I am looking at building a PC for high end gaming but with a fairly tight budget of £800 (not including the OS). I already own an Asus VK248H monitor so that's not an issue, and intend to buy an OEM version of Windows so looking for a (relatively) high end motherboard. I don't see myself overclocking to begin with, as 1080p30 covers my needs for ultra (mostly use high to ideally get 1080p60 in most games).
I have compiled a list of parts, but as it's my first time building, I am not sure how reliable certain hardware is. My particular concerns are the PSU and case.
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3bzsd
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3bzsd/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3bzsd/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£139.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£70.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive (£58.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£161.98 @ Dabs)
Case: BitFenix Ghost (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£77.95 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£83.93 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.78 @ CCL Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: Intel 2200BNHMWDTX1G 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£14.04 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £780.72
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-17 20:16 GMT+0000)
Some general questions I have are:
* Does the motherboard come with WiFi or do I need to keep the PCI card on the list?
* Does a hybrid drive have increased boot/load times over traditional HDD? SSD is a pretty expensive option for me right now.
* Prior to looking at the R9, I was looking at the 7870. Does the R9 perform at roughly the same level? Also, is there an NVidia equivalent I can get for a cheaper price?
* Also, which GPU vendor (Asus, MSI, Sapphire, Gigabyte) is known to be the most reliable or are they more or less the same?
* Is the PSU good enough or could I live with 550W? PCPartPicker estimates 363W, but I'm highly sceptical about that.
* Will the case have enough airflow? As I don't plan to overclock, I am guessing I can stick with stock coolers without any issues.
I have mainly been using laptops in the past decade, so I'm a complete novice when it comes to desktop parts. They have also all had ATI/AMD graphics cards (currently 7650M), so I don't know much about NVidia.
Thank you very much for your help - it is greatly appreciated.
I have compiled a list of parts, but as it's my first time building, I am not sure how reliable certain hardware is. My particular concerns are the PSU and case.
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3bzsd
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3bzsd/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3bzsd/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£139.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£70.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive (£58.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£161.98 @ Dabs)
Case: BitFenix Ghost (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£77.95 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£83.93 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.78 @ CCL Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: Intel 2200BNHMWDTX1G 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£14.04 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £780.72
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-17 20:16 GMT+0000)
Some general questions I have are:
* Does the motherboard come with WiFi or do I need to keep the PCI card on the list?
* Does a hybrid drive have increased boot/load times over traditional HDD? SSD is a pretty expensive option for me right now.
* Prior to looking at the R9, I was looking at the 7870. Does the R9 perform at roughly the same level? Also, is there an NVidia equivalent I can get for a cheaper price?
* Also, which GPU vendor (Asus, MSI, Sapphire, Gigabyte) is known to be the most reliable or are they more or less the same?
* Is the PSU good enough or could I live with 550W? PCPartPicker estimates 363W, but I'm highly sceptical about that.
* Will the case have enough airflow? As I don't plan to overclock, I am guessing I can stick with stock coolers without any issues.
I have mainly been using laptops in the past decade, so I'm a complete novice when it comes to desktop parts. They have also all had ATI/AMD graphics cards (currently 7650M), so I don't know much about NVidia.
Thank you very much for your help - it is greatly appreciated.
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