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28waffle

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I am converting from console to pc at Christmas and have decided to build my own.
I don't really know much about building pcs because I have never built one before.

I ain't looking to over clock until I know what I'm doing.
I just want to play games like bf4, minecraft, cod, borderlands, bio shock, assassins creed and far cry on decent framesps and graphics.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3NBFCJ

Could you guys tell me if this build is a good starting point in the pc gaming life.
Thanks in advance
Thomas
 
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For gaming it's more important to put more money towards your graphics card, so I changed the cpu to an i3 and the graphics card to a much more powerful one. The r7 250x that you had chosen isn't very good value for money either. I aslo changed the ram to 2x4gb rather than 1x8gb as dual channel is faster than single. You also don't need a cpu cooler as you won't be overclocking, so I removed that.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4330 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£87.59 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£35.56 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.49 @ Ebuyer)...
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For gaming it's more important to put more money towards your graphics card, so I changed the cpu to an i3 and the graphics card to a much more powerful one. The r7 250x that you had chosen isn't very good value for money either. I aslo changed the ram to 2x4gb rather than 1x8gb as dual channel is faster than single. You also don't need a cpu cooler as you won't be overclocking, so I removed that.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4330 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£87.59 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£35.56 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.49 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card (£112.54 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£18.87 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.55 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£12.64 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £393.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-14 19:24 BST+0100
 
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28waffle

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Thanks for the help, although I really do want that i5 processor so I came up with this

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/WhLpD3
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/WhLpD3/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£130.00 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£35.56 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.49 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 650 2GB Video Card (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£18.87 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.55 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£12.64 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £403.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-14 20:13 BST+0100

Is this better?
Thanks again
Thomas
 
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TomSkini

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I would really recommend going with the i3-4330 and the 7870. The 7870 that I have suggested is only £112 pounds which is really cheap . You'll really struggle to play games like bf4 with the gtx 650 and even the gtx 750, but with the 7870 you can play games at 1080p with high graphics. Or you could spend a bit more money and get an i5 with it.
 
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im also starting a new build and the total cost of this one is 405£
its not very powerful but it is a budget gaming pc and i can upgrade gpu and cpu in future
Inter-Tech, Eterno V6 Sentinel, USB3.0, Black
Asrock, Z97M Anniversary
i3-4160 3.6GHz, 3MB Cache
MSI, GeForce GTX 750 Ti, 2GB GDDR5, OC
Kingston, 8GB, DDR3, 1600MHz, CL10, Kit of 2, HyperX Fury Black
Western Digital, 1TB, 7200rpm, 64MB, Sata III
500w PSU
 
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28waffle

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Thanks again for your help,

Regarding your suggestions would this be a ok build or not?

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

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£81.95 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£35.56 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.49 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB DirectCU II Video Card (£131.94 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£18.87 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.55 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£12.64 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £406.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-14 22:05 BST+0100

Thanks once again
Thomas
 
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28waffle

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Thanks for the help. I have done a few tweaks to your idea and have finished up with this

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/9cJBFT
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/9cJBFT/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4330 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£87.59 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS5X Performa CPU Cooler (£12.52 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£36.73 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.49 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card (£112.54 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£18.87 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.55 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.09 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £404.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-14 23:02 BST+0100


Would this be able to do what I want it to do and casual school work as well?

Thanks again
Thomas
 
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+!1; this is a great build for the price!
 
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