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Having long been absent from pc gaming. I have decided to purchase one. My budget is from £1200-1300 with perhaps a bit extra depending on the situation. i know limited amounts about specs and such, but have been recommended the use of PCSPECIALIST. Now i do not know if they are good or not and as such need some help from you guys. reasons for why choices are made are appreciated.
 
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CPU demanding doesn't mean you necessarily need more cores. Most of the intensive games that I'm aware of require a high core clock speed rather than having more cores. Not to say that I wouldn't go for an i7 personally. It's just prohibitive with budget, and you're going to get a far more enormous boost to game performance with a better gpu than a better CPU especially when comparing an i5 to an i7
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I had a look and managed to get an i5 6600k build with a gtx 980 graphics card and a Samsung m.2 ssd. But they only offer corsair Psu's and the budget ones are rubbish so you would have to buy the 850w version which is ridiculous.

Seems a bit overpriced and inflexible if I'm being honest. If you built it yourself we could help you pick the best parts for your budget
 
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yeah problem is i dread the idea of building my own pc in fear of messing it up. therefore prebuilt is probably the way forward and i am still unsure what to go for to play games such as the total war series and stuff of that ilk without any problems. also anyone know of a good mouse and keyboard? i do not know how much you would likely spend on a good set?
 
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Yeah but you don't want to buy from most pre built vendors because they go cheap on crucial components like the power supply. Building your own is not as difficult as you think it might be.

Here's a build I would suggest:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£189.59 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX_BK 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£57.22 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£132.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£88.33 @ More Computers)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£58.74 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.97 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card (£529.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (£85.54 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£110.14 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.48 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1302.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-13 16:50 GMT+0000
 
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Honestly I wouldn't recommend any prebuilt (unless you can save a huge amount of money by getting one. Have a friend who works for a company that will pay like 2000 US for a computer for him, but it has to come complete)

Best way to look at it I think is that everyone has to start somewhere. My first build was kind of nerve wracking but if you follow all the directions, and better yet have someone familiar with computers there with you it makes it really easy since they can correct you if something get's messed up
 
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yeah i do not know anyone really who is good with computer hardware stuff as majority of friends are console gamers. i have been told some websites as the one previously mentioned are usually decent pricing in regards to pc building for you. would you agree or?
 
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My big issue is that I'm cheap. If I can save 100 bucks by building a computer myself I will. Not necessarily because I want the money back, but so I can get better parts. As is widely accepted, prebuilt machines tend to cheap out on some important components (like the PSU)

My honest recommendation is to put it together yourself. First one always takes a decent amount of time, but it's really not much harder than putting together a complicated lego set, albeit with more wires and less colors :p

I threw together a potential build for you that's a little different than the one that g-unit1111 suggested but will still perform very well for the price. Only real difference is the processor itself

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/LBmFQ7
 
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yeah, dont get me wrong i would want the best parts for my money too. i just dont think i would understand how to make the thing work lol. is a decent i7 and the 980 ti possible under the budget? and if so are they pretty good components? like i know they are kinda above avg but yeah
 
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There's honestly not really a reason to get the i7 if you're going to be primarily gaming. The i5 is the sweet spot in terms of price vs performance. To get the i7 you'd probably have to drop the 980ti and run a 980 or similar card instead
 
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CPU demanding doesn't mean you necessarily need more cores. Most of the intensive games that I'm aware of require a high core clock speed rather than having more cores. Not to say that I wouldn't go for an i7 personally. It's just prohibitive with budget, and you're going to get a far more enormous boost to game performance with a better gpu than a better CPU especially when comparing an i5 to an i7
 
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