My budget ebay Build

[TheDuke]

Hi guys, a while back i decided to build my new PC, this was a budget build so I had a cap of £650 for the whole build.every part listed below was won in an ebay auction to outbid must users i would have to stay up very late till 4 am sometimes to outbid them i get the purchase after weeks / months of doing this I finally had all the part and was ready to build my new rig below are all the parts, out of all the parts I did have to buy one item new and cut to size and that was the Color Perspex Acrylic Sheet Plastic Material Panel Cut to Size ( Translucent Black ) witch I used as a top dust cover it works very well

hope you like it if you have any question please feel free to comment below thanks #

MSI B85M-P33 - Socket 1150 Motherboard - Micro ATX

MSI GeForce GTX 670 (2048 M (N670GTXPE2GD5/OC) Graphics Card

Seasonic S12G-650 650W 80+ Gold Certified PSU

be quiet! Pure Rock BK009 CPU Cooler with 120mm Fan

Corsair Obsidian Series 350D Performance Micro ATX Case with Windowed side panel

Intel Core i5 4670K - 3.4 GHz Quad-Core (BX80646I54670K) Processor ( O/C 4.2 )

Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB 2X4GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz PC3-12800 LP Desktop

Corsair Air Series AF120 LED Blue Quiet Edition High Airflow 120mm Fan Dual Fans

OS - Team Ultra-L5 SSD 120GB

Storage Drives - WD Green 4TB, WD Green 3TB ( I wish they where the blue or black ones, but this is a budget build )


Extra

4 Pin ATX EPS 30cm PSU Extension Cable Black Blue Sleeved Power Supply

6 Pin Black Blue 34cm PCIE PSU Extension Cable Sleeved Power Supply x2

24 Pin ATX PSU 34cm Extension Cable Black Blue Sleeved Power Supply

Molex to 3 x 3 pin Fan Adapter 7v Black Sleeved Extension Power Cable Modding

Round Sata 3 Cable - Right Angle Black - 45cm x3

25CM Blue LED Flexible PC Computer Case Adhesive Strip

Color Perspex Acrylic Sheet Plastic Material Panel Cut to Size ( Translucent Black )

Square Rubber Feet Black Self Adhesive

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[JLR]

Nice looking rig, Ive got a Be Quiet Dark Rock Cooler, they are great cant hear mine.

 

[TheDuke]

@JLR Thanks mate, I was going to get the Be quiet Dark Rock cooler but as this case is the Corsair Obsidian Series 350D the height of the cooler when fitted does not fit this case its 10mm to high so I had to get the
be quiet! Pure Rock BK009 CPU Cooler, not my first choice as it was not black in color but aluminum.... after research I bought some stove spray paint and painted it black ... and it does not effect the CPU Cooling at all my CPU temp even when over clocked to 4.2 it still remains at 30c / 32c

 

[WYP]

This is a fantastic rig, it goes to show how far you can stretch a budget on ebay.

Could we see some more pictures.

 

[TheDuke]

Hi Watsyerproblem thanks mate, as you requested I have post a second photo of the case this time with a better camera

 

[Chrisflys]

Very well done. I too go through ebay a lot for parts

 

[Google]

Wow, This is really good with that budget
Uhm sir, wanna ask some question... Why you choose GTX 670? Any reason? or is it just because of bid?
Well, I'm just curious
Thanks

 

[EddWills95]

Well done mate eBay can really be you're friend and help you get into the pc world

Great job. Looks really clean too.

 

[Wargod56]

Really cool, how much do you think you saved by going through ebay and were any of the parts secondhand?

