£400 Build - Hardware & Software

Hey, i want to build a gaming PC to play company of heroes 2, i don't need Hard Drive or windows, the budget is £400 GBP. It's for my old man so it shouldn't matter about going mad.

[url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3ZXJTW]PCPartPicker part list[/url] / [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3ZXJTW/by_merchant/]Price breakdown by merchant[/url] [b]CPU:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i34150]Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor[/url] (£83.99 @ Ebuyer) [b]Motherboard:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z97p]Asus Z97-P ATX LGA1150 Motherboard[/url] (£68.36 @ Scan.co.uk) [b]Memory:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-ct2kit51264ba160b]Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory[/url] (£56.50 @ Ebuyer) [b]Video Card:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/palit-video-card-ne5x75ts13411073f]Palit GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB StormX OC Video Card[/url] (£92.99 @ Amazon UK) [b]Case:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/zalman-case-z11]Zalman Z11 ATX Mid Tower Case[/url] (£38.99 @ Ebuyer) [b]Power Supply:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cs450m]Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply[/url] (£43.00 @ CCL Computers) [b]Optical Drive:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-optical-drive-sh224dbbebe]Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer[/url] (£10.46 @ Aria PC) [b]Total:[/b] £394.29 [i]Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available[/i] [i]Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-09 17:33 GMT+0000[/i] This do the job? It doesn't include a monitor, keyboard or mouse but I dont know if you wanted that included

Easily, yes sorry for leaving that detail out, we already have a monitor, keyboard and mouse. Thanks.

It's a hair over budget, but will offer better performance. The Z97 board is pointless as you cannot overclock the chosen CPU. I also always recommend RAM with a heatsink. The PSU is of better quality, and the GPU will offer better performance. [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7nFHJx]PCPartPicker part list[/url] / [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7nFHJx/by_merchant/]Price breakdown by merchant[/url] [b]CPU:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i34130]Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor[/url] (£78.79 @ Aria PC) [b]Motherboard:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-h97pcmate]MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard[/url] (£59.96 @ Scan.co.uk) [b]Memory:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-bls2k4g3d169ds3]Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory[/url] (£57.99 @ Amazon UK) [b]Video Card:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r9270acdfc]XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card[/url] (£107.12 @ Scan.co.uk) [b]Case:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-200r]Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case[/url] (£43.48 @ Aria PC) [b]Power Supply:[/b] [url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1650xxxb9]XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply[/url] (£62.77 @ CCL Computers) [b]Total:[/b] £410.11 [i]Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available[/i] [i]Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-11 21:27 GMT+0000[/i]

[QUOTE=Levelog;46465806]I also always recommend RAM with a heatsink.[/QUOTE] The only type of memory that really needed a heatsink was Rambus. Heatsinks on DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 are almost always superficial unless they're running at non-standard higher voltages or really tight timings.

[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;46469516]The only type of memory that really needed a heatsink was Rambus. Heatsinks on DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 are almost always superficial unless they're running at non-standard higher voltages or really tight timings.[/QUOTE] I still recommend them nonetheless as at most it's a couple bucks. Any sort of fancy heatsink is pointless, but I still would just spend the small amount of money to be safe.

The power supply is massive for that build isn't it? I have an i5 4670k and a 770, and i only use a 500w

Price wise there's nothing really of that quality for less.