Hey all,
I'm doing one or two new builds this month (upgrading mine and building for a friend).
For my build I've currently got an I5-4690K waiting for a (mobo on the way), all good.
The parts I'm re-using from my current PC in another build are:
AMD FX-4300 3.6Ghz
Generic ATX Mobo
either 4 or 8gb RAM
The usual other stuff.
So, fistly, I have one GTX 760 Twin Forzor Edition, which I've overclocked nicely. I feel like using this in either my friends or dad's build would be overkill as neither of them game much and it's actually a very nice card. That leaves me with two options, keep it and get another to SLI with as it'd be a waste of the I5 otherwise (only issue here is they're discontinued so I'd have to ebay it), sell it and use the money + extra for a 970 (I'd rather avoid this, or re-use it).
Any thoughts on my builds would be great! I'm trying to be conservative as they really don't need to be beasts. Be brutal, I'm scottish, i can take it!
[B][U]Build 1:[/U][/B] - General use, perhaps light gaming (IE sims)
1. [url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-i3-4160-Processor-3-60GHz-Socket/dp/B00M0F0PR6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1447923309&sr=8-2&keywords=i3]I3-4160 Dual Core[/url]
2.[url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Radeon-GDDR5-Graphics-Express-DVI-D/dp/B00FSC513G/ref=sr_1_4?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1447923507&sr=1-4&keywords=amd] One of these[/url]
3.[url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GA-H81M-H-Motherboard-Micro-Socket/dp/B00IS69CFW]This[/url]
4. One of my spare 430W MATX PSU's likely
The rest I'll sort out as she wants, I'm really stumped by the graphics card, I'm relectant to spend 1/4 of the budget on a card that just wont get used properly. Perhaps the i3's onboard will be good enough?
[B][u]Build 2:[/u][/b] - General use, no photoshop and little to no gaming
1. [url=http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/review/budget-graphics-cards/msi-geforce-gt-730-2048mb-graphics-card-review-3599292/] One of these??? [/url]
2. My now spare AMD fx-4300
3. My soon to be spare M5A78L-M/USB3 MOBO
[b][u]My build[/u][/b] - hopefully
1. I5-4690K
2. GTX 760 Twin forzor SLI OC'd (so I'd only have to get one more, or a single 970 (money dependant)
3. [url]https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z97sslikraitedition] this [/url] - not the best choice, but for the price it's not bad at all and looks good. I really hate all those red one's
4. Seasonic X-Series 750W Modular Power Supply (already have this in current PC)
5. I'm not so savvy about RAM, but I'm reluctant to spend big bucks on some if I can get some for a bit less. I've currently got [url=https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/team-memory-tpd38g1600c11dc01]2x4 GB Team ELite+[/url] so another 4gb stick would be a good call I think.
Again I'll have to go through everything with him and add on stuff as they want. I'll probably do all mini ATX/cube builds, we'll see.
Sorry for the quick list, I'm not used to working on such low end needs so it's thrown me off somewhat. Perhaps having a dedicated GPU on the 1st build and the I3 on the second would be better? Thoughts would be much appreciated :)
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