Need help for a £800 gaming rig!

PcGAMING117 · Oct 15, 2014

Basically i'm in great need of help building my very first gaming PC. I have no previous experience and very little knowledge of how to choose my parts. I have given it a go anyway and chosen a build that sounds good to me but id like some words of wisdom before i spend a lot of money.

smorizio · Oct 15, 2014

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Q6YwCJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Q6YwCJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£169.60 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.94 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£106.19 @ Aria PC)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£73.81 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX Video Card (£262.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£51.97 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£81.87 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.09 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £816.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-16 01:36 BST+0100

smorizio · Oct 15, 2014

use an i5 cpu for the money it the best gaming cpu. use a z97 mb if your going to over clock or a h97 if your not. both will let you drop in a brodwell cpu latter on if needed. with a gaming pc use a 3 party cpu cooler the intel cooler is ok for day to day stuff but under heavy load it cant keep up with a larger air cooler like the the evo or others. with cases look at the layout of the case. the older cases have fix larger drive bays that limit the gpu leanth. the good cases dont have drive bays where the gpu go or the bay can come out. most cases will have one to two fans already installed in a push/pull set up. if your house is hot in the summer you may want to think of adding latter a fan or two on the top of the r300 case to pull air up.

iamlegend · Oct 15, 2014

Here man.

NOTE:

MOBO: SLI Supported so that you can add another 970 in the future.
CPU: is an i5 (non K) series because you did not state that you will OC.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£158.00 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.94 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£82.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X + Turbulence II Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£92.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£56.10 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£274.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.72 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£65.72 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £798.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-16 01:42 BST+0100

PcGAMING117 · Oct 15, 2014

thank you so much! so this will allow me to play th latest games on a high setting?

also what will overclocking do?

iamlegend · Oct 15, 2014

Overclocking lets you get pass the rated speed of your CPU.
For example your CPU speed is 3.5Mhz - 3.8Mhz, if your CPU is capable of overclocking, you can overclock it to 4.2Mhz to 4.4Mhz.

But do take note that the CPU i listed is not for overclocking.
Additionally, the case is not good.

I will post another case that I would recommend.

PC Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case @ 49.99 EURO

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