Looking to build my first gaming PC

Sychx

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Jan 25, 2013
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Hi guys,

I need your help! I will cut to the chase and try and get everything out in the open as quickly as possible so you can offer me the best solution to this enquiry. As the title says I am looking to build a gaming PC my first to be exact I don't have much in the way of budget a mere £800 is tops to what I would spend. What I need is a PC that can cover MMO's(WoW, Wildstar), MOBAS(LoL and Smite) and Counter Strike as thats all I play really, I don't need windows 7, a monitor or a mouse just a keyboard. If I could get all those games running at decent frames with good enough graphics id be happy.

Thanks for any answers in advance and I look forward to seeing what you put ahead.
 
Solution
I assumed that you wouldn't be overclocking. Here is a build based around that assumption:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£127.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£77.99 @ PC World Business)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£64.00 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£51.98 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.70 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£168.91 @ Scan.co.uk)...
Well I have a laptop that has intel integrated graphics 4000 and I think can run all of the games you listed above at a decent FPS, definitely WoW and LoL, I get 60 ish FPS on very high settings on lol and that's just with a integrated GPU, so I'd recommend

i5 4670(k) - Get the k version only if you plan on overclocking
Gtx 750 ( ti) - Just in case you want to run more graphically intense games
Gigabyte G1 Sniper Motherboard - Good solid performance overall
Corsair Vengeance 2 x 4 gb RAM - Decent

And the rest, is up to you as the rest will not impact your gameplay

 

numanator

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I assumed that you wouldn't be overclocking. Here is a build based around that assumption:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£127.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£77.99 @ PC World Business)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£64.00 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£51.98 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.70 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£168.91 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.11 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.32 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £629.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

-CPU- quad core i5, stick to the i5s for WoW and mobas since most use single or double cores. Locked CPU- no OCing
-Mobo- H97 mobo doesn't allow for OCing, good mobo as long as you don't plan to overclock or SLI (dual GPU) in the future
-GPU- GTX 760, this will get you max settings on all the games listed and more.
-Case- Good airflow, pretty simple design.
-HDD & SSD- the SSD is for your OS and main programs, games do not benefit too much from being on an SSD but your windows will be lightning fast as well as any program boot up that you install on the SSD. HDD is for storage
-Keyboard- too many choices, not sure what you were looking for. If you want a mechanical keyboard this is a pretty good guide and what I used for mine: http://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/wiki/buying_guide
If you are just looking for a generic keyboard then there are tons out there.
 
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If you do a max raid it does end up being kind of CPU intensive in some cases. The i5 takes care of that though, so +1.