Building a gaming PC, Guidence NEEDED!!!!

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Potross

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Hey guys, i was looking to get a PS4, but two college friends convinced me not too.

Right now i have about £150, my parents said they would pay half of the PS4 price (of course that isnt relative now) however im sure that i can coax them to help me fund a PC.

I can do this in a few different ways
1: ask for what they would of payed for the other half of the PS4 (about £200)
2: ask them to pay 33% of all the parts i buy (again about £200)

Im also planning on selling my laptop that i use for gaming (a dell xps 17) it should go for about £350-£500 on ebay looking at other people selling theres

heres the parts i have earlie scouted, im not sure if they are all compatible however


-Monitor http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008F7GW2K/?tag=pcp0f-21
£118.00

-Keyboard http://www.cclonline.com/product/105932/G800V/Keyboards/A4-Tech-X7-G800V-Gaming-Keyboard/KBD0615/
£18.00

-Case (something with at least 3 fans and good airflow) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aerocool-Strike-X-Toolless-Tower-Gaming/dp/B00606NA0A/ref=sr_1_25?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1381783676&sr=1-25&keywords=PC+case
£52.97
OR
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zalman-Z11-Plus-Installation-Anti-Vibration/dp/B007C008L2/ref=pd_cp_computers_2

-Processor http://www.ebuyer.com/254978-intel-core-i3-2120-3-3ghz-socket-1155-3mb-l3-cache-retail-boxed-bx80623i32120
£86.50
OR £165 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007RUZKK6/ref=ox_sc_act_title_8?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

OR AMD http://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-FD8320FRHKBOX-FX-8320-FX-Series-Edition/dp/B009O7YU56/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1377955959&sr=8-3&keywords=8350

-Motherboard http://www.cclonline.com/product/64387/Z68AP-D3/Motherboards/Gigabyte-Z68AP-D3-B3-Motherboard/MBD0206/
£44.69
OR £57 SLI 2 WAY http://www.dabs.com/products/msi-970a-g46-am3--amd970-ddr3-atx-8XH0.html?utm_source=awin&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_content=AW00&awc=3044_1381822434_03a207a0f95752fa620aaffa1b3fa3c4

-RAM http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006507QM4/?tag=pcp0f-21
£45.88

-Power supply http://www.scan.co.uk/products/450w-xfx-pro-core-edition-p1-450s-x2b9-85-eff-80-plus-bronze-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-fan-atx-v231-psu
£35.34

-Hard Drive http://www.cclonline.com/product/72741/ST1000DM003/Hard-Drives/Seagate-Barracuda-7200-12-1TB-Hard-Drive-7200rpm-SATA-64MB-Internal-/HDD1319/
£47.98

-Graphics card
£144 http://www.cclonline.com/product/88749/NE5X66001049-1060F/Graphics-Cards/Palit-GeForce-GTX-660-Graphics-Card-2GB-GDDR5-PCIe-3-0-2-x-DVI-DisplayPort-HDMI/VGA0731/


-Operating system
FREE

-DVD drive http://www.cclonline.com/product/65323/SN-208BB/BEBE/Slimline-Optical-Drives/Samsung-SN-208BB-8x-DVD-RW-DL-RAM-SATA-Slimline-Optical-Drive/CDR0046/
£14.53


Please suggest some parts or give me some advice :) thanks
 
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AxlFone

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How about build like this?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£176.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Performance ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£97.72 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.97 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£44.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£191.65 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Core 3000 USB 3.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£56.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£71.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer (£12.31 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £708.72
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-15 10:02 BST+0100)

Much better PSU. Intel xeon 1230V2 is like i7 for a price i5.
It is lot cooler than any i5 beacause it do not have iGPU.
You can NOT OC this.But iti is as fast as the 3570k @4.5GHz.
This do take less wattage so it saves money. Id take SSD + Better cpu cooler to make really silent build. Sandisk ultra pöus is good and fast enough SSD.
For cpu cooler Id take this.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/thermalright-hr-02-macho-cpu-cooler-with-140mm-silent-fan-for-775-1155-1156-1366-amd-am2-am3
 
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Potross

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Looks pretty awesome! a small bit over what i have available to spend however if i end up with more money than i though i'll defiantly switch to this build (with a different case however, im a sucker for cases :p)
 
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AxlFone

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Looks pretty awesome! a small bit over what i have available to spend however if i end up with more money than i though i'll defiantly switch to this build (with a different case however, im a sucker for cases :p )
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I know that. I'm too :) Case needs to be what you think looks cool and works well with your build :) Good luck with your build :)
 
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Potross

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Thanks my friend :) what do you reckon a build like this achieve? im hoping to play watchdogs on it at least XD
 
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AxlFone

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I think GTX 760 will do just fine 1080p with slower card like 660 you can run it but not maybe max settings. Your PSU was not good in your build. So take better like XFX , seasonic or some other good brand. They are more reliable and gives you better working build for long time. Other than that I did not notice any weak points in your build. I just like to tell how to make build "better" :)

 
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