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Earlier this year; during the summer I built my 'affordable-dream' system for use at my mums house; believing that my 2 year old laptop would be okay for my dads. That was not the case.
It suffers from all kinds of problems, mostly relating to outdated graphics and poor cooling solutions. No More! I have decided to start planning my next build which I hope to be complete before or at Christmas.
The 2nd system will be used purely for gaming &:
Must be capable of running bf4 on high, as the other system can(according to benchmarks).
Must Include a SSD for similar booting times as other system.
Must
Price cannot exceed £955
Case must be Phenom (micro or mini)
Here is what i have come up with so far
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1M2Vi
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1M2Vi/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1M2Vi/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£182.99 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX_BL 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£50.96 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£105.54 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: PNY XLR8 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£38.16 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£63.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 4GB Video Card (£210.98 @ Dabs)
Case: BitFenix Phenom M Arctic White MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£85.45 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£91.00 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £869.07
Alternatively;
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1M3j3
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1M3j3/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1M3j3/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£182.99 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX_BK 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£50.96 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87E-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£127.75 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.27 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£124.98 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£198.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: BitFenix Phenom Arctic White Mini ITX Tower Case (£80.45 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£91.00 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £952.39
I am open to any suggestions and/or questions (if i didn't properly cover something).
It suffers from all kinds of problems, mostly relating to outdated graphics and poor cooling solutions. No More! I have decided to start planning my next build which I hope to be complete before or at Christmas.
The 2nd system will be used purely for gaming &:
Must be capable of running bf4 on high, as the other system can(according to benchmarks).
Must Include a SSD for similar booting times as other system.
Must
Price cannot exceed £955
Case must be Phenom (micro or mini)
Here is what i have come up with so far
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1M2Vi
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1M2Vi/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1M2Vi/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£182.99 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX_BL 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£50.96 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£105.54 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: PNY XLR8 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£38.16 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£63.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 4GB Video Card (£210.98 @ Dabs)
Case: BitFenix Phenom M Arctic White MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£85.45 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£91.00 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £869.07
Alternatively;
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1M3j3
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1M3j3/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1M3j3/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£182.99 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX_BK 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£50.96 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87E-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£127.75 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.27 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£124.98 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£198.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: BitFenix Phenom Arctic White Mini ITX Tower Case (£80.45 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£91.00 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £952.39
I am open to any suggestions and/or questions (if i didn't properly cover something).
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