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I am going to build a gaming pc next week and I want the best gaming pc for no more then £750 I want it to have an ssd an i5 cpu and a gtx 970/ r9 390 I also want all the parts to be bought of amazon, dont ask me why. Thanks
 
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If I were limited to £750 I would build this (similar to the rig I actually built)

Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

GeForce GTX 960 Video Card
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
EVGA 550W Power Supply
DVD optical drive
Case of your choice up to £25

Then, in a couple of years time, I would upgrade the GPU to a far better one which will be available in 2018 - whatever replaces the GTX 970 for example
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Easy to say, harder to do.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.89 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£68.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£34.35 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.10 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB SOC Video Card (£268.04 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£73.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£8.75 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (£72.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £801.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-19 14:17 GMT+0000

and still not monitor, keyboard or mouse. I can't get those and cheap the rest down enough.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.89 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£34.35 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.10 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£244.95 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Rosewill SRM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.40 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£8.75 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (£72.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £741.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-19 14:23 GMT+0000

cheaped out and still about 100 pounds short for monitor and keyboard.
 
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I hope you dont hate me for this but my budget was for a system minus the OS with the OS it goes up to about £835 but thanks!

 
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If I were limited to £750 I would build this (similar to the rig I actually built)

Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

GeForce GTX 960 Video Card
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
EVGA 550W Power Supply
DVD optical drive
Case of your choice up to £25

Then, in a couple of years time, I would upgrade the GPU to a far better one which will be available in 2018 - whatever replaces the GTX 970 for example
 
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It is very much easier to upgrade a GPU than it is to buy a new motherboard and CPU and re-install everything from scratch.
So if you are limited by budget, I say get a fast CPU that will last 5 years or more, and plan to replace the GPU halfway through the life of the computer
The 960 is still a very good graphics card, and should be able to play pretty much anything for the next couple of years minimum.
 
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My sons gaming PC is a 4 GHz AMD Phenom II Quad core with a 7790 GPU. It has lasted over 6 years, and had a new GPU in 2013.
The whole thing is about to be replaced, but we certainly got good value for money out of it.
 
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nope i already got a good mouse and a decent keyboard. logitech g502 if u wonna know
 
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