1st Build for My Son

Kimbot

Ok Guys,

My 14 year old son has asked me if I would teach him how to build his own PC and he wants a PC for Gaming.

I am just wondering which is the better route to go down in regards to the following:

Currently I have the following build:

CPU: i3 4130
MB: ASRock H87 Pro4
P/S: Corsair CX500
Ram: 8GB G.Skill Ares 1600mhz
GPU: HIS 7850 IceQ X 2GB GDDR5
HDD: 1TB WD Blue

I am not sure if I would be better upgrading my Rig (CPU and GPU) and donating them to his rig? Or buy him a new rig on the intel or amd route?

Budget for his PC is going to be around €500 if I only donate the GPU.
Budget for his PC is going to be around €400 if I donate the GPU and CPU.

The budget will only need the following items:

Motherboard
CPU
RAM
Case
Power Supply
HDD

I already have a DVD-RW and KB and Mouse for him and He will be using the PC on his 1080p TV.

So what are your recommendations?

Digital Solitude

If you were to donate and upgrade, what would your budget to replace them be

Kimbot

All depends on how much I actually spend on his but lets say the budget would be around €400 on top of the €400 for his.

Digital Solitude

Can set yourself up with an i5 and a GTX 960 for that, which would be a huge upgrade for you.

7850 would carry him for a good while, nothing in his budget would match it anyways.

Give us a minute I'll throw up two options

Digital Solitude

i3 4160
MSI H81 P33
Talman T4
400w PSU
750Ti
1tb HDD
8gb RAM.

Thats €500, full build. Strip 750Ti and add an SSD to run about €440 if you want to donate your GPU, as it is, its a little worse than what you're running

Otherwise, same as above but with your GPU and CPU, is only about €250 max.

You put 175 into an i5 4460 and 190 into a 960 with a discount.
PC for him and sweet upgrade for you for about €600

Kimbot

Digital Solitude wrote: »

i3 4160
MSI H81 P33
Talman T4
400w PSU
750Ti
1tb HDD
8gb RAM.

Thats €500, full build. Strip 750Ti and add an SSD to run about €440 if you want to donate your GPU, as it is, its a little worse than what you're running

Otherwise, same as above but with your GPU and CPU, is only about €250 max.

You put 175 into an i5 4460 and 190 into a 960 with a discount.
PC for him and sweet upgrade for you for about €600

Excellent, the 400W would be enough for the 7850?

Digital Solitude

I ran a 280x off one, which is basically a 7970, so it should do. Hit 450w then, not much price difference. Do you want links?

Kimbot

Digital Solitude wrote: »

I ran a 280x off one, which is basically a 7970, so it should do. Hit 450w then, not much price difference. Do you want links?

Yeah if you dont mind throwing the links up i'd really appreciate it

Digital Solitude

Do you want the full build or upgrade one?

Kimbot

Well if the upgrade route is only 600 im gonna go that way

Digital Solitude

Item|Price
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G 2GB GDDR5|€€ 214
Intel Core i5-4460 in-a-Box|€€ 178
8GB DDR3 PC3-12800 Crucial Ballistix Sport CL9 1600|€€ 52
be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 450W 7 - Bulk -|€€ 51
Zalman T4 Mini-Tower - black mATX, without power supply|€€ 22
MSI H81M-P33, mATX, base 1150|€€ 46
WD Blue 1TB 6Gb's|€€ 50
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€630

Bloodbath has posted a link in the Bargain Alerts thread of this forum, to get cashback on a 960, €25 or so, might be worth a look.

You'll need a tube of thermal paste too.

Kimbot

Thanks dude your a star, I have thermal paste already

Kimbot

OK a little update on this:

So far I have the following:

8GB DDR3 1600Mhz Ram
2x640GB Sata HDD's
Wireless KB/Mouse

Zalman T4 mini Tower and PSU (Got a sweet deal on a 750w) will be arriving next week.

So what I need now is the following:

Motherboard
CPU
GPU

Im just wondering if I should hold off for a little and see if the Broadwell Chips make the Haswell Chips go down in price?
I might also have the money to Spunk on a 970 instead of a 960. Would it be worth the extra?

SterlingArcher

jonny24ie wrote: »

OK a little update on this:

So far I have the following:

8GB DDR3 1600Mhz Ram
2x640GB Sata HDD's
Wireless KB/Mouse

Zalman T4 mini Tower and PSU (Got a sweet deal on a 750w) will be arriving next week.

So what I need now is the following:

Motherboard
CPU
GPU

Im just wondering if I should hold off for a little and see if the Broadwell Chips make the Haswell Chips go down in price?
I might also have the money to Spunk on a 970 instead of a 960. Would it be worth the extra?

Intel don't really roll like that. Now If the euro would stop sucking so hard you might see Chips return to pre sucky euro prices.

I personally think yes 970. you deserve it.blow your wad.

Kimbot

SterlingArcher wrote: »

Intel don't really roll like that. Now If the euro would stop sucking so hard you might see Chips return to pre sucky euro prices.

I personally think yes 970. you deserve it.blow your wad.

I suppose, although I might know a friend working in Intel and see if they can get a decent price on a CPU for me

Hell I do deserve the 970, its about time someone treated me

SterlingArcher

jonny24ie wrote: »

I suppose, although I might know a friend working in Intel and see if they can get a decent price on a CPU for me

Hell I do deserve the 970, its about time someone treated me

If you do, they actually can get decent discounts.

incase you forgot.. cough.. fathers day cough..

Kimbot

SterlingArcher wrote: »

If you do, they actually can get decent discounts.

incase you forgot.. cough.. fathers day cough..

When's fathers day? :O