Help building a new gaming pc

Slow97 · Sep 3, 2015

Hi this is a gaming pc i am thinking about getting, it'll be for games like CSGO, BF4 and Crysis 3. Will this good enough and what is worth upgrading, i'd have around £80 (give or take) to spend on upgrades.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/rgTJ4D

Thanks

xghoststrike · Sep 3, 2015

All seems well i believe but only advice i could over is huff out a few bucks and upgrade that caviar blue to a wd black or a Seagate barracuda. If not that then even a 2tb hdd.

Slow97 · Sep 3, 2015

xghoststrike :

Okay thanks so i'd be looking at something like this? http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/rgTJ4D

Thanks.

emeck · Sep 3, 2015

Yes, this seems like a very solid build for what you are going to be doing with it.
You may not be able to max out those higher end games like BF4, but It is still great.
I am still rocking an old 955 BE and a HD 7770, which in comparison, pretty much suck.

One thing, though, i would recommend an open air cooler for that 970, but those don't see, to get as loud as the AMD ones.
But that is still up to you.

Slow97 · Sep 3, 2015

emeck :

Okay how would i do that (may sound dumb but im new to pc so i dont know much)
Thanks!

emeck · Sep 3, 2015

xghoststrike :

Yeah, you can get a 2tb seagate barracuda for around the same price as a 1tb WD, and it would still be pretty good.

Slow97 · Sep 3, 2015

emeck :

Okay ive tweaked the build a little bit, so this would be good for my needs? http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/pGZPBm

emeck · Sep 3, 2015

Slow97 :

As the 4460 is not overclockable, you do not need z97 and could save some money by going with h97.
And i SOMEWHAT take back what i said before about the blower-style cooler. that is still up to you, but if you wanted a *guideline* for that, here you go; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAKyh-qqQCw

Slow97 · Sep 3, 2015

emeck :

Slow97 :

As the 4460 is not overclockable, you do not need z97 and could save some money by going with h97.
And i SOMEWHAT take back what i said before about the blower-style cooler. that is still up to you, but if you wanted a *guideline* for that, here you go; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAKyh-qqQCw

Thanks for you help, one other thing i'm looking into is getting a GTX 780. Would this be better and if so would i need any other parts?

emeck · Sep 3, 2015

This post may help you out a bit in your decision; http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2304143/gtx-780-gtx-970-points.html

The only thing i would point out is that the 970 only has 3.5 gigs of vram, but that is still fine for 1080p gaming.

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