Assitance with upgrade or new build

DazedNFused · 11 Apr 2014 at 08:54

Hi all,

I'm looking to upgrade or build a new PC. It's been while since my last build, so I am completely out our touch with latest tech. Im looking to spend about £500 on just a base unit, no need for peripherals etc.. I'll be playing dayz mainly.

I doubt any of the below will be reusable, except the power supply maybe?

Motherboard - ASUS PSQL Pro
Power supply - OCZ Technology 600w (ocz600sxs)
Ram - 4gb (2x2 gb crosshair ddr2)
CPU - Intel core 2 duo 2.66ghz
Graphics card - Radeon ax4650 1gbd2

Any assistance on spec out would be much appreciated.

Cheers

cmndr_andi · 11 Apr 2014 at 08:57

Hi there,

May I ask what case you have?
Also, do you have a DVD drive or OS which would be transferrable to a new system?

DazedNFused · 11 Apr 2014 at 09:04

Morning,

Good point. Yes the DVD is transferrable on new build so I am only looking for CPU, MB, RAM, HDD, GC and a PSU if the one above is no good - potentially a new case.

The case is a midi tower, I’ve had it about 15 years and it’s got no brand. Happy to reuse if needed but wouldn't mind a BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case. But I’m guessing this will drive up the price?

Will be using W7.

Thanks

altrewin · 11 Apr 2014 at 17:57

If you don't mind re-using your current case:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £131.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £127.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £65.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
1 x MSI H81M-P33 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £33.95
Total : £495.44 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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Doing one up with a prodigy in a sec.

altrewin · 11 Apr 2014 at 18:03

You lose quite a bit of bang for your buck adding a prodigy in. There's no SSD, also the 7770 is quite a bit slower than a 270 [Comparison]
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £131.99
1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £65.99
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £58.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
Total : £392.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).

t31os · 11 Apr 2014 at 18:22

Might want to check that DVD drive is Sata and not IDE, a lot of current gen boards don't include an IDE port.

You could open the budget a bit sticking with ATX for the case(plenty of options, Bitfenix Merc Alpha being one). You could also carry over the PSU, no reason to replace it whilst it's still in working order.

DazedNFused · 12 Apr 2014 at 06:50

Morning all,

Thanks for the build specs guys.

As I say if need be I can stick with my current case . Although I don't mind the beta and alpha models.

You may be right about the IDE DVD, I'll check when I get home later.

So if we say ignore the case and reuse PSU. Then what does that allow me to build spec wise?

Also, if the ssd doesn't add much to performance happy to use standard HDD.

Thanks in advance people, really appreciate the assistance here.

Thanks

DazedNFused · 12 Apr 2014 at 20:28

If possible would like a good spec for the prodigy. Can I use my power supply in it?

And a good spec with for a atx build. I'll use my psu and case.

Thanks guys

DazedNFused · 13 Apr 2014 at 00:23

see next post.

DazedNFused · 13 Apr 2014 at 09:17

Thoughts on this build, can it be improved with in this total cost, it would be nice to reduce it below £600?

1x OcUK Tech Labs - Xigmatek Aquila Micro-ATX Case - Black - Noise Dampened £91.99
1x Intel Core i5-3470 3.20GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £139.99
1x MSI H81M-E33 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £34.99
1x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/16X) £139.99
1x MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £127.99
1x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £19.99
1x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99

Total (+ Delivery) : £613.04

Thanks

DazedNFused · 13 Apr 2014 at 09:19

1x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/16X) - £139.99

RJC · 13 Apr 2014 at 09:41

Your cpu is not compatible with the motherboard, you will need this one:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £134.99
Total : £144.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

DazedNFused · 13 Apr 2014 at 09:46

Cool, thank you

Thoughts on build, is it as good as I can get it for this price range?

I'd like to order it all today, looking forward to putting it together, been years since I last built a PC

RJC · 13 Apr 2014 at 09:57

Do you need 16gb of ram, 8gb is plenty for most gamers - Kingston are doing a offer on 8gb sticks:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
Total : £54.65 (includes shipping : £7.25).

Rest is looking ok, case not sure on but its personal choice

RJC · 13 Apr 2014 at 10:01

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £134.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs - Xigmatek Aquila Micro-ATX Case - Black Windowed - Noise Dampened £91.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x MSI H81M-P33 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £33.95
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £19.99
Total : £564.95 (includes shipping : £11.75).

DazedNFused · 13 Apr 2014 at 10:17

No reason, other than just thought more is better than less

happy to take you lead.

Ill go with the last basket you added.

Aaprt from Network card, ill move router closer and use Ethernet. So just added this.

Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Can you just remind me, Retail on the processor means it comes with heatsink and paste right?

Cheers

RJC · 13 Apr 2014 at 10:20

Indeed, retail Haswell cpu's come with heatsink and paste pre-applied

DazedNFused · 13 Apr 2014 at 10:26

Excellent.

Thank you so much for your assistance.

Order placed

RJC · 13 Apr 2014 at 10:28

Nice, the ram is on pre-order for the 16th April

Tempted to order of myself

DazedNFused · 13 Apr 2014 at 11:14

Case is pre-order too

Fingers crossed its the same timescales, I want to have it up and running for the bank holiday weekend.