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caseydavies93

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Hello can someone let me know if this is a good enough gaming pc to play new and old games on the maxium settings without any issues for the price, By the way im building it myself.
Thanks for any advice.

CASE : Corsair Obsidian 650D Black Midi Tower Window Gaming Case £110

PROCESSOR : Intel Core i5 4690 £178.00

CPU : be quiet! Dark Rock 3 Silent CPU Cooler £45

Motherboard : Gigabyte Z97MX-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £112.00

RAM : Corsair Vengeance Jet Black Low Profile 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 Dual/Quad Channel Kit £71.99

HDD : Western Digital 1TB WD1003FZEX Black Hard Drive - HDD £53.00

Graphics Card : EVGA GTX970 SC Cooling 4GB Nvidia (Maxwell) PCI Express Graphics Card £284.00

DVD Drive : Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD±RW 24x Retail £14.87

Power supply : 600W Corsair Builder Series CX600 80PLUS Bronze Power Supply £55

Sound : Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £23.51

Windows install : Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit DVD £70

total cost £1015
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£169.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.19 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.26 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£67.70 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (£429.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair...
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Here is a more efficient use of that money with way more performance.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£169.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.19 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.26 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£67.70 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (£429.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case (£50.00 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£77.38 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer (£15.60 @ Kustom PCs)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.29 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1001.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-14 00:46 BST+0100
 
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caseydavies93

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Will this run all games at highest settings and can i use any case? cause im not to sure on that case tbh.
 
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, you selected the guys answer who didn't even help you at all as I put that build up. I hope you revise your choices as you can unselect a best answer!
 
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Sorry just one more question, i changed the case you sent me so just double checking that this will defantly fit in this case, CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£169.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.19 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.26 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£67.70 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (£429.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus HF1 ATX/M-ATX Mid Tower Case (£50.00 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£77.38 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer (£15.60 @ Kustom PCs)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 home premium (OEM) (64-bit) £79
 
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Yes 100%
 
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Thank you and I meant that you didn't help in the main grand scheme of things. Sorry if I came off as a rude person, I was just so bewildered that I had to make a comment.
 
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