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June 9, 2014 5:49:09 AM

Hi people, i'm long overdue to build a new gaming pc and was looking for some advice as to whether I'm going overkill, at the moment my current monitor's max res is only 1360x768 but will be upgrading that as well in the future but at present I'm only looking at the PC its self. The spec im looking at is below and my budget is around £1000.

CPU: I7 4770K or I5 4670K
Motherboard: Asus Z87 K
GPU: Either GTX 770 or R9 280X
RAM: 16gb 1666mhz
PSU: 550W

If anyone can offer advice which would be the better choices for games like Crysis 3 etc I would be very grateful. The new monitor when I get it is likely to be at least able to offer 1980x1080 if that helps.

In short Im looking for something that will fly through the next years games with settings on max.

Thanks in advance

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June 9, 2014 5:53:06 AM

Why don't you build a PC that can run all games at their highest settings at 30+ FPS , and when the new line of tech gets released, you upgrade again. Why live in the past ? There are older parts that are faster than some modern parts, but nobody wants them. Everyone wants to live in the future.

What about the other parts of the PC ? Are you gonna salvage them from your current build or something ?
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June 9, 2014 5:56:01 AM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.24 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£110.38 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.98 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£54.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (£399.23 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.98 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£91.99 @ Dabs)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1062.50
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-09 13:56 BST+0100)
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June 9, 2014 6:13:58 AM

IRONBATMAN said:
Why don't you build a PC that can run all games at their highest settings at 30+ FPS , and when the new line of tech gets released, you upgrade again. Why live in the past ? There are older parts that are faster than some modern parts, but nobody wants them. Everyone wants to live in the future.

What about the other parts of the PC ? Are you gonna salvage them from your current build or something ?


Thanks for the quick response.

Looking back I can see I've missed the HD off the list, I was thinking of a standard 2tb with possibly a primary 128gb SSD. The DVD drive and Wireless receiver are to be salvaged from a previous machine.
Looking at what I've listed which Items would you change for this older/faster parts?

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June 9, 2014 6:35:45 AM

This build will max all games at 1920 x 1080 with 30+ FPS , but turn down AA in some. AA doesn't always give a significant visual difference anyway.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£137.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£74.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.50 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£178.51 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£63.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £549.67
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-09 14:35 BST+0100)

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June 11, 2014 5:29:23 AM

The build that I gave will give you OVER 60 FPS. I don't know why you picked the other build
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June 11, 2014 9:00:38 AM

30 - 60 FPS doesn't give much of a visual difference. Anything more than 60 FPS, your monitor might not be able to handle it.
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June 12, 2014 5:12:43 PM

IRONBATMAN said:
30 - 60 FPS doesn't give much of a visual difference. Anything more than 60 FPS, your monitor might not be able to handle it.


Really? then why do people get cards like the titan black and 780 ti if it won't be able to be handled on their monitor? Why do they create such high end cards if 30 FPS is enough. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-f...
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June 12, 2014 11:22:37 PM

I'm glad you asked ( pls dun be angry, this is a forum , we are discussing )
- Showing off
- Playing on resolutions higher than 1920 x 1080
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June 13, 2014 6:13:10 AM

But higher frame rates means that there will be no blurring. 30 FPS is a great frame rate for beginners but 60 fps will really help later on when games need those extra frames. I've worked for Intel and Nvidia and I've seen the differences of frame rates when playing at 1920 x 1080 at ultra settings with a 64 player server in games like Arma 3 and Battlefield 4.
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June 13, 2014 7:20:18 AM

You work too hard to the point of becoming a " audiophile " at looking at the blurs XD
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June 13, 2014 7:49:24 AM

Well are there blurs in real life? It is all about the experience, not the cheapest
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