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September 13, 2014 2:20:02 PM

Hi, I am planning to build my first gaming PC and I have a good idea of what I need and want. However I have no experience or knowledge of parts, so any other suggestions or feed back is welcome and much appreciated. Here is a link to the part list: http://
Thanks for taking time to check this out and help me. :) 

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a b 4 Gaming
September 13, 2014 2:33:15 PM

Here is a much better gaming build for 20 pounds extra. It's going to be able to play everything on high settings at 1080p with good FPS.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.86 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£103.35 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£60.87 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card (£193.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£51.97 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.35 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (£14.89 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£44.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £740.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-13 22:31 BST+0100

Or with a R9 280 GPU it's 25 pounds cheaper
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/QqpQwP
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September 13, 2014 3:34:16 PM

byza said:
Here is a much better gaming build for 20 pounds extra. It's going to be able to play everything on high settings at 1080p with good FPS.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.86 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£103.35 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£60.87 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card (£193.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£51.97 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.35 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (£14.89 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£44.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £740.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-13 22:31 BST+0100

Or with a R9 280 GPU it's 25 pounds cheaper
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/QqpQwP


Would you make any changes if I said that I have around £750 excluding Windows?
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a b 4 Gaming
September 13, 2014 4:35:52 PM

To keep the same quality you could add in an SSD. Adding a R9 290 to the build brings the price to £770 because you need to bump up the PSU too, so I don't know if that exceeds your budget. You could Also upgrade the case.
SSD http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-d...
Build with 290 and PSU http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/LPQKnQ

And here with a few changes to get it under £750
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.86 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£86.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£60.87 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card (£259.55 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (£14.89 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £747.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-14 00:35 BST+0100

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a b 4 Gaming
September 13, 2014 5:48:28 PM

byza said:
To keep the same quality you could add in an SSD. Adding a R9 290 to the build brings the price to £770 because you need to bump up the PSU too, so I don't know if that exceeds your budget. You could Also upgrade the case.
SSD http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-d...
Build with 290 and PSU http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/LPQKnQ

And here with a few changes to get it under £750
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.86 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£86.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£60.87 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card (£259.55 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (£14.89 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £747.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-14 00:35 BST+0100



+1... but does an SSD really define quality?
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a b 4 Gaming
September 13, 2014 6:07:51 PM

sora said:
byza said:
To keep the same quality you could add in an SSD. Adding a R9 290 to the build brings the price to £770 because you need to bump up the PSU too, so I don't know if that exceeds your budget. You could Also upgrade the case.
SSD http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-d...
Build with 290 and PSU http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/LPQKnQ

And here with a few changes to get it under £750
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.86 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£86.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£60.87 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card (£259.55 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (£14.89 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £747.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-14 00:35 BST+0100



+1... but does an SSD really define quality?


I meant the OP could add an SSD or upgrade the case keeping the same quality in the rest of the parts. In the second build I had to drop the mobo and case to slightly lower tier parts to get the GPU to fit the price. I probably could have worded it better.
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September 14, 2014 12:44:38 PM

byza said:
sora said:
byza said:
To keep the same quality you could add in an SSD. Adding a R9 290 to the build brings the price to £770 because you need to bump up the PSU too, so I don't know if that exceeds your budget. You could Also upgrade the case.
SSD http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-d...
Build with 290 and PSU http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/LPQKnQ

And here with a few changes to get it under £750
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.86 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£86.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£60.87 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card (£259.55 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (£14.89 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £747.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-14 00:35 BST+0100



+1... but does an SSD really define quality?


I meant the OP could add an SSD or upgrade the case keeping the same quality in the rest of the parts. In the second build I had to drop the mobo and case to slightly lower tier parts to get the GPU to fit the price. I probably could have worded it better.


Thanks a lot:D 
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a b 4 Gaming
September 14, 2014 5:50:10 PM

ic4ruski3 said:
byza said:
Here is a much better gaming build for 20 pounds extra. It's going to be able to play everything on high settings at 1080p with good FPS.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.86 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£103.35 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£60.87 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card (£193.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£51.97 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.35 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (£14.89 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£44.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £740.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-13 22:31 BST+0100

Or with a R9 280 GPU it's 25 pounds cheaper
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/QqpQwP


Would you make any changes if I said that I have around £750 excluding Windows?


byza said:
sora said:
byza said:
To keep the same quality you could add in an SSD. Adding a R9 290 to the build brings the price to £770 because you need to bump up the PSU too, so I don't know if that exceeds your budget. You could Also upgrade the case.
SSD http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-d...
Build with 290 and PSU http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/LPQKnQ

And here with a few changes to get it under £750
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.86 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£86.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£60.87 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card (£259.55 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (£14.89 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £747.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-14 00:35 BST+0100



+1... but does an SSD really define quality?


I meant the OP could add an SSD or upgrade the case keeping the same quality in the rest of the parts. In the second build I had to drop the mobo and case to slightly lower tier parts to get the GPU to fit the price. I probably could have worded it better.

Oh alright. Sorry for the assumption.

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a b 4 Gaming
September 14, 2014 5:53:30 PM

sora said:
ic4ruski3 said:
byza said:
Here is a much better gaming build for 20 pounds extra. It's going to be able to play everything on high settings at 1080p with good FPS.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.86 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£103.35 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£60.87 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card (£193.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£51.97 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.35 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (£14.89 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£44.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £740.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-13 22:31 BST+0100

Or with a R9 280 GPU it's 25 pounds cheaper
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/QqpQwP


Would you make any changes if I said that I have around £750 excluding Windows?


byza said:
sora said:
byza said:
To keep the same quality you could add in an SSD. Adding a R9 290 to the build brings the price to £770 because you need to bump up the PSU too, so I don't know if that exceeds your budget. You could Also upgrade the case.
SSD http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-d...
Build with 290 and PSU http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/LPQKnQ

And here with a few changes to get it under £750
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.86 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£86.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£60.87 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card (£259.55 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (£14.89 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £747.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-14 00:35 BST+0100



+1... but does an SSD really define quality?


I meant the OP could add an SSD or upgrade the case keeping the same quality in the rest of the parts. In the second build I had to drop the mobo and case to slightly lower tier parts to get the GPU to fit the price. I probably could have worded it better.

Oh alright. Sorry for the assumption.



No worries. I read it after your response and it definitely wasn't clear what I meant.
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