dual Layer DVD/CD Re-Writer
CPU Cooling: AMD Heatsink & Fan
Motherboard: Gigabyte 760G Motherboard
Sound: 5.1 HD Sound
USB Ports: 6 x USB 2.0 & 2 x USB 3.0
Power Supply: 700W PSU

SterlingArcher

maclovin67 wrote: »

Hi Guys I am not an expert at pc building,have built a couple with a good techie friend,but was looking at buying a pc for my sons birthday this feb. I found this on uk website and thought it wasn't too bad,any ideas welcome guy's. My budget is around 500euro,he will b playing battlefield 4/minecraft and the like,any tweaks/improvements to the below,or any other alternatives would be greatly appreciated.. If I missed anything out let me know,I have lcd monitor/keyboard/gaming mouse..

390 sterling inc shipping not bad i think...

specs here...
CPU: AMD FX 4130 (4 x 3.8 GHz)
RAM: 8 GB DDR3 1333 MHZ
Hard Drive: 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA-III
Case: X-Blade Black
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 - 1 GB
Drive: 24x Dual Layer DVD/CD Re-Writer
CPU Cooling: AMD Heatsink & Fan
Motherboard: Gigabyte 760G Motherboard
Sound: 5.1 HD Sound
USB Ports: 6 x USB 2.0 & 2 x USB 3.0
Power Supply: 700W PSU

Awh man I don't wanna be the guy who burst your bubble.

Will run mnecraft but bf4 it will struggle.

Processor is not great.

The graphics card is very weak.

And I can't help but question why a rig like this needs a big 700 w power supply unless that power supply is of questionable quality.

Not what you wanted to hear I'm sure.

yabadabado

If you fill in the template I'm sure there are plenty here you will give you a good build.

maclovin67

No sterlingarcher all good man what changes would you make,because on their website i can change anything I want,I don't mind a bit extra if it's a good one..just recommend a diff processor/graphics card and I'll see how much extra it is..thanks for helping buddy

maclovin67

Sorry yabadabadoo wheres template mate?

yabadabado

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=74542374

Just fill in your info and post up here and you will get plenty of advice.

maclovin67

Thanks yabadabadoo..
1. What is your budget? €500-550

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? [Gaming/Video editing games battlefield 4/m
inecraft
3. Do you need a copy of Windows? no

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? Hard drive/dvd drive

5. Do you need a monitor? No

5a. If yes, what size do you need. n/a

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? 1920x1080

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? no

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? dont know what it is? lol

8. How can you pay? [Bank Transfer/Laser]

9. When are you purchasing? In 30 days

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? roscommon,but should be okay...lol

SterlingArcher

For starters forget that site.

You can get way better bang for your buck.
On phone so will do up rough one.

Note these are all quality parts. And this mock up will piss all over the computer parts in your original post I'm talking scorched earth. And around the same price too.

SterlingArcher

CPU AMD FX-6300 Prozessor, Boxed, Sockel AM3+ Artikel.Nr. HV20X630DE 98,40 €*

Mainboard ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0, AM3+, ATX Artikel.Nr. HV1134RYDE 66,23 €*


RAM 8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9 Artikel.Nr. HV20G325DE 64,61 €*
(Might want to swap for 8gig team group elite 1600mhz instead). 62,46.

Case Corsair Carbide Series 200R, ATX, ohne Netzteil Artikel.Nr. HV203O15DE 52,47 €*

Graphics card MSI N760 TwinFrozr 2GD5/OC, 2GB DDR5 Artikel.Nr. HV1038MDDE 228,78 €*

Power supply be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 7 500W - bulk -Artikel.Nr. HVR501SBDE 55,16.

Total cost 576 including shipping.

All parts sourced at Hardwareversand.de


Now this price is before you run these parts through the discount site Geizhals.de

Which will bring down the price to approx 550.
Could drop the Gpu and get cheaper one for 150 bringing price to just under 500(and still wipe the floor with the other pc in original post which converted currency was about 500 euro). You Also could cut costs on PSU and the case.

Anyway I'm off out for the night ,let us know your thoughts.

maclovin67

Sounds brilliant sterling never heard of your site must be cheap,thanks for help will prob go with what you said 550 is about bang on,will that be a belter of a gaming pc,also wanted a jazzy led type case for visual effect when he turns it on,i know geeky but it is my boy!! Thanks enjoy your night.

SterlingArcher

maclovin67 wrote: »

Sounds brilliant sterling never heard of your site must be cheap,thanks for help will prob go with what you said 550 is about bang on,will that be a belter of a gaming pc,also wanted a jazzy led type case for visual effect when he turns it on,i know geeky but it is my boy!! Thanks enjoy your night.

Thermaltake V3 BlacX Edition HDD Docking. Has the blue lights and only 35 euro. As stated has a hot swap HDD on top USB 3.0

Look it up on the hardwareversand.de site.

Slksht

That build wipes the floor with the original mate. Couple of things to consider though, if he needs to play using wifi instead of a lan connection to your router (not recommended for gaming but not always avoidable) you'll need a network adapter for about 15 quid. I don't think sterling put in a dvd drive either again about 15.

If you want a cool looking case that's still good quality, you could look at the Zalman z11 as an option. Around the same price as the corsair and still has lots of cooling and bad ass blue leds.

The gpu suggested is awesome, but as he said there is a good sapphire 7870 on Pixmania atm for just over 150 that's still a very capable card if you need to adjust the budget slightly to fit in the extras!

Edit

Didn't see you could reuse dvd from older machine. Also, the hardrive you have might be worth upgrading to a western digital caviar blue 1TB 6gb/s model, the only one used around here and a top quality piece of tech for around 60 quid. For you know the model you currently have?

maclovin67

Thanks slksht the hard drive i have is a toshiba 2 terrabyte brand new ever used it yet,got it as a pressie,and yes that Zalman z11 looks the business..will let you guys know as soon as I start ordering her..

Slksht

maclovin67 wrote: »

Thanks slksht the hard drive i have is a toshiba 2 terrabyte brand new ever used it yet,got it as a pressie,and yes that Zalman z11 looks the business..will let you guys know as soon as I start ordering her..

Nice one good luck!