New £550 build - Advice wanted :)

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Hi all,

I'm hoping to build a pc for £500, £550 MAX. I'm only playing at 1080 screen resolution and no more. Im wanting to play the Witcher 3 (to which is lagging on my current build whilst everything is on low/off) on high as possible. Other games include The crew, elder scrolls online, gta 5. Wanting to play assassins creed syndicate, just cause 4, fallout 4 etc. Basically, the games coming later this year.

I am not looking at an ATX build.

I'm currently within the UK so GBP only please.

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This is the cheapest if you want good CPU and GTX 970 in a MATX case and with motherboard that will support Broadwell

H97 and Z97 motherboard will support broadwell

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£141.26 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£58.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.60 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£246.36 @ More Computers)
Case: Xigmatek Spirit M MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£24.16 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply:...
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turbopiki

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What are your current PC specs maybe you can re-use something.

So you want MATX build ITX. Why dont you want ATX build ?

But if you have nothing to re-use get this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£141.26 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£30.20 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£35.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.60 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290X 4GB Direct CU II Video Card (£226.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£25.29 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£56.60 @ More Computers)
Total: £554.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-21 18:07 BST+0100
 
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Yeah see if you can follow turbopiki's advice and maybe upgrade.

So here made a list that will accomplish high to ultra settings in most modern games (i5-4460 + R9 280X)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£141.26 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£48.74 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£39.78 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.60 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£178.40 @ More Computers)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£28.71 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£51.93 @ Dabs)
Total: £528.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-21 18:03 BST+0100
 
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Ive only kept 8gb of ram from my previous build so ram is sorted. An atx case is too large. My previous build was AMD fx6300, gigabyte r9 280x. I'm wanting a nvidia gpu such as the 970. Intel cpu is preferred than amd. Having an z97 board would allow me to upgrade to broad well cpu should it not?

Thanks
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£141.26 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£48.74 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.60 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£246.36 @ More Computers)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£28.71 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.40 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £551.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-21 18:17 BST+0100
 
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This is the cheapest if you want good CPU and GTX 970 in a MATX case and with motherboard that will support Broadwell

H97 and Z97 motherboard will support broadwell

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£141.26 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£58.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.60 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£246.36 @ More Computers)
Case: Xigmatek Spirit M MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£24.16 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.40 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £556.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-21 18:18 BST+0100
 
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