first gaming build - £1000 budget

frowsypanda

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Jun 4, 2014
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hey guys, ive been reading all over the place and came up with this built but i need a good monitor within my budget of £1000

what do you guys think? what do you recommend i should change?
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/TpdjJx

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.94 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.77 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£103.18 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£91.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.05 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card (£246.94 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.65 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£63.94 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN722N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£8.11 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £876.56
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-04 21:54 BST+0100)
 
Solution
How about this monitor? http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-ve247h

Slightly over your budget:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.94 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.77 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£103.18 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£91.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.05 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card (£246.94 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.65 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£63.94 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: Asus VE247H 23.6" Monitor (£129.89 @ Scan.co.uk)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN722N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£8.11 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1006.45
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-04 22:07 BST+0100)
 

Alon_Ofer

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Oct 29, 2013
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10,690


Choose the Asus z87-A and make sure you ram voltage is 1.5V
 
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frowsypanda

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Jun 4, 2014
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4,510
oops i clicked best solution by accident.... :/ i guess thanks to both of you... how is the build itself? will it be able to play most games on max? how about the mobo?