 

[Agamemnon]

Wow, This is really good with that budget
Uhm sir, wanna ask some question... Why you choose GTX 670? Any reason? or is it just because of bid?
Well, I'm just curious
Thanks

I think the gtx 670 was a really good choice, if I was looking for a graphics card for a budget build gtx 670 would be my choice, have seen them going for 100 pounds buy it now, price to performance is insane. Not a worthwile upgrade to my gtx 580 though (also bought from ebay two years ago for 120 pounds)

 

[JLR]

@JLR Thanks mate, I was going to get the Be quiet Dark Rock cooler but as this case is the Corsair Obsidian Series 350D the height of the cooler when fitted does not fit this case its 10mm to high so I had to get the
be quiet! Pure Rock BK009 CPU Cooler, not my first choice as it was not black in color but aluminum.... after research I bought some stove spray paint and painted it black ... and it does not effect the CPU Cooling at all my CPU temp even when over clocked to 4.2 it still remains at 30c / 32c

Nice work on the paint job, if you hadn't of said I would be none the wiser.

 

[TheDuke]

Wow, This is really good with that budget
Uhm sir, wanna ask some question... Why you choose GTX 670? Any reason? or is it just because of bid?
Well, I'm just curious
Thanks

After many hours researching and asking friends for advice I decided to pick the MSI GeForce GTX 670 (2048 M (N670GTXPE2GD5/OC) Graphics Card..Ideally wanted a Card that would stay cool when I'm gaming and be within my budget range of £100 as it stands this card has not let me down once it plays all the new games on ultra setting and performance incredible well,at idle the GPU is at 26c at max it has never gone over 57c.
I was also lucky to find that this card was on eBay and I got it for £98.50 with free P+P, if you're interested you can find a nice review of my card here http://www.kitguru.net/components/g...tx-670-power-edition-oc-twin-frozr-iv-review/

 

[Google]

I think the gtx 670 was a really good choice, if I was looking for a graphics card for a budget build gtx 670 would be my choice, have seen them going for 100 pounds buy it now, price to performance is insane. Not a worthwile upgrade to my gtx 580 though (also bought from ebay two years ago for 120 pounds)

Yeah, that's great... the card maybe old but if You got it with cheap price...why not? =))

After many hours researching and asking friends for advice I decided to pick the MSI GeForce GTX 670 (2048 M (N670GTXPE2GD5/OC) Graphics Card..Ideally wanted a Card that would stay cool when I'm gaming and be within my budget range of £100 as it stands this card has not let me down once it plays all the new games on ultra setting and performance incredible well,at idle the GPU is at 26c at max it has never gone over 57c.
I was also lucky to find that this card was on eBay and I got it for £98.50 with free P+P, if you're interested you can find a nice review of my card here http://www.kitguru.net/components/g...tx-670-power-edition-oc-twin-frozr-iv-review/

Oh wow dat price
Well, so it's just about the budget then... just curious why you choose an old card but
hmm... this ebay thing seems interesting
Ok then thank you sir :beerchug:

 

[joca94]

@TheDuke
This is budget PC? O_O
This is awesome!
I would have went with AMD over Nvidia though, but its mostly up to people`s personal choice.

 

[Wraith]

Kudos to you dude, this is awesome and I can relate 100% with you on budget building, my last system was a budget build and the appreciation I had for it was massive and the sense of achievement that went with it was just as high. You've done an exceptional job stretching your budget and you've been extremely savvy with brands too.. further kudos for that. Also it's executed in such a clean and tasteful manner which just tops it all off. Very well done.

 

[Gripen90]

That is an insanely nice build ! I'd love to have that one, and I'm absolutely in love with that black BeQuiet CPU cooler.

 

[Donok]

Amazing job getting all that for £650

 

[TheDuke]

Hi everyone, 3 years on now and my budget PC is still going strong, last week tho I decided to upgrade a few new items, I paid the going price for them so this has nothing to do with my original budget build, but I thought I would share it here none the less, I upgrade the GPU to - Gigabyte AORUS GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6GB, and I updated 3 fan to RGB ones - Corsair LL Series LL120 RGB 120mm.
so currently my system looks like this now

 

[tiagojcp]

I thought this was a recent thread, so it was very strange to not see any pictures.
But you made some pretty good choices in the beginning, so this recent upgrade, besides making a big difference in gaming performance (rgb of course), just fits like a glove.