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Nichoxx

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To the community,

I am currently trying to decide on which combination of parts I should have for a effective 2015+ build. At the moment I only have a 1080p monitor and I'm not planning on upgrading soon. I want to be able to play pretty much every game at high/ultra settings and I have a budget of £900 (I have a NZXT H440 already). Any help is appreciated! :)

Build I had in mind was 4690k, gtx 970 and 8gb ddr3.
 
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IAmTheTofu

IAmTheTofu

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (€239.51 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€115.58 @ Home of Hardware DE)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€55.55 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive (€79.87 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (€342.87 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (€85.60 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €918.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-08 13:22 CEST+0200

This build leaves you with room to SLI whenever you'd like, without having to ever buy anything other than the extra graphics card. Maybe the SLI bridge if it's not included, but it's really cheap.
 
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Sapphire Thunder

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He is from UK so the price is in POUNDS. Not EUROS. And 900£ = 1200€ so he might have quite a bit more space for parts.

Not to say, that build is very good. Just add an 250Gb SSD and change the hdd to regular Western Digital 1Tb. Hybrid HDDs are not worth it.
And add some nice cpu cooler.



http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/DrhTgs


CPU:
Intel Core i5-4690K - £178.00 Amazon UK

CPU Cooler:
be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 - £61.44 Scan.co.uk

Motherboard:
MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 - £106.76 Scan.co.uk

Memory:
Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory - £87.78 Aria PC

Storage:
Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB - £74.29 Amazon UK
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB - £39.99 Amazon UK

Video Card:
MSI GeForce Gaming 4G GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V - £251.99 Aria PC

Power Supply:
XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular - £67.48 More Computers


Total: £867.73


With nice Black-Red theme as well.
 
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IAmTheTofu

IAmTheTofu

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Ah, woops, sorry. It was late at night where I mistook the pound symbol for a euro one.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£178.75 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£107.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£40.88 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£47.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (£389.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£67.48 @ More Computers)
Total: £898.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-08 21:13 BST+0100

I slid in a GTX 980 into Sapphire's build by removing 8GB of RAM, 130GB of SSD storage, and the CPU cooler.
 
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-HH-

-HH-

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£178.75 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.97 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£122.00 @ Aria PC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£45.83 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£63.15 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£58.74 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£267.26 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£76.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£68.23 @ More Computers)
Total: £905.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-09 11:47 BST+0100

If it's a 1080P the 980 isn't needed. OP would be better off for general performance gains from HDD's to a larger SSD and nicer mobo.
 
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Sapphire Thunder

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OP already has a case: NZXT H440.
So my build with 970 and 16Gb RAM, would be so far the best.
250Gb SSD
good cpu cooler for overclocking
16Gb RAM at 1833Mhz
GTX970 for 1080p gaming
 
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Beyond 1080P?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£178.75 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£68.09 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£72.18 @ More Computers)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£68.34 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£58.74 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card (£287.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £889.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-09 15:10 BST+0100
 
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A GTX 970 would also suit fine for a 1440p build!
 
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