Buying My First Gaming PC Tomorrow!

ftaylorr1997 · Dec 28, 2015

Hi there, after months of researching and saving money, i finally am able to join the masterrace.
I plan on gaming at 1080p and standard day-to-day uses.
Price is currently at a maximum, and it needs to have a wifi adapter.
Also, if you can find any cheaper/better components, please let me know!
Thank you very much in advance!
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£142.61 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£59.17 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£35.88 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card (£178.96 @ More Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£29.64 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£59.87 @ Aria PC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£28.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £573.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-28 21:40 GMT+0000

bliq · Dec 28, 2015

apparently that CX line by corsair isn't well built, so maybe try Seasonic
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seasonic-S12-II-Bronze-Certified-Supply/dp/B003BIEOCI/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1451340800&sr=1-3&keywords=80%2B+gold

And I always advocate a small SSD over a mechanical hard drive any day. If you can fit a 120GB SSD, I recommend it over the 1TB HDD unless you have some reason to require more space right now.

ImmortalGiraffe · Dec 28, 2015

ftaylorr1997 :

Hi there, after months of researching and saving money, i finally am able to join the masterrace.
I plan on gaming at 1080p and standard day-to-day uses.
Price is currently at a maximum, and it needs to have a wifi adapter.
Also, if you can find any cheaper/better components, please let me know!
Thank you very much in advance!
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£142.61 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£59.17 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£35.88 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card (£178.96 @ More Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£29.64 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£59.87 @ Aria PC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£28.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £573.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-28 21:40 GMT+0000

I got an r9 390 in the budget!! You can do pretty good 1440p gaming with this. Have fun http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/XnvqGX

Also a 1tb hard drive and a 250gb ssd 850 evo

DD

bliq · Dec 28, 2015

ImmortalGiraffe :

ftaylorr1997 :

I got an r9 390 in the budget!! You can do pretty good 1440p gaming with this. Have fun http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/XnvqGX

Also a 1tb hard drive and a 250gb ssd 850 evo

DD

How is that in the budget? It's 100 quid more?

ftaylorr1997 · Dec 28, 2015

ImmortalGiraffe :

ftaylorr1997 :

I got an r9 390 in the budget!! You can do pretty good 1440p gaming with this. Have fun http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/XnvqGX

Also a 1tb hard drive and a 250gb ssd 850 evo

DD

Its £100 over my budget...

ftaylorr1997 · Dec 28, 2015

bliq :

Cheers, will have a look. Dont really need the extra speed to be honest, quite a patient person haha.
Would you recommend anything else?

demon_ryu · Dec 28, 2015

ftaylorr1997 :

bliq :

Cheers, will have a look. Dont really need the extra speed to be honest, quite a patient person haha.
Would you recommend anything else?

Ditch the CX for your own good
get the Seasonic evo series

demon_ryu · Dec 28, 2015

Also since this is a gaming rig I would suggest you to get a Mini atx or atx mobo.You wouldnt want everything cramped in one place with no decent cable management or airflow
Also if possible go for corsair carbide spec 2/3 case for cabinet or the new Thermaltake Versa N21
Add 2 140mm static Af fans as intake and 3 Airflow fans as outtake
Should cost you another 40-50$ max but will keep your components cool

bliq · Dec 28, 2015

ftaylorr1997 :

bliq :

Cheers, will have a look. Dont really need the extra speed to be honest, quite a patient person haha.
Would you recommend anything else?

Nope, looks good to me.

bliq · Dec 28, 2015

demon_ryu :

That motherboard is already micro atx. too many fans cause more noise. You don't need *that* much airflow. I use a mini-ITX case and it's fine with just a single 120mm exhaust (well technically 2, mounted on a radiator) and a single 80mm intake. Runs silent and not hot at all unless I'm gaming.

The carbide cases are lovely but if we're trying to stay in budget...

demon_ryu · Dec 28, 2015

your call
also too much low graded fans causes noise
Was talking from experience

Anyway if you can manage go ahead

ScrewySqrl · Dec 29, 2015

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK AIDOS BLACK 48.6 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£16.09 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£85.94 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£34.49 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Crucial BX200 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£46.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£27.59 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£146.39 @ Aria PC)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£20.02 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£55.56 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £588.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-29 16:17 GMT+0000

this is a much better 600 pound build. the r9 380 is all you need for 1920x1080 gaming, the i5 6500 is the very latest model and can be overclocked on the Z170 board and the inexpensive cooler. you get a 1 TB drive and a 240 GB SD

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