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August 2, 2014 4:47:51 AM

Hello! I was wondering if anyone could help me build a PC for League of Legends and other games like battlefield on the highest setting with still a good fps.

I'am completely new to building PC's and I have no idea where to start or even how to. My budgest is £800 the rest is saved up for Gaming gear (mouse,headset etc.).

I would also like to be able to multi-task so I could stream over a game with still good FPS and smoothness.

If anyone had any tips for me or any suggestions to what parts I should look out for that would help alot.

Thank-you in advance

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August 2, 2014 5:28:49 AM

League of legends is not at all demanding but Battlefield 4 is very processor and gpu demanding. Are you willing to overclock?
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August 2, 2014 7:01:00 AM

plywrlw said:
League of legends is not at all demanding but Battlefield 4 is very processor and gpu demanding. Are you willing to overclock?


hmm.. I thought I would be able to accomplish this with £800 but I guess I would rather not over clock seeming how this would be my first build.

As long as the GFX looks good and smooth I guess that is okay.

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August 2, 2014 7:13:13 AM

Sorry I disappeared, there was a thunderstorm so I unplugged my PC! I asked about overclocking because you can always get more for your money that way but give me 5 mins and I'll find some nice parts for £800 or less!
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August 2, 2014 7:23:48 AM

This will give you incredible framerates in League of Legends and will play BF4 on ultra at 1080p. I've tried to limit the number of stores to three because otherwise shipping costs add up and it's really annoying buying things from like, five different places! I can reduce the cost further if you like by lowering the quality of the case, SSD, power supply and changing the motherboard to a micro-ATX if you like but this build is nicely balanced imo

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£157.00 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.32 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£87.84 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card (£200.59 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.73 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.98 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.65 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £801.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-02 15:22 BST+0100
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August 2, 2014 7:35:32 AM

Here is a more budget-orientated build that would perform roughly the same and allows for the option of overclocking in the future. You can swap these parts out for any in the previous build with the exception of the processor and motherboard, they cannot mix and match! I've picked that power supply again because there simply isn't anything close to its quality at that price, right now it's a fantastic deal and is cheaper than it's 650W equivalent. If the price of it goes up though, a 650W unit will be absolutely fine.

This build has a smaller SSD which would be fine for installing Windows and a small number of games. The case still has good airflow but is not built to quite the same quality (though is still respectable) and the processor has more cores (threads really) but those individual cores/threads don't work as fast as those in the i5. With this build you could replace the r9 280x for the better performing R9 290 which is a considerable upgrade. I thought I'd leave it as it is though to give you a clearer picture of the cost breakdowns.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£98.10 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo 43.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£16.48 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£53.95 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£46.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card (£200.59 @ Aria PC)
Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.98 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.65 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £681.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-02 15:30 BST+0100
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August 2, 2014 8:22:16 AM

plywrlw said:
Here is a more budget-orientated build that would perform roughly the same and allows for the option of overclocking in the future. You can swap these parts out for any in the previous build with the exception of the processor and motherboard, they cannot mix and match! I've picked that power supply again because there simply isn't anything close to its quality at that price, right now it's a fantastic deal and is cheaper than it's 650W equivalent. If the price of it goes up though, a 650W unit will be absolutely fine.

This build has a smaller SSD which would be fine for installing Windows and a small number of games. The case still has good airflow but is not built to quite the same quality (though is still respectable) and the processor has more cores (threads really) but those individual cores/threads don't work as fast as those in the i5. With this build you could replace the r9 280x for the better performing R9 290 which is a considerable upgrade. I thought I'd leave it as it is though to give you a clearer picture of the cost breakdowns.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£98.10 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo 43.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£16.48 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£53.95 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£46.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card (£200.59 @ Aria PC)
Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.98 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.65 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £681.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-02 15:30 BST+0100

