£800 gaming PC build

shaolin_thumbs · Jan 12, 2016

Hi , I am looking to build a new gaming PC for £800 .I wont need any storage or ram keyboard or monitor.Could you guys help? (I also have cooling block piping etc just need a good mobo cpu case and gpu for the money)

CV_Taihou · Jan 12, 2016

What sort of RAM do you have already? Will help people make suggestions as that determines compatibility with processor series. For example if it's DDR3 you'd be looking at Haswell Refresh or AMD processors (don't think anything AMD supports DDR4 yet. Might be wrong), whereas newer series like Skylake use DDR4

Brunostako · Jan 12, 2016

CV_Taihou :

Also, CPU blocks are not always compatible with all sockets. Check with what sockets it can work.

shaolin_thumbs · Jan 12, 2016

CV_Taihou :

Have got 2x 8gb Hyper fury x from Kingston .The water block will fit AMD or Intel it has the fitting

ram is ddr3 mate

CV_Taihou · Jan 12, 2016

Is the RAM DDR3 or DDR4? My Kingston knowledge is lacking. Only ever bought G. Skill or Corsair RAM

EDIT - Post was ninja'd. Give me a bit and I'll throw something together

shaolin_thumbs · Jan 12, 2016

CV_Taihou :

Its ddr3 mate .. I heard mobos are backwards compatible with ram ...(so i shouldnt need to buy more ...)

shaolin_thumbs · Jan 12, 2016

CV_Taihou :

Hi mate .... cool ... what does ninja'd mean? If it helps have 1tb seagate HD and a 2tb SSHD (also Seagate)

CV_Taihou · Jan 12, 2016

shaolin_thumbs :

You pretty much just replied before I could and answered what I was going to ask is all.

Regarding backwards compatibility, I know for sure that the newest Intel processors (Skylake series) don't support DDR3 RAM. It has to be DDR4. If you want to use the RAM you have, you'd need to use an older (but still very capable) processor like a Haswell Refresh

shaolin_thumbs · Jan 12, 2016

CV_Taihou :

I dont mind buying more ram,can use old build for minesweeper or something lol.Just need some advice.I Would probably need a good size case though as would want to add custom water cooling into it.have a custom loop at moment (JACK D bottle as res sits atop my tower but is a little impractical if I need to move my PC around for whatever reason ...)

logainofhades · Jan 13, 2016

Skylake supports ddr3, but only the real low voltage stuff, which hyper-X is not. Skylake isn't much of an improvement, over haswell.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£177.91 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£114.52 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390X 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£315.10 @ Aria PC)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (£85.54 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX PRO Black Edition 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£94.96 @ Aria PC)
Total: £788.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-13 14:11 GMT+0000

CV_Taihou · Jan 13, 2016

logainofhades :

logainofhades is exactly right. That's the reason I built my dad a gaming machine centered around this processor as opposed to the i5-6600k or anything from Skylake. It's probably the most solid build you'll be able to get for this budget. If you need an OS and don't want to break 800 for cost you should be able drop the GPU back to something like an R9 390 or a GTX970 and pick up the OS itself for not too much more

shaolin_thumbs · Jan 13, 2016

Thanks for your help guys.one question though,does the xfx gpu run hot?

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