Building rig for uni with a budget of £800 (roughly $1100). Suggestions?

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Azhar2955

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So I am planning to assemble a rig with a budget of £800 (roughly around $1100). Maybe an additional $100 if it's absolutely necessary!

I do have a LG 1080p monitor which I will be using with the rig at the moment. So the rig is intended for 1080p gaming with 60fps+.

I am using an Asus G550 with a core i7 4th generation and a GTX 850m 2GB GDDR3 at the moment. I get decent frame rates at 1080p with medium settings in most games (Witcher 3, GTA 5, etc). So I am hoping to build something that will blow it out of the water!

I haven't decided on which chassis to get yet but have made an early list of all other components.

What do you guys think? Any suggestions?


CPU Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor £155.00 @ Amazon UK

CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler £24.89 @ Aria PC

Motherboard MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard £83.99 @ Ebuyer

Storage Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £34.98 @ Amazon UK

Storage Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £51.98 @ Aria PC

Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card £268.98 @ Amazon UK

Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts

Total £619.82

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with your standard 120mm air cooler there really isn't any advantages of the 6600 or 6600k over the 6500 since they will all overclock relatively close to each other. the 6400 has too low of a base multiplier for a good overclock though. but i currently see the 6600 cheaper than the 6500 anyways so there isn't much sense dropping down.

your case choice is purely yours. i would watch a youtube video review from a good source on cases that you like to get an idea of the build pros and cons of each.
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spend a little bit more and you have a killer red/black theme build. though if you dont care about color matching then you can swap a few things around and get it really close to £800

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.89 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£103.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£50.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£58.74 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£51.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£268.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£58.60 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£66.96 @ Aria PC)
Total: £840.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Azhar2955

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The S340 looks super sleek! What do you think about the BitFenix Aegis?
Also, would there be a major difference if I went for a 6400 or a 6500 instead of the i5 6600?
 
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Here's a similarly priced 6600K build with an R9 390, Went for a Black/White aesthetic.

Tell me what you think

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£199.99 @ Dabs)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.89 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£83.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£39.95 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£58.74 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£51.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£253.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£54.72 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£67.98 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £836.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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with your standard 120mm air cooler there really isn't any advantages of the 6600 or 6600k over the 6500 since they will all overclock relatively close to each other. the 6400 has too low of a base multiplier for a good overclock though. but i currently see the 6600 cheaper than the 6500 anyways so there isn't much sense dropping down.

your case choice is purely yours. i would watch a youtube video review from a good source on cases that you like to get an idea of the build pros and cons of each.
 
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