I'am not to sure about the smaller SSD because I'm not sure how many games I will get but it looks good . Still looks complicated to me being a first time builder. Would these builds also allow me to record game play and maybe stream at the same time still with ultra setting and good fps ?
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August 2, 2014 8:45:25 AM

If you want to record gameplay I hear that the Nvidia Shadow play software is the best for that though I hear that now AMD have bought Raptr they have pretty good software too. Here is a build with an Nvidia GPU. The GPU is almost as good (sometimes better) as the R9 290 in most games though the R9 290 has a definite edge in Battlefield 4. A cheaper Nvidia card is the GTX 770 which has similar performance to the R9 280X I included in the previous builds.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£97.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo 43.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£16.48 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£53.95 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£46.58 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£339.95 @ Aria PC)
Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.98 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.65 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £819.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-02 16:44 BST+0100
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August 2, 2014 12:30:58 PM

plywrlw said:
Oh and here are some (of many) excellent guides to building a PC, you could watch the video as you go along step by step! Don't forget there are all the people on these forums too who are happy to help!

http://techreport.com/review/23624/how-to-build-a-pc-th...

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/274745-31-step-step...

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-your-own-pc,2...


Thanks for all of your help! I'am a little scared that I may brake or mess up the build if I do it myself do you think I could find a pre built computer with all the things you suggested ?
I did some searching myself and found https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/system/weekly_sales_... this computer with a Asus motherboard and a Nvidia geforce video card. Do you think this would do aswell as the things you have listed ? + there is no way I can brake it as it is pre-built :) 

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August 2, 2014 1:02:54 PM

I had a look at it. To make it the same as the one I built costs £1111.00 (not kidding) and the power supplies they offer are mainly poor. The Nvidia card it comes with is only a GTX 750 Ti which will most certainly not play Battlefield on ultra so I changed the card to the GTX 780 like the build I suggested...it had an impressive effect on the price!

Here's the cyberpower build...
Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-01 Red LED Mid-Tower Gaming Case
Freebies: None
Lights & Illumination: NONE
Extra Case Fan Upgrade: Default Case Fan
Cyberpower Noise Reduction Technology: None
CPU: INTEL® Core™ i5-4690K Quad Core 3.50 GHz 6MB Cache LGA1150 + HD Graphics ***Overclockable XXX***
Freebies: None
Overclocking Service: No Overclocking
Overclock Monitoring and Media Server Station or Overclocking Media Server Station: NONE
Cooling Fan: Be Quiet Dark Rock 3 CPU Fan with 7 x Direct Contact heat-pipes ***Overclockable XXX***
Coolant for Cyberpower Advance WaterCooling Kits: NONE
Motherboard: ASUS Z97-K INTEL Z97 Chipset, ATX Mainboard w/ 4 RAM slots, 7.1 HD Audio, HDMI, GbLAN, USB 3.0, SATA-III, 1x Gen3 PCIe x16, 1x Gen2 PCIe x16, 2x PCIe x 1 & 2x PCI
Intel Smart Response Technology: None
Internal USB/SATA Expansion Module: NONE
Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3/1600mhz Dual Channel Memory (Kingston HyperX Blu w/Heat Spreader)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 3GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card (Single Card)
Free Game Coupons: None
Dongles: NONE
Video Capture Card: None
Power Supply Upgrade: 850 Watts Power Supplies (Cooler Master 850watt Silent Pro M2 Modular Gaming Power Supply - Triple SLI Ready)
Hard Drive: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive (Single Hard Drive)
Secondary Hard Drive: 256 GB Crucial MX100 Series SATA III Gaming MLC Solid State Disk (Single Hard Drive)
Hard Drive Cooler: None
External Hard Drive (USB 3.0/2.0/eSATA): None
USB Flash Drive: None
Optical Drive: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE. (BLACK Colour)
Optical Drive 2: NONE
Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
LCD Monitor: NONE
2nd Monitor: NONE
3rd Monitor: NONE
Speakers: NONE
Headset: None
Gaming Gear: None
Tablet: None
Network: ONBOARD 10/1000 NETWORK CARD
Keyboard: NONE
Mouse: NONE
Mouse Pad: None
Extra Thermal Display: NONE
Wireless 802.11N Network Card: NONE
External Wireless Network Adapter: NONE
Wireless 802.11B/G/N Access Point: None
Bluetooth: None
Flash Media Reader/Writer: None
Video Camera: None
Cables: None
Power Surge Protection: None
IEEE 1394 Card: NONE
USB Port: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
Ultra Care Option: None
Operating System: NONE - FORMAT HARD DRIVE ONLY(NO OVERCLOCKING AVAILABLE)
Media Center Remote & TV Tuner: NONE
Software: None
Games: None
Fast Track Service: NONE
Insurance: NONE
Warranty Service: DESKTOP STANDARD WARRANTY: 3 Year Labour, 2 Year Parts, 1 Month Collect and Return plus Life-Time Technical Support
Home Installation Serv
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August 2, 2014 1:11:58 PM

