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andyb313

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Hi all. Looking to build a new gaming PC and wondering if I could get some help?

I'm in uk abd budget is 1000 looking for a gaming PC for new games . alreaf have windows 7 64 bit so do not need an is included but will need a monitor . thanks!
 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.00 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Cooling MX4 4g Thermal Paste (£6.19 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£106.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£54.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£43.98 @ Dabs)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.79 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£274.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£46.39 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£63.88 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.50 @ CCL Computers)
Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£3.49 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£3.49 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£3.49 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: BenQ GL2460HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £972.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-01 09:13 BST+0100
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.90 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£110.25 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£54.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£73.02 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.79 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£274.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Thermaltake Core V31 ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.58 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£90.11 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (£16.95 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: BenQ GL2460HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1007.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-01 09:16 BST+0100
 
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Do you need any peripherals at all?
 

andyb313

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No peripherals required

 

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BIG FAT STINKING EDIT:
I didn't realise that the previous comments were 2 years old so excuse the slight biggotry, I thought everyone was being silly. Apologies.


Why are you all recommending the GTX 970 when the RX 480 outperforms it for £100 less.
Also he can go with a sky/kaby lake cpu and fit in budget.
You're all crazy.

OP I beg that you ignore the previous comments and go with a build more like:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£191.98 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£87.77 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: PNY Anarchy 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£39.55 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£80.97 @ BT Shop)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£44.15 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 4GB RS Video Card (£204.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H25 ATX Mid Tower Case (£40.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£69.95 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£13.61 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: BenQ GL2460HM 24.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor (£126.08 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £899.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-17 13:10 GMT+0000

monitor supports free sync.

Better yet, if you can go over budget by 50-100 you'll be able to pick up a gtx 1070, however, in that case I recommend changing screen as no need for free sync. g-sync monitors cost a lot so I'd recommend going with something basic (maybe a 2ms 1080p screen and then upgrading to a gysnc monitor when you have £200+ to spare)

Reasons not to go for the other builds listed:

i5 7500 > i5 4690k on base performance, you didn't list whether you wanted to OC but i'm gonna assume no for now. Otherwise I recommend the i5 6600k or i5 7600k, both of which still stay well within your budget.

RX 480 > GTX 970 on [strike]pretty much[/strike] literally all benchmarks

DDR4 2400 RAM supported on mobo, however, if you want to get a better mobo and get some 2700-3000 ddr4 ram instead, that's another way to fill your 1000 budget

Newer intel chipset, alternatively, you can wait for AMD's new Ryzen line to be released, which looks amazing in comparison.

Unless you're SLI/crossfire'ing or have a titan and an i7, you're never gonna go above the recommended power levels for an 80+ gold psu at 600 watts alone, the extra 50watts is just to be safe. Some of the people here are recommending 700 watts+, lol for what? If it's because the PSUs they listed are fully modular then you can just get a 600-650 watt fulyl modular psu for £20 less, still. Wasted money on overdoing it unless you have plans to SLI/Crossfire (as said)

Case is purely preference, you have enough budget left over for whatever case and additional case fans you need.

M.2 SSD >>>>>>> Sata SSD, if you want to go a step further you can get a PCI-E ssd (supported on mobo I picked), 1tb hdd is standard back up.

After market fan not needed less you're OC'ing