1st build prospective parts list!

[Josrey]

Hey guys just wanted to get some opinions on this parts list whether it's any good whether I could cut cost for equal performance or change parts of a similar price for better performance anyway let me know.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£55.03 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard (£77.94 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£39.89 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£31.19 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card (£154.75 @ More Computers)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case (£36.75 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£39.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £434.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-19 11:26 BST+0100

 

[SPS]

What is the purpose of this build?
It's hard to provide any advice if we do not know what the machine is going to be used for.

 

[Josrey]

Sorry I forgot to put that in but it would be a gaming PC my transition from console gaming to PC gaming. I am also thinking of changing the case to one that supports full ATX motherboards as well as the mini ITX boards so I can upgrade in the future without having to buy a new case. Many thanks in advance.

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

I'd suggest you move to an ATX or mATX case and get a bigger motherboard swap that RAM with 2 modules of 4GB

 

[cooperman]

For the money i'd rather have this (at least you have a upgrade path the mobo will take a cheap fast xeon quad core with HT with ease and the case will fit any gpu even a 7990)

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/dHfGzy

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor (£86.32 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£43.28 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£39.99 @ Dabs)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.60 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 285 2GB DUAL-X Video Card (£159.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£28.07 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.40 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £445.25

 

[Josrey]

Thanks for your responses but I do wanna go for the AMD processor due to the higher amount of cores and with more games and programs taking advantage of more cores it will have the advantage also I love AMD and with that motherboard having built in wifi is a great thing the things I really wanna know is the RAM, PSU and the HDD because I already have an SSD out of my laptop for the OS

 

[cooperman]

Thanks for your responses but I do wanna go for the AMD processor due to the higher amount of cores and with more games and programs taking advantage of more cores it will have the advantage also I love AMD and with that motherboard having built in wifi is a great thing the things I really wanna know is the RAM, PSU and the HDD because I already have an SSD out of my laptop for the OS

The individual components still stand if you whant AMD or Intel
1 the XFX 550w is a seasonic with a sticker on it and is a better psu with more power (the low end evga is shoddy and dosent keep within its %80 efficiency range)

EVGA 500w ---> http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&file=print&reid=351

XFX 550w ----> http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story3&reid=225

2 The Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB is the best price to performance and reliable drive you can buy rigth now-anless you go for a HGST deskstar/made by hitachi underlisence of Western Digital (more expencive)

3 The N200 case is possibly the best low budget M-ATX case you can buy for £30 and under offering full water cooling upgrade options and space for any gpu ever made as well as being small and functional in your price bracket (a video of the case is below)

4 the R9 285 over the R9 280(its a HD 7950) the 285 offers more perfomance and has DX12/True audio/lower power consumption and freesync over the now droped by AMD ageing HD7950(R9 280) that has none of these features

5 the Corsair Vengeance 8GB kit is a no nonsense pretty much bomb proof cheap kit and has excellent performance and customer service (i'd pick G Skill over them but its not in your budget anless you find a sale)

I hope this has helped you out

 

[Josrey]

The individual components still stand if you whant AMD or Intel
1 the XFX 550w is a seasonic with a sticker on it and is a better psu with more power (the low end evga is shoddy and dosent keep within its %80 efficiency range)

EVGA 500w ---> http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&file=print&reid=351

XFX 550w ----> http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story3&reid=225

2 The Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB is the best price to performance and reliable drive you can buy rigth now-anless you go for a HGST deskstar/made by hitachi underlisence of Western Digital (more expencive)

3 The N200 case is possibly the best low budget M-ATX case you can buy for £30 and under offering full water cooling upgrade options and space for any gpu ever made as well as being small and functional in your price bracket (a video of the case is below)

4 the R9 285 over the R9 280(its a HD 7950) the 285 offers more perfomance and has DX12/True audio/lower power consumption and freesync over the now droped by AMD ageing HD7950(R9 280) that has none of these features

5 the Corsair Vengeance 8GB kit is a no nonsense pretty much bomb proof cheap kit and has excellent performance and customer service (i'd pick G Skill over them but its not in your budget anless you find a sale)

I hope this has helped you out

Honestly this has been the most helpful answer straight to the point and very helpful many thanks

Posts merged - Please do not double post

From the suggestions made by cooperman I have done this what do you think,

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/8qksFT

 

[Josrey]

Right after talking to some people on another topic about my gpu http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=71577

I have come up with this new list?
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/TDZ9dC
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/TDZ9dC/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£52.00 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M EXTREME4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£51.46 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£42.73 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£39.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card (£169.09 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£28.55 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.18 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £454.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-05 18:37 BST+0100

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

Just try to get a motherboard with VRM cooling if you want your system to overclock and last a fairly long time