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Here's my best shot. I didn't know if you were planning on overclocking or not so I erred on the side that you will, either now or in the future. If you won't be let me know and I can save you some money. You've got maybe the fastest OC'ing Z97 mobo availale, and incredible GPU, a great case and PSU, and a CPU that is as good as anyone needs for modern gaming. I'm honestly not sure this can be improved upon without an SSD, and in your budget it's just not worth it. Hope this helps!


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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£166.74 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£57.88 @ Amazon UK)...
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Here's my best shot. I didn't know if you were planning on overclocking or not so I erred on the side that you will, either now or in the future. If you won't be let me know and I can save you some money. You've got maybe the fastest OC'ing Z97 mobo availale, and incredible GPU, a great case and PSU, and a CPU that is as good as anyone needs for modern gaming. I'm honestly not sure this can be improved upon without an SSD, and in your budget it's just not worth it. Hope this helps!


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£166.74 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£57.88 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC FORCE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£164.11 @ More Computers)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX Video Card (£265.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case (£64.35 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£68.05 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.98 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £892.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-20 23:57 BST+0100
 
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thanks for the reply but i got recommended this can you help me understand these parts please and if they are good for gaming both yours and this other reply parts thanks
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£166.74 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.96 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£103.35 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: AMD 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£63.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£82.68 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card (£299.15 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 ATX Mid Tower Case (£62.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£58.96 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £899.68
 
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First thing I need to ask is if you are open to overclocking, that's a decision you need to make.

Our two builds are similar in a lot of ways, for example both of them are designed for overclocking. Here are some differences.

You only need a CPU cooler if you are overclocking. The CPU that he and I both picked can run hot, and my cooler is a much higher quality cooler which you will need if you OC. Our motherboards are pretty comparable, but mine will be faster if you OC, and Gigabyte is a more respected brand overall than ASRock. He got you a solid state drive (SSD), which is a big improvement on loading times for games and for booting your PC up, but because of that had to go with a slower graphics card. The 970 is much faster than his 270 and it's cheaper too. His PSU is a little lower in quality than mine and it's also overkill, you don't need more than 600W at most on this kind of build. Lastly mine includes an optical drive, his does not

If you will not overclock I can get you an SSD without a problem, and keep the high quality components selected.

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i am aware of overclocking just dont know how to activate it or if it does it itself all i really want is agood gaming pc for 900 quid and as you could tell im no expert when it comes to specs just want one that can run good games etc skyrim at good quality
 
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ill probs mess it up when it comes to overclocking so can you add a SSD and tell me if it makes alot of difrennce please sorry just want the best for me as its alot of money
 
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Overclocking with an Asus or Gigabyte board is pretty easy, there is software that comes with the board that will do it for you. Gigabyte's is called EasyTune and you get a performance boost out of your CPU by probably around an additional GHz to the clock speed. This set up will run Skyrim like a top without any problems. If you think you just won't be comfortable OC'ing then let me know and I can make adjustments to the build.

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yeah im worried about it can you make the changes please i understand how overclocking perfomance will enchance but without it will the setup you gave me without overclocking be good for games?
 
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Okay, here's the non-OC build. I took out the CPU cooler, got you a great mobo at a cheaper price, and put in an SSD. You can store all of your games on there where they will be much faster. You've got a very reliable Western Digital HDD that has a five-year warranty and is faster than the previous HDD as well. You are still way under 900 and have got a terrific gaming rig!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£154.39 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H97 GAMING 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£77.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX Video Card (£265.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case (£64.05 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£68.05 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.98 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £831.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-21 00:42 BST+0100
 
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thanks for your help i may have been a pain in the arse but just want my games to run well might go for the overclock since you said it was easy just wanted to see my option as im guessing even with out the overclock the previous setup is still good
 
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