Amazon PC Build!?!?!???

PolarisTR

Member
Hello!

I came here last week regarding a video/editing build and was happy enough I purchased it the next day (Order is currently day 4 of processing!!! Can't wait!!!!).

My friend came to me with a £550 budget (Strict, no room for going over) for a gaming PC with some parts he found on Amazon. I have a few questions that can hopefully be answered tonight / tomorrow before he goes ahead and purchases it.

As previously mentioned, he told me he wants a gaming rig which also serves him to record gaming footage. But I believe general gaming takes precedence here (I know he plays CS:GO, Dota and DAYZ).

He also told me he strictly wants an Nvidia graphics (For Shadowplay). He already has a 1TB mechanical drive; Operating System and Disk Drives

So:

1. Can you come up with any improvements with reasons?

2. Can you find a build suitable for PCS ( He said he didn't want to go down the route of PCS but we can convince him? Right? )

Many thanks, here we go!

Case: Corsair CC-9011075-WW Carbide Series 100R

Extra Case Fans: Corsair Air Series AF120-LED 120mm Quiet Edition High Airflow LED Fan - Blue (Dual Pack)

Processor: Intel i5 4460 Quad Core Processor (Not OC'd)

Operating System Drive: Kingston Technology 120 GB Solid State Drive 2.5 inch V300 SATA 3

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master RR-TX3E-22PK-R1 Hyper TX3 Evo

Graphics Card: ASUS GTX 950 STRIX OC Edition

RAM: HyperX FURY Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3 1866 MHz

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel LGA1150 Z97 ATX Motherboard

PSU: 600W Corsair CXM Builder Series Modular ATX/EPS Power Supply Unit

Total Price: £537.86


Many thanks for the input, I really appreciate it :D
 
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Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
I think we're generally supposed to avoid commenting on competitor builds on these forums. But as what you're basically asking is for a £550 gaming system with a 120gb V300 SSD and no OS required:

Case
PCS DOMINATOR 6806B BLACK CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-6500 (3.2GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® H110M-D D3: Micro-ATX, LG1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB Kingston DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item
FREE RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER with NVIDIA GeFORCE GTX 960 GPUs!
1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON V300 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
INTEL STANDARD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Quantity
1
Price: £548.00 including VAT and delivery.
Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-skylake-home-office-pc/STuHuNc0XE/

Obviously you can do the comparing yourself for all the various components, CPUs, GPUs, PSUs, cooling, cases etc etc. There's no shortage of info available on the web. :)
CPUs: http://ark.intel.com/compare/88184,80817
i5 6500: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...kylake-i5-6500-i5-6400-i3-6100-review-10.html
Sample GPU benchmarks: http://www.eteknix.com/nvidia-gtx-950-round-up-review-four-cards-go-head-to-head/11/
 
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