Create the best build for me

Jamesg94 · Jul 20, 2014

Approximate Purchase Date: 3 weeks from now

Budget Range:£800-£900 (will go to £1000 if worth it)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, browsing then work ( spreadsheets, word)

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: none

Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Windows 8 please

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: don't mind as long as it good price in £ and reliable

Parts Preferences: I would like a nvidia gpu and maybe the amd fx8350 (but I'm open minded)

Overclocking: No (it will be my first build)

SLI or Crossfire: no

Additional Comments: I would like it to run well on 2 or 3 screens

If the hardware is one colorer red would be a plus but idk

PiesangSkil · Jul 20, 2014

Bit over budget, but it's worth it

. It will be much better than a FX-8350

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (£214.99 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.25 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£158.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£66.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£82.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£218.12 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£82.00 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£79.18 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £979.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Just remember to add a case, I didn't because it's based on personal opinion

Jamesg94 · Jul 20, 2014

Could I change the ssd to 120gb as I'm only going to put os on there and change hard drive to 1tb?

PiesangSkil · Jul 20, 2014

Go for it!!

PiesangSkil · Jul 20, 2014

Here you are:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (£214.99 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.25 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£158.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£66.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£57.19 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£218.12 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£82.00 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£79.18 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £937.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

kenghtt · Jul 20, 2014

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/zwZH7P

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/zwZH7P
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/zwZH7P/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£137.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme6 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£138.36 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£65.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 Ti 3GB Video Card (£256.77 @ PC World Business)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.15 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£75.30 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.32 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£79.18 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £876.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

From the list PiesangSkill is good also, but you won't need a aftermarket cpu cooler. You can just use stock one the cpu comes with because you are not overclocking. No need for SSD as well because you are just gaming, but ofcourse its personal preference as well. I also got you an i5 instead of i7 because its overkill. You don't need an i7 for gaming, because hyperthreading is pretty useless for gaming...unless your job involves photo editing and video editing, then do go for the i7. One difference is that I gave you a really powerful graphics card. Should play every game ultra and do 3 screens

Enjoy!

PiesangSkil · Jul 20, 2014

kenghtt: 660 Ti better than 770?? Never heard of it... Aftermarket cooler will be more quiet, and will keep CPU cooler. Not technically necessary, but a nice extra. Your build is a bit cheaper, but sacrifices much performance and build quality.

Graphiicz · Jul 20, 2014

PiesangSkil :

- i7 for no reason. All he needs is a i5-4460 for gaming
- CPU cooler for no reason
- Extremely expensive motherboard for no reason. Unless he's doing some substantial overclocking, he doesn't need a motherboard with that VRM
- MX100 performs as well as the 840 Evo and is significantly cheaper
- R9 280X performs equally to the 770 and is cheaper

OP, I recommend you make these changes.

Jamesg94 · Jul 20, 2014

What motherboard would use?

PiesangSkil · Jul 20, 2014

This better??

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£150.00 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H87-G43 GAMING ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£77.27 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£66.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£54.04 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£201.00 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£82.00 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£79.18 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £746.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

PiesangSkil · Jul 20, 2014

I was just going with his budget

Graphiicz · Jul 20, 2014

PiesangSkil :

Much better. Get this motherboard though: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-h97pro4

In the 9 series motherboards, ASRock have actually been putting out some better boards than Gigabyte. Could just as easily go with the GA-H97-D3H though.

PiesangSkil · Jul 20, 2014

He said that he would like a red and black theme, and the MSI one isn't bad...

PiesangSkil · Jul 20, 2014

And also he said he would choose a nvidia gpu over an ati, so he might want to go with the GTX770 as its a little better.

Graphiicz · Jul 20, 2014

PiesangSkil :

Well it's not better. And his preference for Nvidia is completely nonsensical as far as I'm aware.

PiesangSkil · Jul 20, 2014

I've seen everywhere (Tom's Hardware, GPUboss etc.) that the 770 is better. Are they wrong?

Graphiicz · Jul 20, 2014

PiesangSkil :

Anandtech are a more reliable source. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1041?vs=1037

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