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Gaming PC 600e

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  • 06-02-2017 7:50pm
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    bennyc
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    This is what I have come up with for a 600 budget, any suggestions welcome
    I can add an SSD at a later date as space is more important at the moment.

    AMD FX Series FX-8320 8x 3.50GHz € 126.94


    Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P AMD 970 So.AM3 € 66.94


    8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3L-2133 € 60.85

    4GB MSI Radeon RX 470 ARMOR 4G OC € 181.99

    1000GB WD Blue WD10EZEX € 48.44

    520 Watt Seasonic S12II Bronze Non-Modular 80+ Bronze € 58.04

    Zalman Z11 Plus € 55.39


    Total 598.59 before shipping from MindFactory


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    Digital Solitude
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    Switch the CPU, board and RAM for an i3 7100, a B250 board and 8gb DDR4 RAM


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    TerrorFirmer
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    Agreed. Any AMD processor at the moment is pointless. Old platform, limited to DDR3, dead end in terms of upgrades and unreliable performance in games. Intel Kabylake is cheaper, more reliable performance, much newer platform with fast DDR4 support and much better upgrade potential to i5/i7 down the line.

    AMD FX setups only make sense that if gotten cheap 2nd hand, but new they're a bad investment.


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    bennyc
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    Made a few adjustments and made room for an ssd , mATX board which should be enough. Any opinions on the SSD brand ?

    4GB MSI Radeon RX 470 ARMOR 4G OC € 181,99*


    1000GB WD Blue WD10EZEX 64MB 3.5" € 48,44*


    Intel Core i3 7100 2x 3.90GHz So.1151 BOX € 119,47*


    8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4-2400 € 54,84*

    A
    Sharkoon VG4-W mit Sichtfenster Midi Tower € 33,45*



    128GB Intenso Top III 2.5" (6.4cm) SATA 6Gb/s € 46,94*


    MSI B250M PRO-VD Intel B250 So.1151 € 66,88*

    500 Watt Cooler Master B500 ver.2 Non-Modular80+€ 43,54*

    Total 595.55


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    K.O.Kiki
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    Change i3-7100 for Pentium G4560, change SSD to 256Gb Sandisk Z400s, and change PSU to a cheap XFX 450W+ Bronze-rated model.


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    bennyc
    Registered Users Posts: 1,907 ✭✭✭bennyc


    K.O.Kiki wrote: »
    Change i3-7100 for Pentium G4560, change SSD to 256Gb Sandisk Z400s, and change PSU to a cheap XFX 450W+ Bronze-rated model.

    Been trying to get a G4560 but no stock and also it has just jumped €20 on mindfactory, if buying from amazon.de is it best to avoid resellers and try and stick to amazon ?


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    Billy86
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    bennyc wrote: »
    Been trying to get a G4560 but no stock and also it has just jumped €20 on mindfactory, if buying from amazon.de is it best to avoid resellers and try and stick to amazon ?

    Looking at getting one too and I'm aiming for a low budget so was a bit miffed... went and looked up some other sites, and when I went back, it seems like the €20 hike has disappeared from mindfactory again? http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/Intel-Pentium-G4560-2x-3-50GHz-So-1151-BOX_1136476.html

    Failing that, Alza are going it for €67 (€60 for the chip, €7 delivery to Ireland), you can switcher language/currency in the top corner - https://www.alzashop.com/intel-pentium-g4560-d4630170.htm?o=1


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