Budget Gaming Build

Pedroc1999 · 06 Nov 2012

This build will also be used for Homework,Skype, For now Minecraft(Better games after buying the graphics card) and internet browsing please feedback on the parts and components

CPU - AMD Fx-6300 - £111.96

Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - £52.76

RAM - Corsair Memory XMS3 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz - £26.69

Case - CiT Jupiter V2 - £29.98

PSU - Cooler Master RS-500-ASAB GX-Lite 500W - £34.84

HDD - I will use my 500gb 7200RPM HDD for time being then will get an SSD and use 500GB as data

My Graphics card will come at a later date but for the time being I will use a X1600 Pro(I will probably get 6850/6870)

Total Cost - £256.03
please comment and feedback on my build

neo101 · 06 Nov 2012

Why not buy

A10-5700 APU £90 (with Directx 11 for up-to-date games/run blu ray etc)
it idles at 27watts and is equivalent/more powerful than an FX8120 in many benchmarks

a decent asus FM2 m/board m-atx A75/A85 £50-£100

Tweak your memory up to 1866 speed to help shared graphics (cos up to 2gb gets reserved from total memory)

This is a good local UK search engine esp as FM2 motherboards are still in short supply in Europe (sellers are taking price advantage) Choose your own prefered maker etc for a new search

http://www.staticice.co.uk/cgi-bin/s...us+A85+&spos=1

kbrady1979 · 06 Nov 2012

The APU's are very responsive to faster RAM that's for sure. If you decide to go that way anyway.

Pedroc1999 · 07 Nov 2012

thing is that the 6300 shows up to be much faster done the 5800k in cpubenchmarks.net(about 2000 point) so i would rather go for that any other opinions

Pedroc1999 · 07 Nov 2012

or is it a rly bad choice to choose 6300 over 5800k?

Pedroc1999 · 07 Nov 2012

just bumping up the thread:)

Solarstarshines · 07 Nov 2012

you will be ok with the 6300 fx chip AMD has improved loads since the Bulldozer failure

the APU isn't going to be as powerfull as the 6300 combination with a 6870 it will flat out trounce the apu

so he is better off going the original route

Pedroc1999 · 07 Nov 2012

i had a feeling that would come sooner or later

also what do you think of the other components like ram, psu, case and mobo

Solarstarshines · 07 Nov 2012

Everything else is sweet the PSU though I would get a little more high quality Corsair 600w would supply all you need GPU and overclocking Newegg.com - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply

if you can find something like this in your price range you should be good to go
this will get you the extra's in case you decide to go bigger in the future

6870 takes 500 watts PSU but little more would give you a smoother system

in GBP you will end up spending 56.00 GBP =89.99 US dollar http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-co...;to=USD;amt=56

Pedroc1999 · 07 Nov 2012

Ok I will look into these