[Christmas Build] Need Help With £700 Build!

**Star|Track** · 12-11-2013

Hello,

This year for Christmas i am building one of my mates a computer his budget is around £700 and i was wondering what sort of parts you guys can come out with compared to what i came out with.
Preferably with the site address's too eg. dabs overclockers
I'm UK so also in pounds!

Thank you,Looking forward to what you guys come up with!

-Andy

Quick Edit i would like to water cool for my friend, but no preference as i think it just makes the whole pc look really cool.

**Lovroman** · 12-11-2013

You didn't mention for what is he going to use it ?

or

Yep, I'm AMD's fan so I went with AMD CPU.

Or incase you want to go with Intel solution:

Water cooling ?

**Star|Track** · 12-11-2013

Originally Posted by Lovroman

You didn't mention for what is he going to use it ?

or

Yep, I'm AMD's fan so I went with AMD CPU.

Or incase you want to go with Intel solution:

Water cooling ?

Gaming sorry, was hoping to get like a GTX 770 or the new 280x and some water cooling with an i5 (Intel Fan) but yeah, thanks for your help!

**Lovroman** · 12-11-2013

Originally Posted by Star|Track

Gaming sorry, was hoping to get like a GTX 770 or the new 280x and some water cooling with an i5 (Intel Fan) but yeah, thanks for your help!

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£156.94 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 74.4 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£59.50 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£84.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.40 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (£227.05 @ Dabs)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£58.98 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£68.39 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £757.24

Kinda goes over the budget plus I had to take out the SSD.

.
Non K i5 = smaller price + no OC -> there's no point of spending money on water cooling.
K i5 = bigger price etc..

**Star|Track** · 12-11-2013

Originally Posted by Lovroman

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£156.94 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 74.4 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£59.50 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£84.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.40 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (£227.05 @ Dabs)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£58.98 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£68.39 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £757.24

Kinda goes over the budget

.
Non K i5 = smaller price + no OC -> there's no point of spending money on water cooling.
K i5 = bigger price etc..

From what i have just read, that the AMD cpu's are generally better value for money so i think ill be going with AMD for sure, i said watercooling because it because it looks damn cool, but thankyou so much for the help!

**Star|Track** · 12-13-2013

Bump would like your guys opinions on what i should get thankyou! @Doc @Aborted @HalfBajan

**Jew** · 12-13-2013

get an 8320,h80i,and a 280x for main components.

**HalfBajan** · 12-13-2013

Originally Posted by Star|Track

Bump would like your guys opinions on what i should get thankyou! @Doc @Aborted @HalfBajan

I think @Lovroman 's build is great, I'm not too good with Pounds so i don't know what's a good price for stuff over there :l
Though I'd change the case depending on personal preference. Corsair can get a bit pricey.
I'd also get a 760/770 over the 280x (Even though I'm a huge AMD fan)
I have th 760 and they're developing software right now called GeForce experience which is great.
Has an inbuilt game recorder called shadowplay and the quality is (IMO) a lot better than fraps and the file sizes are quite small.
GeForce Experience Tweaks your Game Settings Automatically | GeForce

Also, I'd change the HDD to Western Digital (WD) because I've had nothing but bad experiences with seagate.

Other than that, it should all be pretty sweet

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£156.94 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 74.4 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£59.50 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£84.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.40 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (£227.05 @ Dabs)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£58.98 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£68.39 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £757.24

Kinda goes over the budget plus I had to take out the SSD..
Non K i5 = smaller price + no OC -> there's no point of spending money on water cooling.
K i5 = bigger price etc..

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