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Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: Today or tomorrow

Budget Range: £650

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming / Entertainment

Are you buying a monitor: No


Parts to Upgrade: Everything apart from keyboard and mouse

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Scan.co.uk

Location: Scotland, Fife

Parts Preferences: All brands are fine

Overclocking: Maybe in the future

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe in the future

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: Really i would just like the best gaming/entertainment performance i can get for the price. I intend to add more ram later when i get more money and possibly crossfire/SLI.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I was gaming a lot a few years ago but my computer became obsolete and i was skint and couldn't buy another one. So i've been on a laptop for ages and i'm dying to get a desktop back.

Corsair Memory Vengeance Blue 8GB DDR3 1866 MHz CAS 9-10-9-27 Dual Channel Desktop
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(2x4gb)-corsair-vengeance-blue-ddr3-pc3-14900(1866)-non-ecc-unbuffered-9-10-9-27-xmp-150v

AMD FX 8350 Black Edition 8 Core Processor 4.00GHz Piledriver Socket AM3+
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-fx-8350-black-edition-vishera-8-core-s-am3plus-40ghz-16mb-total-cache-125w-retail

Western Digital WD10EZEX 1TB Blue Desktop Hard Drive SATA 3 7200rpm
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb-wd-blue-wd10ezex-sata-iii-6gb-s-7200rpm-64mb-cache-8ms-oem-hdd

Aerocool GT Advance White Mid Tower Gaming Case No PSU
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/aerocool-gt-advance-white-mid-tower-gaming-case-usb-30-with-quiet-12cm-blue-led-fan-w-o-psu

Windows 8.1 64Bit Operating System DVD English OEM International
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/microsoft-windows-81-64bit-dvd-english-international-oem-the-most-popular-one!

MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3G 3GB AMD PCI Express Graphics Card
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-msi-radeon-r9-280-gaming-28nm-5000mhz-gddr5-gpu-933mhz-boost-1000mhz-1792-streams-dvi-hdmi-mdp

EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G1 650W Full Modular Power Supply (PSU) - 120-G1-0650-XR
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/650w-evga-supernova-650-g1-full-modular-80-plus-gold-135mm-fan-atx-power-supply

MSI 970 GAMING AMD970+SB950 Socket AM3+ ATX Motherboard
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi-970-gaming-amd970plussb950-socket-942-4ddr3-2pci_ex16-2pci_ex1-2pci-6sata3-4usb3

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I've limited the merchants to three I've used in the past and had no issues with and Scan is not the cheapest for any of these parts and charges for shipping whereas these all have free shipping as an option. The gpu comes very close in performance to an r9 280x whilst consuming less power than the 280 and the cpu is far more capable than the fx8xxx and the motherboard comes with far more up to date features than the AMD fx boards.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£159.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£63.12 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT...
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Something like this? If I went for overlocking CPU that would be more and so would the motherboard which would cut into the GPU budget. If you want to sli I might suggest stretching the budget for a 850 watt psu instead just to be safe.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£128.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£55.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£60.77 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card (£199.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£66.60 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.38 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £646.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-26 22:35 BST+0100
 
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plywrlw

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I've limited the merchants to three I've used in the past and had no issues with and Scan is not the cheapest for any of these parts and charges for shipping whereas these all have free shipping as an option. The gpu comes very close in performance to an r9 280x whilst consuming less power than the 280 and the cpu is far more capable than the fx8xxx and the motherboard comes with far more up to date features than the AMD fx boards.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£159.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£63.12 @ CCL 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 (£38.98 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 285 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£179.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£37.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.35 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.38 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £653.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-26 23:07 BST+0100
 
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