Build Advice €600

velocivaper

Hello All. Advice welcome:


1. What is your budget? [€600]

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming/Internet Skyrim,Minecraft, other future FPS

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? Yes

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? : low mileage 500Gb SATA HDD, ATX Case, EVO TX3, DVD rw, PCI WiFi

5. Do you need a monitor? No

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? 1080 TV, No

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? No

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? Yes

8. How can you pay? Any Which

9. When are you purchasing? In 21 days

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? Should be ok


€600 budget pretty strict Would prefer to buy from one supplier

Have in mind two builds: Prices from Hardwareversand run through Giezhals.



AMD FX-6300 85.68
Gigabyte GA-970-UD3P, AMD 970 71.75
8GB-Kit Crucial Ballistix Sport Series DDR3-1600 60.36
Crucial M500 120GB SATA 55.18
ASUS R9270X-DC2T-2GD5 169.70
Corsair Builder Series CX500 80PLUS 48.88
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SB 86.33
Delivery 18.99

596.87



Intel Core i5-4440 Box, LGA1150 155.99
MSI H81M-E35, mATX, Sockel 1150 47.61
8GB-Kit Crucial Ballistix Sport Series DDR3-1600, CL9 60.36
Crucial M500 120GB SATA 55.18
XFX Radeon R9 270 Core Edition, 2GB 140.07
Corsair Builder Serie CX430 V3 Non-Modular 37.18
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SB 86.33
Delivery 18.99

601.71

Would value any opinion or suggestions, would like a pretty robust rig, dont mind getting to grips with OC'ing the FX.
Thanks.

Kimbot

Reddit sofware swap and you can get a windows key for $10 saving you 75+ euro to beef up your spec a bit

velocivaper

jonny24ie wrote: »

Reddit sofware swap and you can get a windows key for $10 saving you 75+ euro to beef up your spec a bit

Thanks for that. Had a chat with the person ultimately paying for this, they were a bit uneasy, I've never used the service so couldn't recommend it one way or another.

Kimbot

Loads of the users here have used it with no hassles

velocivaper

jonny24ie wrote: »

Loads of the users here have used it with no hassles

The prices are tempting alright, might get one for myself even if they dont go for it !

In any case anything technically to watch out for with either of the two builds I posted?

frozenfrozen

velocivaper wrote: »

The prices are tempting alright, might get one for myself even if they dont go for it !

In any case anything technically to watch out for with either of the two builds I posted?

They don't need to know that it's not an overpriced over the shelf copy of windows. They're perfectly legal from RSS, and there's no risk in buying as long as you go for someone who has sold before and has vouches.

What about cpu coolers?

Both are perfectly fine builds but with 80 euro extra you could do some upgrading or else just have a nice chunk of change left over.

velocivaper

frozenfrozen wrote: »

They don't need to know that it's not an overpriced over the shelf copy of windows. They're perfectly legal from RSS, and there's no risk in buying as long as you go for someone who has sold before and has vouches.

What about cpu coolers?

Both are perfectly fine builds but with 80 euro extra you could do some upgrading or else just have a nice chunk of change left over.

Yes I think they mostly had doubts about the legality and feared getting "shut down" by MS later.

I have a CM Hyper TX3 evo sitting round I was going to donate to the cause.

A chunk of change would go a bit on Steam for some games.

velocivaper

Ok After consultation, decision made, will give RSS a crack.

Going with the i5 build, runs cooler and is plug and play ( I don't end up being an IT helpdesk).

A few bob left over for games and everybody wins.

Thanks for the help everybody, much appreciated.

(Might do that AMD build for myself, some thing to fiddle with !!)