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Gaming Budget Build £600 Advice needed

DBirky

Junior Member
Hello, I plan to build this rig, I have done a little bit of research on different parts and things but its all still new to me, so I would just like some advise on my planned build if thats okay? Thank you.
I'm intending it being a budget gaming machine, although nothing too strenuous, mainly league or legends or some mmo's. I first planned a build based on high end components and realised that I probably don't need a machine that powerful for what I want to do. So I looked at lower more budgeted parts instead. Here are the parts I'm pondering about:

CPU- AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard- Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard
RAM - Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
HDD- Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
GPU - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB Video Card
Case - Xigmatek ASGARD PRO (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
PSU - Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply
CD/ DVD - Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)

(The PSU I think maybe i could get away with 500w?)
I'm just a bit unsure if it will all work together and if there are better alternatives that I could use, so I would appreciate any feedback anyone has, Thank you very much!
I forgot to mention : I plan on hooking this up to my HD TV if that would be possible, I've looked up about it and think I can via my GPU, through a HDMI cable ? Hmmm not too sure on this, I wasnt able to find a concrete answer. . Thank you.
 
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Yes it's all compatible.
Yes you will be able to use your TV as the system's display.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...-roundup-asus-evga-gigabyte-galaxy-msi-8.html
This review shows a system using and Intel Core i7-3960X @ 4.5GHz and GIGABYTE GV-N65TBOC-2GD drawing 301W at the wall under Unigine Valley. The processor they used has a higher TDP than the FX 6300 and it was heavily overclocked, so the power consumption of your system under the same load would be lower. Based on that I think you could easily run your system on a 450W PSU.

A good alternative to the CX500 - which I assume you would choose, if you decided to go for a lower wattage unit - is the Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 450W, which has the advantages of being more efficient (80 PLUS Gold vs 80 PLUS Bronze), having higher quality capacitors (Japanese vs Chinese/Taiwanese), a ball bearing fan (vs sleeve) and a longer warranty (5 years v 3).
(£50 @ Ebuyer / Free delivery)
http://www.ebuyer.com/545508-coolermaster-silent-pro-gold-450w-rs450-80gaj3-uk

The only way I can think to improve the build, without increasing the cost, is to spend less money on the motherboard and more on the GPU, which means that you will have better gaming performance.
 
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