How about this on DinoPC, they don't add too much extra on for building. It's still almost £180 more than the DIY option with a GTX 770 but if you're really nervous about DIY I don't want to pressure you!

http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/AMD-760G-Chipset-110p1317...

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Price


Show product details for AMD 760G/970A Chipset AMD 760G/970A Chipset (custom-760g)
£212.33
£212.33
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Customizations:

CPU: AMD FX 8320 Black Edition £52.80

CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS10X Optima £21.99

Operating System: Windows 8.1 (64-bit) £73.89

Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P £12.20

Memory: 8GB Corsair 1600mhz Vengeance (2x4GB) £37.60

Hard Drive: NEW! Crucial 256GB MX100 SSD £41.00

Secondary Hard Drive: 1TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s £40.99

Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA Included

Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2GB £224.39

Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio Included

Case: NEW! Corsair Carbide Spec-03 £33.10

PSU: NEW! 650W Corsair CS Modular £64.10

Warranty: 3 Year SureCare Warranty Included

Reconfigure AMD 760G/970A Chipset
Product Subtotal: £814.39
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August 2, 2014 1:20:26 PM

plywrlw said:
I had a look at it. To make it the same as the one I built costs £1111.00 (not kidding) and the power supplies they offer are mainly poor. The Nvidia card it comes with is only a GTX 750 Ti which will most certainly not play Battlefield on ultra so I changed the card to the GTX 780 like the build I suggested...it had an impressive effect on the price!

