Gaming PC build for +/- 900 euros

andreas7891 · Jun 16, 2015

Hi, I want to build a gaming pc but because I am new to this stuff I do not know what parts shall I use.I would be really glad if anyone could help me.

Budget Range: Around 900 euros, it doesnt really matter if it's a bit more than 900.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, music production, surfing the web.
Are you buying a monitor: No I have one.
Do you need to buy OS: No I have one.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Don't really care but I would prefer a site withing Europe.
Location: Greece.
Parts Preferences: I would like an intel i5 or an octacore amd cpu.
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Additional Comments: -
Why Are You Upgrading: My 4 year old computer is getting slower and slower

noobgamer40 · Aug 12, 2015

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (€201.90 @ Caseking)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (€34.60 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€87.48 @ Home of Hardware DE)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (€52.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€55.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card (€372.13 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (€63.02 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (€109.94 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (€16.75 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €993.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-12 17:12 CEST+0200

This is using dutch stores, other stores in Europe have many the parts not available, it was hard to find parts bcuz many parts aren't available too, of course if you use US shops it is significantly cheaper and under the budget, if you can buy from US stores that would be great bcuz it's cheaper, anyway this will hopefully last you long, and since you said you won't sli/crossfire I took a 500w psu...

EDIT: I changed the psu, don't know if this is good either...

jmsellars1 · Aug 12, 2015

The above build looks good for gaming, Ideally you'd want a SSD and 16GB RAM for the audio stuff though. Would be nice to have something quieter for audio stuff as well, that GPU runs hot/loud compared to the Nvidia 900 series.

If you want something not quite as good for games (but still very capable at 1080P) but slightly better at the audio stuff and quieter, I'd go for this. (Assuming like the above post that German stores deliver to you, it is the closest country I could find on PCPartPicker)

EDIT: I just realised Italy would be a bit closer, /facepalm

PCPartPicker part list: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/pfBzcf
Price breakdown by merchant: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/pfBzcf/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (€189.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85N-PHOENIX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Kingston Savage 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€92.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€54.58 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Hitachi Travelstar 5K1000 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (€56.02 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (€337.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Thermaltake Core V1 Mini ITX Tower Case (€41.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (€69.90 @ Caseking)
Total: €843.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-12 10:05 CEST+0200

That motherboard is ideal if you can find it as it has a USB port with an isolated power source. This is great for audio interfaces as it should have less noise. If you can't find it, any other 1150 mini ITX board is fine. Before buying that board or any other H61 or B85 one, make sure the BIOS is up date before buying otherwise it might not work with that CPU.

noobgamer40 · Aug 12, 2015

I'd go for this. (Assuming like the above post that German stores deliver to you, it is the closest country I could find on PCPartPicker)

EDIT: I just realised Italy would be a bit closer, /facepalm

I didn't choose it because it is closer, it is because Italy and spain had many parts out of stock...

tiny voices · Aug 12, 2015

The PSU is noobgamer's build is not good at all and needs to be changed. Otherwise it is a solid build.

jmsellers build needs work. The SSD is the worst possible SSD you can buy and must be changed. Don't even consider the V300. 8gb RAM will be fine for music production. the HDD should be 7200RPM. The PSU is GREAT though and the GPU will be great for gaming on max settings at 1080p.

noobgamer40 · Aug 12, 2015

tiny voices :

I edited my post and changed the psu, is it good now?

tiny voices · Aug 12, 2015

It is a good quality unit but too small. You want 650w for an r9 390.

logainofhades · Aug 12, 2015

Only went with the Z97 due to the weird pricing.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (€185.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€85.34 @ Home of Hardware DE)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (€53.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€86.98 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€55.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 970 4GB JetStream Video Card (€348.49 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case (€33.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€66.89 @ Home of Hardware DE)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (€16.75 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €933.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-12 17:49 CEST+0200

tiny voices · Aug 12, 2015

^Looks great. This is what I would recommend.

jmsellars1 · Aug 12, 2015

tiny voices :

Why is that the worst SSD you can buy? You should back up that kind of claim really. The specs are pretty much the same as any other SSD, it is a good price and Kingston are a well known and reliable/reputable brand. I cant find any bad reviews about the V300 series online and I used to work at Ebuyer in the UK, very few Kingston SSD's were returned. (It was mostly OCZ and some Corsair ones that were returned there.)

The reason I put a 2.5'' 5400RPM drive in there is quietness, the speed difference shouldn't be very noticeable as the OS and programs will be on the SSD. There is a speed difference though just to let OP know. A 3.5'' 7200RPM drive would be the same price if not cheaper and it would be a bit faster to access files on that drive. They're a lot noisier though in my opinion, depends how sensitive you are to noise really.

The RAM depends really. 16GB is useful if using a lot of software such as effects, amp modelling, VST's, synths etc. as they really eat up the RAM. It is good for just generally multitasking and being able to have things open in the background without slowdowns as well. 8GB would be more than fine if just directly recording with mics and not including ridiculous numbers of instruments/tracks.

EDIT: There's nothing wrong with that XFX PSU either, XFX put out some top quality PSU's and that one is no exception.

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/6022/xfx-xtr-550-watt-80-plus-gold-power-supply-review/index5.html

EDIT2: Sorry I just noticed he edited his post, I don't know which PSU you were referring to.

tiny voices · Aug 12, 2015

I never said there was anything wrong with XFx PSUs. They are top quality. All made by Seasonic. I said the PSU is your build was great. super Flower make some of the best units there are.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand They changed the V300 to a crap controller and it is VERY slow. Not to mention they are super unreliable. First shipment V300? Good budget SSD. Current V300? Terrible. As bad as an SSD can be. DO NOT buy that SSD.

jmsellars1 · Aug 12, 2015

Whoa that's terrible, even to the point of plain false advertising. I don't think that's even legal, they're still advertised at the original speed.

Thanks for letting us know, I wasn't being argumentative but sorry if you thought I was. In that case I'd stick to Intel, Samsung or Crucial personally.

(Yeah I realised after typing that Noobgamer had edited his post regarding the XFX PSU.)

tiny voices · Aug 12, 2015

Yep, they are crap and not recommended at all. Companies do things like this all too often.

I would get a Crucial BX100. Best value/performance.

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