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Melonman2009

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Hi guys,

I'm looking to build my first pc and was wondering what people thought of this build:

AMD Athlon X4 860K
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00MU00IOQ/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=12YNPEMEA5MRB&coliid=I1DWE6KON9YUKK

Evga Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 sc
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0146YLI24/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=12YNPEMEA5MRB&coliid=IN10KKP5ZBTUD

Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00INMXMZC/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=12YNPEMEA5MRB&coliid=I18LO1IPHXL7CD

8GB Ram
1 TB HD
Evga psu
bitfenix case

Pc part picker: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Melonman2009/saved/#view=gbsRsY

This comes to roughly £350 which is just below the $500mark. I wanted to be able to run games such as fallout 4, GTA 5, and the new battlefield 1 on medium to high settings. I don't need to play things on ultra but like I said I'd like to play on medium to high.

I was also wondering if there was likely to be any bottlenecks? I can spend more, if say I needed to buy a better cpu to get the most of my gpu, I can go higher, but ideally I don't want to spend too much more.

Thanks very much for spending the time to read this, and any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Melonman2009
 
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madmatt30
For £150 its absolutely worth the money mate .
Overclockers have dropped the price to sell quick to make room for the new range of cards due in.
It was £200 4 days ago.
Whether you wait for the 470 or not is up to you.
Its likely about the same performance wise though.
That strix 380 will not be in stock long at that price though be warned,!!
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I would recommend going up a little on the CPU. At least to an FX 6300, but ideally a core i3 if you can. It won't cost too much more to get an i3. And the XFX PSU I linked below is a better option than the EVGA 430w.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£99.56 @ BT Shop)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£44.43 @ BT Shop)
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£27.48 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.96 @ BT Shop)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX TS 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£34.19 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £385.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-29 01:22 BST+0100

If you can really stretch the budget a little bit more (+25) for a GTX 960 you'll end up with a really great all-around gaming machine for around £400.
 
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Melonman2009

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Thanks for the reply!

So you're saying that I should spend more on the CPU and less on the GPU? I was always under the impression that I should spend as much as possible on the GPU? I was also under the impression that as this was a budget build, AMD was the best choice for CPU over Intel - I'm just curious as to your thought process behind those parts.

Cheers,

Melonman2009

 
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If you can afford the i3 then its a better choice plainly.
If you can't then the 860k will do a fairly decent job with any GPU up to a 960 or r9 380.


Its a shame because the 860k was sub £40 from amazon a week ago which was a blazing deal.

GPU ? Hold off for the RX 470 in a few days - it should beat both the gtx 960 & r9 380 (or at least match them) at a cheaper official pricepoint.
 
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For £150 its absolutely worth the money mate .
Overclockers have dropped the price to sell quick to make room for the new range of cards due in.
It was £200 4 days ago.
Whether you wait for the 470 or not is up to you.
Its likely about the same performance wise though.
That strix 380 will not be in stock long at that price though be warned,!!
 
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