TheXRacer's PC rebuild

TheXRacer · September 21, 2013

Naturally for a PC gamer, I'm feeling the need for more power and to be entirely honest I had very little of it to start off with. Check my profile if you'd like to see what I mean. This comes after suffering rather substantial frame rate issues on various titles and wishing to 'get with the times' so to speak after witnessing the announcement of the next-gen consoles.

Moving onward, I have another issue. I don't have a job at the moment, my income is mostly bank transfers from parents, relatives etc. for large occasions or otherwise. This means that I have a minimal budget(of about 300 to 400 sterling and no higher) and as such I shall be re-cycling/re-using much of my old rig.

Below is my shopping list thus far, if anyone can suggest improvements/upgrades or better deals, post them and I'll be sure to look into them.

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[TD]Parts found on Computer Hardware - Scan.co.uk

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[TD]Component[/TD]

[TD]Name[/TD]

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[TD]Cost Per Unit[/TD]

[TD]Sub-Total[/TD]

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[TD]Motherboard[/TD]

[TD]Asus M5A78L AM3+[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]£63.34[/TD]

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[TD]Processor:[/TD]

[TD]AMD FX 4350 4.2 GHz 12MB Cache[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]£95.32[/TD]

[TD]£158.66[/TD]

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[TD]RAM:[/TD]

[TD]Corsair 4GB DDR3 (2x2GB) 1333MHz[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]£34.08[/TD]

[TD]£192.74[/TD]

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[TD]PSU:[/TD]

[TD]Storm Silent LPK19-35 700W[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]£21.24[/TD]

[TD]£213.98[/TD]

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[TD]GPU:[/TD]

[TD]EVGA GeForce GTX 650 2GB Superclocked[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]£114.78[/TD]

[TD]£328.76[/TD]

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All remaining parts(Including the case, which I shall be getting a replacement cooling fan for) shall be taken from my current build, again available for viewing(or scrutiny, depending on who you are) on my profile.

When I do eventually get my filthy hands on those parts, this will turn into an upgrade/re-build thread, complete with plenty of images and a run through of what I am doing in each. That may be a while away though.