£600-£700 Budget Gaming Build 2014

OfficiallyKrimsn

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I've been wanting to build a PC for sometime and now since I think I know what I'm doing, I believe it is time! I have a budget of £600-£700, not including Monitor, OS or HDD. I think an i5 would be best for gaming, as well as maybe an R9 280X or a GTX 970? I will be playing games like: DayZ (SA/Mod), FarCry 3 (And 4 When it comes out), Battlefield 4 and Alien Isolation + others. I would like to run these games at 60fps+ on the highest settings; but still hopefully keeping it under £700. I would also like to be able to record games for my YouTube Channel, in Ultra, (if I have to turn it down it's ok, as I might get an external Capture Card; which will allow me to record with no lag still on Ultra settings). A PC Part Picker List would be helpful, also if at all possible could you tell at what settings etc and what fps I would get. I am also looking to overclock in the future so a 'K' would be nice, but a 3rd party cooler not needed ASAP.
Thanks!
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£149.15 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£65.40 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£61.91 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£251.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.48 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.52 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Total: £668.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-06 17:41 GMT+0000
 

OfficiallyKrimsn

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Any idea how well this would run the games, featured? Thanks,
 

logainofhades

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£187.82 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£60.48 @ More Computers)
Memory: Mushkin Stealth 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£267.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case (£62.39 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.52 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Total: £695.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-06 19:42 GMT+0000