Hello,
So I've recently (tried to) build a new PC because he wanted a new one. He gave me a budget of 850 euros and this is what I came up with:
[IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/25z3uvn.png[/IMG]
is there anything I should change in this build? I must really stay below the 850 euros. I'm also not willing to purchase from many different sites because shipping costs will be high.
links
CPU --> [url]http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/details.html?showTecData=true&cmd=showTecData&artno=HD2A48[/url]
MOBO --> [url]https://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Moederborden_Socket_AM3/GigaByte/GA-770TA-UD3/-1083018/?[/url]
PSU --> [url]https://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Voedingen_tot_600_Watt/Cooler_Master/Silent_Pro_M_600W/-1070643/?[/url]
Monitor --> [url]https://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Monitoren_23_Inch/Acer/V233HAB/-1083085/?[/url]
Graphics card --> [url]https://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Grafische_kaarten_ATI_Radeon_HD4000/XFX/HD4850_625M/-1085159/?[/url]
RAM --> [url]https://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Geheugen_DDR3-1066/GeIL/3_GB_DDR3-1066_Tri-Kit/-1083625/?[/url]
Case --> [url]https://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Behuizingen_Midi_Tower/Antec/Antec_Six_Hundred____________________ATX/-1081519/?[/url]
DVD drive --> [url]https://www.alternate.nl/html/product/DVD-reWriters_IDE/LG/GH-22NP20/-1071047/?[/url]
HDD --> [url]https://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Harddisks_3,5_inch_SATA/Western_Digital/WD10EARS/-1083341/?[/url]
also, he will do normal gaming, not very high end games, just most likely games like Modern Warfare 2 maybe.
I'm also not very sure about the ram, I'd like to go for a 2x2gb ocz one, but it'll go over the budget.
You shouldn't be getting a tri-kit. AM3 uses two sticks of ram afaik, so you absolutely need to get a 2x2gb kit, unless you want one stick just laying around doing jack shit.
Also, I've never heard of the brand of RAM you're using, so I'd say you're better off with a cheaper G.Skill or something else.
[editline]03:57PM[/editline]
So if you must, either buy this [URL="http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Geheugen_DDR3-1066/GeIL/2_GB_DDR3-1066_Kit/-1062410/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Geheugen&l2=DDR3&l3=DDR3-1066"]http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Geheugen_DDR3-1066/GeIL/2_GB_DDR3-1066_Kit/-1062410/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Geheugen&l2=DDR3&l3=DDR3-1066[/URL].
Or this [URL="http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Geheugen_DDR3-1066/Kingston_ValueRAM/4_GB_DDR3-1066_Kit/-1070340/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Geheugen&l2=DDR3&l3=DDR3-1066"]http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Geheugen_DDR3-1066/Kingston_ValueRAM/4_GB_DDR3-1066_Kit/-1070340/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Geheugen&l2=DDR3&l3=DDR3-1066[/URL], and possibly swap something else for something cheaper to compensate for price.
[editline]03:58PM[/editline]
[URL="http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Behuizingen_Midi_Tower/Antec/Three_Hundred/-1075491/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Behuizingen&l2=Midi+Tower"]http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Behuizingen_Midi_Tower/Antec/Three_Hundred/-1075491/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Behuizingen&l2=Midi+Tower[/URL] And here you go, a cheaper case if you want to get the Kingston 2x2Gb.
The RAM brand is fine but you will need a dual channel kit.
Also get this HDD:
[url=http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Harddisks_3,5_inch_SATA/Samsung/HD103SJ/-1080138/?]Samsung Spinpoint F3[/url]
Other than that and the ram the build seems pretty good although you probably should change the case to make it fit the budget(the Antec 300 that bandgeek suggested is pretty good for the price).
Alright then, I'll make it a 4gb kingston ram out of it and swap the cases.
But I'm not really happy with the case, I have an antec 300 myself but I don't really like the way it looks. Ofcourse the look is not that important, but perhaps there's a case that fits within the budget but looks a bit better? It won't get overclocked so a very good airflow isn't necessary.
[editline]07:47PM[/editline]
If there are no proper alternatives, I'll just stick with the antec 300 then.
[URL=http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Behuizingen_Midi_Tower/Cooler_Master/CM_690/-1065800/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Behuizingen&l2=Midi+Tower]Best[/URL]
Or
[URL=http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Behuizingen_Midi_Tower/Cooler_Master/Centurion_5/-1042306/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Behuizingen&l2=Midi+Tower&l3=Cooler+Master+CM+690&l4=Antec+VSK-2000]Cheaper[/URL]
alright, I'll let him choose then, thanks for the answers
I would get a mobo with crossfire support for future upgrades.
Just slam in another 50€ 4850 after a year and you are good to go.
Well, i'm not very good at choosing motherboards, I just check the compitability with cpu and whether the psu cables are compitable. Xfire is not necessary anyway unless I can find a decent mobo with 2xpcie 16x slots. I am used to gigabytes, but they have weird xfire problems like if you use usb3 , you can't have 2*16x speed. I'm not really sure which brands are good.
Any suggestions? No overclocking will be done.
[url]http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Moederborden_Socket_AM3/GigaByte/GA-870A-UD3/-1085807/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Moederborden&l2=AMD&l3=Socket+AM3[/url]
This is the exact same board as yours safe for the Crossfire support.
Lacks one PCI port but replaces that with a pci-e port.
Apparently also alcks an IDE controller but you wont use that anyway since it has been replaced by SATA.
Well I the DVD-drive was actually an ide one, I'll find a sata one then
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