Here's the cyberpower build...
Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-01 Red LED Mid-Tower Gaming Case
Freebies: None
Lights & Illumination: NONE
Extra Case Fan Upgrade: Default Case Fan
Cyberpower Noise Reduction Technology: None
CPU: INTEL® Core™ i5-4690K Quad Core 3.50 GHz 6MB Cache LGA1150 + HD Graphics ***Overclockable XXX***
Freebies: None
Overclocking Service: No Overclocking
Overclock Monitoring and Media Server Station or Overclocking Media Server Station: NONE
Cooling Fan: Be Quiet Dark Rock 3 CPU Fan with 7 x Direct Contact heat-pipes ***Overclockable XXX***
Coolant for Cyberpower Advance WaterCooling Kits: NONE
Motherboard: ASUS Z97-K INTEL Z97 Chipset, ATX Mainboard w/ 4 RAM slots, 7.1 HD Audio, HDMI, GbLAN, USB 3.0, SATA-III, 1x Gen3 PCIe x16, 1x Gen2 PCIe x16, 2x PCIe x 1 & 2x PCI
Intel Smart Response Technology: None
Internal USB/SATA Expansion Module: NONE
Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3/1600mhz Dual Channel Memory (Kingston HyperX Blu w/Heat Spreader)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 3GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card (Single Card)
Free Game Coupons: None
Dongles: NONE
Video Capture Card: None
Power Supply Upgrade: 850 Watts Power Supplies (Cooler Master 850watt Silent Pro M2 Modular Gaming Power Supply - Triple SLI Ready)
Hard Drive: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive (Single Hard Drive)
Secondary Hard Drive: 256 GB Crucial MX100 Series SATA III Gaming MLC Solid State Disk (Single Hard Drive)
Hard Drive Cooler: None
External Hard Drive (USB 3.0/2.0/eSATA): None
USB Flash Drive: None
Optical Drive: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE. (BLACK Colour)
Optical Drive 2: NONE
Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
LCD Monitor: NONE
2nd Monitor: NONE
3rd Monitor: NONE
Speakers: NONE
Headset: None
Gaming Gear: None
Tablet: None
Network: ONBOARD 10/1000 NETWORK CARD
Keyboard: NONE
Mouse: NONE
Mouse Pad: None
Extra Thermal Display: NONE
Wireless 802.11N Network Card: NONE
External Wireless Network Adapter: NONE
Wireless 802.11B/G/N Access Point: None
Bluetooth: None
Flash Media Reader/Writer: None
Video Camera: None
Cables: None
Power Surge Protection: None
IEEE 1394 Card: NONE
USB Port: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
Ultra Care Option: None
Operating System: NONE - FORMAT HARD DRIVE ONLY(NO OVERCLOCKING AVAILABLE)
Media Center Remote & TV Tuner: NONE
Software: None
Games: None
Fast Track Service: NONE
Insurance: NONE
Warranty Service: DESKTOP STANDARD WARRANTY: 3 Year Labour, 2 Year Parts, 1 Month Collect and Return plus Life-Time Technical Support
Home Installation Serv

Thanks for helping me out it really means alot to a first time build noob like me!
I really like the look of this build. It fits my price range and being prebuilt helps me out alot.
The only concern I have is how many games would it be able to hold ? And being pre-built would it be easy to upgrade parts myself ? or would I need to go out and buy a special tool kit. Would it also allow all the things I listed before (streaming,multitasking) without effecting the FPS or smoothness of the the program I ran?
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August 2, 2014 1:22:16 PM

Thulme said:
plywrlw said:
Oh and here are some (of many) excellent guides to building a PC, you could watch the video as you go along step by step! Don't forget there are all the people on these forums too who are happy to help!

http://techreport.com/review/23624/how-to-build-a-pc-th...

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/274745-31-step-step...

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-your-own-pc,2...


Thanks for all of your help! I'am a little scared that I may brake or mess up the build if I do it myself do you think I could find a pre built computer with all the things you suggested ?
I did some searching myself and found https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/system/weekly_sales_... this computer with a Asus motherboard and a Nvidia geforce video card. Do you think this would do aswell as the things you have listed ? + there is no way I can brake it as it is pre-built :) 



Honestly not much can go wrong if you build it yourself. The only problem would be if you dropped a part from a notable height. You'll end up paying more for a prebuilt and you get lower quality parts compared to if you bought it yourself.

Also you don't really need to spend 800 pounds to get a good pc. What I suggest that meets your requirements:

CPU: FX 6300
Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A - UD3P
Ram: 8GB ( 2x4GB modules)
HDD: 1TB
PSU: Good quality PSU 500W and above
GPU: R9 280, R9 270x, or R9 270
Case: Mid tower ATX case
OS: Win 8.1
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August 2, 2014 1:24:47 PM

plywrlw said:
How about this on DinoPC, they don't add too much extra on for building. It's still almost £180 more than the DIY option with a GTX 770 but if you're really nervous about DIY I don't want to pressure you!

http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/AMD-760G-Chipset-110p1317...

