What are your honest thoughts?

basketbalkidd · Sep 20, 2013

Guys, i really want a good gaming pc, that is around £900, what are your honest thoughts?

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/shawnshibu123/saved/2qm2

tiny voices · Sep 20, 2013

PSU is no good. Stick with antec, XFX, Corsair, Seasonic.

Everything else looks good to go. Should play everything at high/max.

Onus · Sep 20, 2013

I'm not sure about the PSU, one way or another. The few reviews of Fractal Design PSUs I found were all good, although for a single HD7950, a 550W PSU would be enough.
The vanilla Samsung 840 has somewhat slow [write] performance; HardOCP dinged it pretty hard in their review. The 840 EVO or 840 PRO would be better choices.
You're wasting a little money on an inferior CPU cooler. That isn't saying it is bad, but it is inferior to the less well known Xigmatek Gaia, which costs less:
http://www.techreaction.net/2011/07/07/review-xigmatek-gaia-sd1283/7/
http://www.techreaction.net/2011/11/27/review-cooler-master-hyper-212-plus/4/

Unlike the Hyper212 EVO (ignore the URL; it IS the EVO they tested), the Gaia never throttled, although it wasn't always the coolest depending on the fan used. Both got awards, but if you factor in the price, the Gaia wins hands down. I use them on my systems, and they work well.

ssddx · Sep 20, 2013

get a different brand psu. pcp&c, seasonic, corsair hx series or xfx. 550w is probably sufficient but if you want to crossfire in the future you want something larger.

the samsung 840 pro or 840 evo are better choices however they cost more as well. the standard 840 isnt a bad drive either. any of them are FAR FAR FAR better than any other manufacturer in terms of reliability (with the exception of intel which also makes good ssd drives).

get a caviar black hdd not the blue. it has a 5 year warranty the blue doesnt.

edogawa · Sep 20, 2013

I made some changes(pretty much same suggestions as "ssddx" posted above):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£116.85 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60.21 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£77.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£64.42 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£199.99 @ Novatech)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.70 @ Scan.co.uk)
Monitor: AOC i2367Fh 60Hz 23.0" Monitor (£129.99 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Gigabyte GK-KM6150 Wired Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£8.49 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £908.59
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-20 19:42 BST+0100)

This should be a solid build for you and handle at game at 1080P well. If you do an AMD build and want to SLI later than I would suggest a higher wattage power supply(650-700)

Onus · Sep 20, 2013

If the Gaia is not available to you, see if NZXT's 120mm tower-style cooler is available. All of these coolers offer similar performance, so buying CM you're going to pay for a name, not better performance. Otherwise it looks better.

ssddx · Sep 20, 2013

to be perfectly honest.... for a gaming system you dont even need a ssd (it doesnt improve game performance). you would be better off spending the extra cash upgrading from that 7950 or gtx760 to something like a 7970 ghz editon or gtx770

edogawa · Sep 20, 2013

Why wouldn't you want a SSD even for a gaming system? It makes everything overall feel more snappier and load faster.

tiny voices · Sep 20, 2013

Honestly I bought an SSD and sold it because it was a waste of money for me. As someone who sleeps their computer and doesn't shut it down often at all, I saw no real difference in the system performance vs. a 7200RPM HDD.

Yes games loaded faster, but I would sacrifice the DDS for gaming performance like GPU. Or for a better motherboard and case anyday.

Onus · Sep 20, 2013

On the flip side, I put SSDs in all of my systems now, but then I don't just game on them, so application start times matter more to me. Game level-load times (e.g. on respawns or instance changes) will be faster with a SSD also.

ssddx · Sep 20, 2013

i personally use a ssd for everything as well (i have a 512gb 840 pro) however to get the best bang for the buck its better off upgrading the gpu with the extra cash instead of blowing it on a ssd.

a better gpu will improve your fps a ssd will not.

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