Is this a good pc build for gaming and is it a good price?

Jak278 · Nov 24, 2014

This screenshot is from PC SPECIALIST https://imageshack.us/i/paSssrr0j (Couldn't get the photo up loader to work, first post I've done!) The Total price £1,037.00 from PC SPECIALIST. I could build it myself but just wondering if it's good for running the latest games on Medium/High/Ultra and if £1,000 is a good price or if I could get it much cheaper. Bear in mind I have never built a PC before so if it's not a big difference in price if I built it I would most likely just stick with PC SPECIALIST. Sorry for the long post, thanks in advance!

chumly · Nov 24, 2014

That will handle 1080p gaming fine. 16gb ram is overkill, 8gb will suffice, you should save some money. However, for that price you could build a PC that could double that one's frame rates.

TomThePotato · Nov 24, 2014

Get an I5/8GB Ram and then put the money towards a 550-650w power supply and a Gtx 970.

Jak278 · Nov 24, 2014

TomThePotato :

Thanks for the answer, would I really need a bigger power supply as 450w that is the recommend one?

logainofhades · Nov 24, 2014

You are paying way too much for that setup.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£244.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.54 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£106.06 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£73.91 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£75.54 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£267.95 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£33.59 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£72.90 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.35 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1035.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-24 20:08 GMT+0000

Jak278 · Nov 24, 2014

chumly :

Thanks, what else could I replace and add to improve the PC so it would be better and would this require me to get the parts and build it?

bignastyid · Nov 24, 2014

No it's not a good build too many problems. Drop down to an i5 and 8gb of ram, 4Gb on a 760 is a waste unless you SLI which the motherboard doesn't even support, so that needs changed aswell. Also the Using a 450w Corsair vs to power a 4790 and a gtx 760 is a horrible idea and just asking for failure. The VS is corsairs worst quality PSU and not reccomended especially for a system that would be close t maxing it out. You can build thing much better for less that 1000.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.50 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£64.90 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G1.SNIPER Z97 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£118.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£68.12 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£75.54 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card (£269.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2500 ATX Full Tower Case (£39.50 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£66.50 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Total: £917.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-24 20:24 GMT+0000

jazzy663 · Nov 24, 2014

Eww, prebuilts. That build is... decent, but way too much money for what you're getting. Go with one of the guys' suggestions here.

Jak278 · Nov 24, 2014

logainofhades :

That looks like a much better build thanks, would that defiantly be worth the money or is there anything that could be added for around £50-100 to make it better? ( e.g. The case, cooler etc as I'm happy the graphics card,processor and RAM.

Jak278 · Nov 24, 2014

jazzy663 :

Yeah I'm starting to think that, I'm not really confident building a PC just yet, do you know the average price it would cost if I was to take it to a shop and someone to build it for me?

Jak278 · Nov 24, 2014

bignastyid :

No it's not a good build too many problems. Drop down to an i5 and 8gb of ram, 4Gb on a 760 is a waste unless you SLI which the motherboard doesn't even support, so that needs changed aswell. Also the Using a 450w Corsair vs to power a 4790 and a gtx 760 is a horrible idea and just asking for failure. The VS is corsairs worst quality PSU and not reccomended especially for a system that would be close t maxing it out. You can build thing much better for less that 1000.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.50 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£64.90 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G1.SNIPER Z97 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£118.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£68.12 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£75.54 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card (£269.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2500 ATX Full Tower Case (£39.50 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£66.50 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Total: £917.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-24 20:24 GMT+0000

Wow thanks, this is my first time customising a PC for myself so I wasn't aware of these problems. Is it really not beneficial to have an i7? considering I don't plan on upgrading the CPU for a while and would rather have the i7 for a while than have an i5 and have to upgrade and spend more money.

bignastyid · Nov 24, 2014

Jak278 :

bignastyid :

Wow thanks, this is my first time customising a PC for myself so I wasn't aware of these problems. Is it really not beneficial to have an i7? considering I don't plan on upgrading the CPU for a while and would rather have the i7 for a while than have an i5 and have to upgrade and spend more money.

Currently the i7 is not going to give you much if any benefit in games. Some of the newer games will use up to 4 cores but most games only use 1 or 2. I dont see that changing for a couple more years.

Jak278 · Nov 24, 2014

bignastyid :

Jak278 :

Currently the i7 is not going to give you much if any benefit in games. Some of the newer games will use up to 4 cores but most games only use 1 or 2. I dont see that changing for a couple more years.

Thanks I think I will go with i5 then. Is there anything that could be upgraded like the Case or DVD writer that would benefit my build and only bump the price up by £50 or so? Also, is this all I would to buy in order to build the PC or would I need any extra things like better thermal paste etc?

logainofhades · Nov 24, 2014

Jak278 :

You could do case and cooler, for around that much of an increase.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£244.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: NZXT HAVIK 140 90.3 CFM CPU Cooler (£64.04 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£106.06 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£73.91 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£75.54 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£267.95 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 730T Black ATX Full Tower Case (£94.84 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£72.90 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.35 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1136.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-24 21:49 GMT+0000

bignastyid · Nov 24, 2014

Jak278 :

bignastyid :

Thanks I think I will go with i5 then. Is there anything that could be upgraded like the Case or DVD writer that would benefit my build and only bump the price up by £50 or so? Also, is this all I would to buy in order to build the PC or would I need any extra things like better thermal paste etc?

If you want to watch blurays on the system you could add a bluray drive. You could also change the case if you find one you like better. The cooler will come with good thermal compound.

sora · Nov 24, 2014

bignastyid :

Jak278 :

bignastyid :

Thanks I think I will go with i5 then. Is there anything that could be upgraded like the Case or DVD writer that would benefit my build and only bump the price up by £50 or so? Also, is this all I would to buy in order to build the PC or would I need any extra things like better thermal paste etc?

If you want to watch blurays on the system you could add a bluray drive. You could also change the case if you find one you like better. The cooler will come with good thermal compound.

The cooler definitely comes with good enough thermal paste as most thermal pastes are the same and there is no such thing as the "best thermal paste" haha.

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