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SweedXI

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hey guys thanks for clicking on my new thread.

i would just like to ask some of you guys with alot of experience and/or knowledge to help me out here today

recently my mum decided to let me finally get a gaming pc for my birthday/Christmas, now here's the hard part, i have a £500 budget just for the computer, i don't need a monitor or a os.

i would also appreciate it if you could use a website like pcpartpicker, or just give me the links to the items.

im would be very happy if you could make it a intel build, i dont mind going slightly over like £530

there games id like to play in high settings are;
bf4
farcry
fifa 14
minecraft
cod
crysis
arma/dayz
and some newer games.

id love to see what you guys can come up with, i dont mind going the amd or intel way, witch ever one works best.
-thanks guys. (UK SITES PLEASE)
 
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The good news is most of those games are well threaded and will work well on either AMD or Intel.

Here's a good AMD budget system with solid parts.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/f62M4D

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£70.20 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.25 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£62.96 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£59.60 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.00 @ Aria PC)
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yeh, im going to be ordering it from the end of october so the price may go down. but i just want a build now that i can safely say i have ready to order.
 
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The good news is most of those games are well threaded and will work well on either AMD or Intel.

Here's a good AMD budget system with solid parts.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/f62M4D

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£70.20 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.25 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£62.96 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£59.60 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£139.52 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£30.25 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£60.06 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.32 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £494.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-24 17:09 BST+0100

The board will support a CPU upgrade up to an 8 core FX 8350.

If you have a little room in your budget, maybe bump the video card up to an R9 280 instead, since the 970 board will work best with a single high end GPU. If you plan to crossfire or SLI in the future, you will need a more expensive 990FX board.
 
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thankyou, this is really helpfull, do you think a gtx 760 is better? and if i can afford the cash i will buy a r9 280x
 
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thanks for the build, do you think its more beneficial to put more money into a gpu or a cpu?

 
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If just for gaming, put more money into GPU, the CPU is already pretty good, however if going above an Radeon r9 280x, you would need to OC the FX 8320. Overclocking is always a better solution to buying better CPU. Really no point in going overboard with CPU. I have a i7-4770k(pretty overboard) and i still haven't done anything intensive with it. I've had it for a year.

Edit: r9 280x is about 10 percent better than gtx 760 in most games.
 
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SweedXI

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okay thankyou, do you possibly think you could build me a intel pc for around £530? so i can compare my options please?
 
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Stuff is so expensive in the UK :|
Move to Murica. :3

This does not even include Operating System:
[PCPartPicker part list](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/pzsFbv) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/pzsFbv/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54670k) | £157.99 @ Aria PC
**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2) | £24.25 @ Scan.co.uk
**Motherboard** | [MSI Z87-G43 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z87g43) | £59.84 @ Scan.co.uk
**Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f312800cl10s8gbxl) | £55.41 @ Ebuyer
**Storage** | [Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd1002fbys) | £32.99 @ Amazon UK
**Video Card** | [XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r9270acdfc) | £116.72 @ Scan.co.uk
**Case** | [Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcadefr4bl) | £66.88 @ Scan.co.uk
**Power Supply** | [Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx600m) | £49.93 @ CCL Computers
**Optical Drive** | [Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/lite-on-optical-drive-ihas12414) | £11.09 @ Aria PC
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | £575.10
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-24 18:52 BST+0100 |

I can get so much better PC in USA O.O
 
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SweedXI

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thanks man, and i know :(

 
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The R9 280x would make more of a difference than the GTX 760 unless you can afford the GTX 770.
 
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