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Description
Unit Price
Price


Show product details for AMD 760G/970A Chipset AMD 760G/970A Chipset (custom-760g)
£212.33
£212.33
Save Shopping Cart Remove from cart

Customizations:

CPU: AMD FX 8320 Black Edition £52.80

CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS10X Optima £21.99

Operating System: Windows 8.1 (64-bit) £73.89

Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P £12.20

Memory: 8GB Corsair 1600mhz Vengeance (2x4GB) £37.60

Hard Drive: NEW! Crucial 256GB MX100 SSD £41.00

Secondary Hard Drive: 1TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s £40.99

Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA Included

Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2GB £224.39

Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio Included

Case: NEW! Corsair Carbide Spec-03 £33.10

PSU: NEW! 650W Corsair CS Modular £64.10

Warranty: 3 Year SureCare Warranty Included

Reconfigure AMD 760G/970A Chipset
Product Subtotal: £814.39

Is their really much difference between the £600 build to this £800 ?
If there isn't I think I should buy the £600 so I could save the rest for future upgrades and maybe more gaming input devices.
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August 2, 2014 1:27:25 PM

RazerZ said:
Thulme said:
plywrlw said:
Oh and here are some (of many) excellent guides to building a PC, you could watch the video as you go along step by step! Don't forget there are all the people on these forums too who are happy to help!

http://techreport.com/review/23624/how-to-build-a-pc-th...

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/274745-31-step-step...

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-your-own-pc,2...

If I did build this how much would you est. it to cost ?
I do have a money saved but if this is better for less i may aswell invest.

Thanks for all of your help! I'am a little scared that I may brake or mess up the build if I do it myself do you think I could find a pre built computer with all the things you suggested ?
I did some searching myself and found https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/system/weekly_sales_... this computer with a Asus motherboard and a Nvidia geforce video card. Do you think this would do aswell as the things you have listed ? + there is no way I can brake it as it is pre-built :) 



Honestly not much can go wrong if you build it yourself. The only problem would be if you dropped a part from a notable height. You'll end up paying more for a prebuilt and you get lower quality parts compared to if you bought it yourself.

Also you don't really need to spend 800 pounds to get a good pc. What I suggest that meets your requirements:

CPU: FX 6300
Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A - UD3P
Ram: 8GB ( 2x4GB modules)
HDD: 1TB
PSU: Good quality PSU 500W and above
GPU: R9 280, R9 270x, or R9 270
Case: Mid tower ATX case
OS: Win 8.1


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I'll post the build in a moment.
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August 2, 2014 1:32:10 PM

The dinopc build will do all the things you ask. The 770 is much, much, much better than a 750ti and is a very respectable high end card. You will have plenty of storage space with the 256Gb SSD and the 1Tb HDD. Games don't play any better on an SSD but maps will take less time to load on BF
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August 2, 2014 1:37:23 PM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£97.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.98 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£149.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.65 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £605.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-04 13:34 BST+0100
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August 2, 2014 9:14:39 PM

plywrlw said:
The dinopc build will do all the things you ask. The 770 is much, much, much better than a 750ti and is a very respectable high end card. You will have plenty of storage space with the 256Gb SSD and the 1Tb HDD. Games don't play any better on an SSD but maps will take less time to load on BF


I dislike the power supply though. I would personally go with RazerZ's build.
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August 3, 2014 6:58:01 AM

RazerZ said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£97.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.98 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£149.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£33.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £569.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-02 21:37 BST+0100

Would this build still allow me to play BF4 on close to max settings if not max ? and multitask with little difference in FPS ?
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August 3, 2014 7:51:58 AM

Thulme said:
RazerZ said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£97.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.98 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£149.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£33.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £569.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-02 21:37 BST+0100

Would this build still allow me to play BF4 on close to max settings if not max ? and multitask with little difference in FPS ?


Yes.
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August 3, 2014 8:48:25 AM

RazerZ said:
Thulme said:
RazerZ said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£97.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.98 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£149.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£33.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £569.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-02 21:37 BST+0100

Would this build still allow me to play BF4 on close to max settings if not max ? and multitask with little difference in FPS ?


Yes.

