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paul_676

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I'm looking on building a pc for gaming for the first time and wanted to know what is the best system I could build with £600. I already have a radeon r9 270 and a CiT 700w PSU spared from my old comp.
Thanks for your help... oh and ill need a monitor too, is it worth investing in a 120hz one? Or are they a waste of money?
 
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Then go with the i5 4690 as this cpu will keep you going for the next 4 years or so before you need to upgrade it. In the near future you could upgrade your GPU as that will soon struggle to run modern games. For the moment thought it should be fine. Also, I would get a new PSU as well - the one that ksarex suggested is a good one.
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Is the monitor within the £600 budget? And if I were you I wouldn't get a 120hz monitor as the 270 will rarely give you more than 60fps and never at all with modern games. I would stick with a 60hz monitor with a good response time.
 
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Something along the lines of this I guess

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£116.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.68 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£12.64 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£49.00 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (£131.45 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £519.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-29 16:56 BST+0100

Also, I assume you will want to put your old hdd in your new computer so how much space does it have left on it? and what operating software did you use?
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.51 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.44 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£47.10 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£83.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.14 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case (£30.74 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.93 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.22 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: LG 22MP55HQ-P 60Hz 22.0" Monitor (£99.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £609.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-29 17:03 BST+0100

Im not sure that this 48 pounds z97 is a real deal though(amazon is listed as seller with this price but this price is too low for the product)... and just throw away your old PSU...
 
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TomSkini

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You have enough for an an i5 4690 definitely. The only thing is that it will be bottlenecked by your gpu. For gaming it's probably best to put more money into the graphics card rather than the cpu, so you could upgrade that 270 to something better. the lates AMD and Nvidia series' are at decent prices at the moment.
 
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TomSkini

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Then go with the i5 4690 as this cpu will keep you going for the next 4 years or so before you need to upgrade it. In the near future you could upgrade your GPU as that will soon struggle to run modern games. For the moment thought it should be fine. Also, I would get a new PSU as well - the one that ksarex suggested is a good one.
 
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