£750 budget - Building a PC for my brother

jamster7777

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Hi, I am about to build my brother a PC for under £750. I have come up with most of the parts I want to use, but I wanted to check that they are all well balanced and that there is nothing else better for the same price. Also, if these parts are cheaper elsewhere in the UK, then it would be great to know, I just looked on Amazon because their a great company and usually are the cheapest / same price compared to everywhere else. This system does not have any specific goals other than being the best gaming PC for the money, but my brother would like to play BF4 on reasonably good settings. I already have my old case for him (not a very good one, but I am going to order an extra fan for it and it will do for now). The downside is that I will have to use a micro ATX mobo.

Here is the list of parts that I am considering getting:

Intel Core i5 4670K
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Graphics-BX80646I74770-Generation-Technology/dp/B00CO8TBOW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1381768520&sr=8-2&keywords=intel+i5

Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC 2GB GDDR5 Graphics Card
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DM9B6FO/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2T3HY9SQOQMWW

Western Digital 1TB internal Hard Drive - Caviar Blue (3.5 inch)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0088PUEPK/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Corsair Builder Series CXM 600W Modular 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX/EPS PSU
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ALYOTTI/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

LG ELECTRONICS GH24NS95 LG (24X) DVD Rewriter SuperMulti with M-DISC Support (Internal)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00A3SGB2K/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_5?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1IE2T48Y49NKD

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium with Service Pack 1, 64-bit, English, 1 Pack, DSP OEI (PC)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004Q0PT3I/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_6?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz CL9 XMP Performance Desktop Memory Kit Black
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004CRSM4I/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_7?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

I am not sure what mobo I should get, but I want it to be futureproof (e.g. SLI support). Remember it needs to be micro ATX. Thanks for any advive you can give me :D.
 

charmer

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CPU - Great price

GPU - Good price But on CCL you get same price with the Batman: Arkham Orgins free: http://www.cclonline.com/product/117421/90YV04L2-M0NA00/Graphics-Cards/ASUS-GeForce-GTX-760-2GB-DirectCU-II/VGA1674/
OR go for the MSI version - http://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-Nvidia-TF-PCI-E-Graphics/dp/B00DJPPCLK/ref=sr_1_14?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1381770990&sr=1-14

PSU - Great price but not enough for SLI.

RAM: i would prefer G-Skill - http://www.amazon.co.uk/G-Skill-8GBXL-Main-Memory-PC1600/dp/B004I763AW/ref=sr_1_11?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1381771882&sr=1-11


Asfor mobo:
** the cheapest that i can recommend is this http://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-H87M-PRO-Socket-Chipset-MicroATX/dp/B00DSNDVF2/ref=sr_1_39?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1381772337&sr=1-39
** For OC (thats that the "K" is for) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Maximus-Motherboard-Chipset-LGA1150-Socket/dp/B00DB4HZFA/ref=sr_1_63?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1381772391&sr=1-63

 

jamster7777

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We would only be doing some mild overclocking in the future, so I think I will go for that cheaper board. SLI is a long way off so I won't bother going overkill on the PSU. As for the GPU, I have had bad experience with CCL before and I don't think me or my brother really wants the game. Would you (or anyone) recommend going for a 7970 or r9 280x? They are not much more expensive but from benchmarks they seem to offer a big performance boost.