800€ PC for gaming, tight on money

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Approximate Purchase Date: for summer, or sooner

Budget Range: 700-800€, but even less if possible, tight on money

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming

Are you buying a monitor: Yes, 1920x1080

Parts to Upgrade: All new parts

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: amazon uk, or even arvutitark.ee, arvutikeskus.ee

Location: City, State/Region, Country - Estonia

Parts Preferences: Intel, Nvidia

Overclocking: Maybe, it makes CPU faster, but is it worth the money?

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe, as I want cheap as possible, do I need it? why is it important?

Additional Comments: I want a PC that will play games on high settings or as high as possible, if it is possible with the price,
as I have a real bad laptop, then any PC configuration that will display good graphics and good fps I am happy
heard about 750 Ti, is it for me? as it is cheap and read that it displays some good graphics also
SSD is really good for boot, so maybe add one of those in the PC as well?
if I don't do SLI, then I can get a smaller motherboard right? then I can save money there too perhaps

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: have a real bad laptop, that annoys me, it is slow, can only play old games, although I have Steam full of new games :S
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/35SrW
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/35SrW/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/35SrW/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£105.59 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.44 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 PRO3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£51.29 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.94 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£238.52 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Inwin GT1 Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£54.83 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£53.28 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£79.81 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £719.47

Here's a parts list. This will max just about everything at 1080p
 
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I preferred Intel and nvidia, the last because of the shadowplay option,
Also there is a SSD missing,
Also I haven't received answers concerning should I even bother with OC and SLI or not
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/35TN8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/35TN8/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/35TN8/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£139.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£42.02 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.94 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£54.41 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£238.52 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Inwin GT1 Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£54.83 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£53.28 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£79.81 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £772.77

I wouldn't worry about OC, as to do it you would need a k series CPU, at least a high end h87, most likely a z87 mobo and a cpu cooler, all of which would push this out of your price range if you want to keep the 770.

Again, to have SLI you need a more expensive motherboard which will hurt your current systems performance.
 
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If you can get this build but instead of the Crucial M500 for a SSD I suggest getting a Samsung EVO as they are faster SSDs.
 
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But the options you have suggested, are 770£ not €, if you want to suggest build in pounds, then the limit is 660£, the current builds are out of my reach, and that means, I have to save 110£ from something, any suggestions from where?
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/36eD8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/36eD8/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/36eD8/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£139.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£55.93 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£64.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Sandisk 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£59.99 @ Maplin Electronics)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£129.86 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£62.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£36.73 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.96 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £662.11

I saw you guys using this website, so I put together something too and this stays near my price limit with 660£/800€ but I don't know if this will play games well or not, maybe I can save somewhere and upgrade something else, I don't know.
Case is probably I can save from, but I don't want just a piece of metal, it has to look okay and provide some room for future, as I want the case to stay, so I don't have to buy a new one next time I upgrade. Maybe a motherboard is another place I can save some money.
This PC will be like an entry level gaming PC, as I just want something that will games well, I am not looking for ultra amazing graphics, but one that can show high graphics with like 50 fps or something like that, I hope you understand me...
 
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Well you can drop 50 quids by removing the SSD.
 
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Is the option I picked good enough, on what settings do you think I can play with it?
Well I can drop the SSD, but everyone says it will make your PC boot faster and games will play on it better, so I would like to keep it. My main question still remains, is my build good enough and where can I pick something else to save some money. For example, is the motherboard ok, are there any good looking cases that are cheaper than the 300R.
 
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So is the option I picked going to perform well? Is it good entry level gaming PC? How much fps and about what settings?
Is there any alternatives on the parts I picked? Is there anything wrong with my current setup?
What other suggestions do you have?
As I said, I am tight on money, so it would be great to save as much as possible, but by not compromising. Need help, answer please
 
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I was also considering micro ATX motherboard, but will it be worth it? It is small, but does it have any other advantages?
I did consider a bigger PSU, just in case, as in the future I will be upgrading, so bigger PSU is better for that, right?
I was also looking for cases, but didn't find any other than 300R, are there any other cases, that have good air flow and with a good price?
Please answer to me, I really want to get the PC built soon.
 
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