Good starter gaming rig?

Giddoo · Jun 17, 2014

Heyy im abit of a noob still with computers but ive thrown this rig together so far and just wondering if anyone can give me insight as to whether it will perform for gaming and CAD. My budget is £600 just unsure what graphics card and whether the processor and motherbaord are good. the link is below anyway thanks for reading and hope you can help.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/cart/view.html/ref=lh_cart_vc_btn

anthony8989 · Jun 17, 2014

Giddoo :

I might be doing something wrong but, I can't get through the link. I think it's going directly to your shopping cart which is in your personal profile. Can you link the public version of that page?

Giddoo · Jun 17, 2014

anthony8989 :

I dont know how to so ill just list what i have haha sorry. It would be for CAD and medium level gaming. Thanks again =]

INTEL Core i5 4670K 3.4Ghz, ASUS Z87-K Motherboard & 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Crucial Ballistix Sport RAM Bundle

Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti Graphics Card (2GB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 3.0)

WD 1TB 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive - Caviar Blue

Asus VS228DE 21.5 inch Widescreen 1080p Full HD LED Monitor (1920x1080, 5ms, VGA)

Corsair Builder Series CXM 600W Modular 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX/EPS PSU

CiT Vantage Midi Mesh Gaming Case with HD Audio, 4 Fans, Card Reader and No PSU - Black

bccorrupt · Jun 17, 2014

Looks good man. A touch heavy on the CPU compared to the GPU for gaming, but you did say medium level gaming and that also means the CPU should last through a GPU upgrade in a year or two.

anthony8989 · Jun 17, 2014

The Corsair CX series are pretty poor PSU's. Other than that, your build is fine for what you need. You might be able to squeeze a little more performance per dollar out of it, but that would involve switching the GPU to a Radeon brand card and sacrificing the efficiency/heat/noise.

Those are my only thoughts. But again, everything looks fine. It will be a respectable gaming PC at 1080p.

sora · Jun 18, 2014

I'd personally suggest getting a Seasonic 620W or XFX 650W power supply.

Giddoo · Jun 18, 2014

bccorrupt :

Giddoo · Jun 18, 2014

anthony8989 :

Nice one thanks mate, also could i ask the monitor i choose would it have a HDMI port looks like there is only VGA on it.

Giddoo · Jun 18, 2014

sora :

Okay ill look around for them thanks Sora =]

bccorrupt · Jun 18, 2014

Giddoo :

bccorrupt :

I just meant that your GPU will run out of steam before your CPU on just about every game, but personally I would go ahead and spend the $50 difference to get the i5(like you were doing) vs i3 that way in a couple years you can just spend another $150 on a new card and the rest of your system will already be up to par.

Giddoo · Jun 18, 2014

I also managed to find this which works out quite cheaper than buying separate case and PSU just whether that PSU would be any good. CiT Vantage Black Gaming PC Case with 750W PSU on amazon.

Giddoo · Jun 18, 2014

bccorrupt :

Giddoo :

Ahh nice one thanks for putting it into laymans terms haha appreciate the help mate.

bccorrupt · Jun 18, 2014

Lots of reviews of the power supply crapping out in the first 5 minutes on amazon. The majority of cases with a power supply included usually include a junk power supply. You're spending $600ish on a computer not including monitor. Do yourself a favor and invest in a decent power supply so you don't end up with damaged components.

Giddoo · Jun 18, 2014

Right ok thanks man was just trying to see if there was a bundle with a decent PSU. But its cool thanks again pal cant thank you enough for the help haha =]

bccorrupt · Jun 18, 2014

No problem, just preventing forest fires.

Giddoo · Jun 18, 2014

bccorrupt :

Im struggling now basically i have 700 pounds but need a monitor with the rig aswell struggling to keep it under 700 now with monitor case and PSU ahah.

What would you say to this PSU
EVGA 600W Bronze PC Power Supply

unknownofprob · Jun 18, 2014

I would actually redirect you from intel CPU's to AMD's 8-core monsters (FX 8320 would be my pick), though intel's i5 currently beats it, not for long it won't. The more cores and threads will mean it will be doing better in the future, and on top of that you can get a cheaper motherboard, then upgrade the graphics card to a better one increasing gaming performance on a huge scale compared to your current.

Giddoo · Jun 18, 2014

unknownofprob :

Hmmm well i kind of have it in mind already now and i sort of prefer Intel just means going to back square one and starting a new order, also i dont mind if i have to upgrade certain components in a couple of years its more than likely going to be the case. Thanks for your opinion though mate.

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