Do you know if any website would be able to make this for me ? I'am still not comfortable with trying to make it myself and don't want to risk braking £100-200 parts :/ 
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August 3, 2014 9:00:24 AM

Sorry I do not. If you have a local computer store in your area you could see if they are willing to build it.
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August 4, 2014 1:13:32 AM

sora said:
plywrlw said:
The dinopc build will do all the things you ask. The 770 is much, much, much better than a 750ti and is a very respectable high end card. You will have plenty of storage space with the 256Gb SSD and the 1Tb HDD. Games don't play any better on an SSD but maps will take less time to load on BF


I dislike the power supply though. I would personally go with RazerZ's build.


Well I dislike the PSU too but as I was looking at PRE BUILT systems I didn't have any choice!
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August 4, 2014 1:20:54 AM

Thulme said:
RazerZ said:
Thulme said:
RazerZ said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£97.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.98 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£149.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£33.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £569.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-02 21:37 BST+0100

Would this build still allow me to play BF4 on close to max settings if not max ? and multitask with little difference in FPS ?


Yes.

Do you know if any website would be able to make this for me ? I'am still not comfortable with trying to make it myself and don't want to risk braking £100-200 parts :/ 



If you're in the UK like me (I assume you are) there must be an independent high-street computer place that might build it for you for a fee. I expect though that they won't offer you a warranty on the parts and if they break them you'll still have to buy a new one/return to the place you bought it from if it arrived faulty (though I'd hope that someone working in a computer place would not manage to break something!!). Regardless whatever you do, don't let PC World anywhere near it!

The Dino PC build is very similar to the £600 DIY builds that others have suggested, you're basically paying £100 for them to build it and give you a warranty. I'll have a look around at some other PC building websites too for offers etc. Getting a mediocre power supply seems to be a common theme with this kind of build but the Corsair unit I suggested on the DinoPC build isn't too terrible really. I sense that you're really anxious about doing it yourself and so I'm not pushing you to DIY (unlike some others) as I'm sure you have already figured out that it's cheaper!
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August 4, 2014 1:36:39 AM

This build is practically the same as the one RazerZ recommended with a slightly better graphics card. again it's from DinoPC and you pay £130 for them to build it and give you a warranty. I customised this build https://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=13.... The reviews of that PSU are pretty favourable to be honest, it has Japanese caps on the primary where it matters and then a mix of OK polymers and electrolytics from Teapo et. al. on the secondary. Ripple could be better but it's not at the levels of destroying your components.

*Edit, actually I just noticed the RM 650 hiding at the bottom of the options list. That one is a bit better then the CS 650 so swap 'em


Customizations:

CPU: AMD FX 8320 Black Edition £52.80

CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS10X Optima £21.99

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit £73.89

Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P £12.20

Memory: 8GB Corsair 1600mhz Vengeance (2x4GB) £37.60

Hard Drive: 1TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s £5.40

Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA Included

Graphics card: AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB £210.59

Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio Included

Case: Zalman Z3 Plus £19.30

PSU: NEW! 650W Corsair CS Modular £64.10

Warranty: 3 Year SureCare Warranty Included

Reconfigure AMD 760G/970A Chipset
Product Subtotal: £710.20
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August 4, 2014 1:44:15 AM

RazerZ said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£97.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.98 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£149.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£33.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £569.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-02 21:37 BST+0100


I really think we shouldn't be recommending that £33 Win 7 on Amazon as looking at the reviews it's clear they are OEM disks for PC's like Dell that won't work on a DIY build like this. For £69 there is a 100% legitimate copy at CCL computers
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August 4, 2014 5:32:58 AM

plywrlw said:
RazerZ said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£97.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.98 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£149.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£33.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £569.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-02 21:37 BST+0100


I really think we shouldn't be recommending that £33 Win 7 on Amazon as looking at the reviews it's clear they are OEM disks for PC's like Dell that won't work on a DIY build like this. For £69 there is a 100% legitimate copy at CCL computers


Good catch. I just went by pcpartpicker's selection and win 7 was the cheapest.
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