Build Advice

[shadow_k]

1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Games (LOL, Assassin creed 5, CIV 5 CS etc.) and basic usage
2. What YOUR budget is. £600
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from. UK
4. IF you're buying parts OUTSIDE the US, please post a link to the vendor you'll be buying from.
Amazon
Ebuyer
Scan
overclockers
pcpartspicker
5. IF YOU have a brand preference. Nope
6. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are. Optical Drive and 1TB HDD
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds. Default
8. What resolution, not monitor size, will you be using? 1080p
9. WHEN do you plan to build it? Will purchase parts next week

X. Do you need to purchase any software to go with the system, such as Windows or Blu Ray playback software? Nope

Need advice some advice on motherboard and PSU. Heard Asrock motherboard develops fault and not sure if PSU will be able to handle the system comfortably.

Noise is another concern and what componet should i replace or add to reduce it. Have £70 extra till i range reach my budget. Dont think i need a better graphics card.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£139.53 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£63.00) @Ebuyer
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£52.18 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card (£119.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.75 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.34 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (Purchased For £0.00)
Total: £522.78

 

[mfenn]

You list is solid with reliable and well balanced in terms of PSU and GPU. If you want to spend another £70, then a good upgrade would be an R9 280 3GB for £156 and the 600W version of the Corsair CX series for £56 to handle the additional power draw of the R9 280. The R9 270X is good for many current games, but the extra horsepower and VRAM of the R9 280 will add longevity to the system.

Additionally, the 256GB MX100 is the sweet spot right now in erms of price since it's only 80 for double the capacity. 128GB is certainly workable since you'll have another HDD, but having a 256GB drive allows you to put 3-5 games on the SSD for quick load times.

 

[shadow_k]

Update

Made some changes and also found a Gigabyte H97 HD3 for £7 more should i replace the Asrock motherboard with it? The total price isnt perfect due to some componets not available in PCpartspicker

There is hardly any reviews for either of these two motherboard but the Gigabyte motherboard looks cleaner and might be easier to install but not sure.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£139.53 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£63.00)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£74.39 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280 3GB DirectCU II Video Card (£155)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.75 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£48.33 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (Purchased For £0.00)
Total: £585.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

[mfenn]

The two boards are very similar, but the ASRock has the edge because it has a better audio chip (ALC892 versus ALC887) and a better NIC (Intel versus Realtek).

 

[shadow_k]

Just finished building it. Made some minor changes such as replacing the case with fractal desgin R4 and holding out on the GPU, Going to get a GTX 970.

Having some issues with the onboard sound on the motherboard cant seem to get it working. Have installed the drivers and also on the bios setting i have onboard sound to enable instead of auto. The front and back audio works with headphones. Any help please.

The motherboard

 

[Cerb]

If it's on, and works with headphones...what's it not working with?

 

[shadow_k]

If it's on, and works with headphones...what's it not working with?

Basically i want sound to come out from my motherboard without me having to plug in any headphones or speakers.

 

[Yuriman]

Basically i want sound to come out from my motherboard without me having to plug in any headphones or speakers.

This is highly confusing to me.

 

[Cerb]

Basically i want sound to come out from my motherboard without me having to plug in any headphones or speakers.

Sound needs to be physically produced by a moving object, which the motherboard does not have any of. The onboard sound outputs are just AC voltages.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Basically i want sound to come out from my motherboard without me having to plug in any headphones or speakers.

Uhh, wow, just wow.

Sorry to break it to you, but unless you want to wire up a cranial implant and plug it into the "Line Out" port, you're going to need either Speakers or Headphones to reproduce sound.

Edit: A refurbished HP DC5800 slimline desktop, appears to have speakers built-in to the chassis, meaning, that you can get sound from the case without plugging in external speakers. They run from $90 on up, with Windows 7 pre-installed. Check Newegg.

 

[shadow_k]

Ahh i see now. I always used a prebuild Dell desktop and that had sound coming out somewhere in the motherboard or the case without me physically having to connect any headphone or speakers into the headphone jacks.

Thanks everyone for your help. The computer is blazing fast.

 

[Cerb]

Ahh i see now. I always used a prebuild Dell desktop and that had sound coming out somewhere in the motherboard or the case without me physically having to connect any headphone or speakers into the headphone jacks.

Those that do that have a PC speaker (the one that beeps on bootup) that's bigger than normal in the case, and doubles as a mono speaker for the onboard audio. As far as desktops go, only a portion of them from the big vendors have that implemented.