PC Components - Mid/High End PC

[Danosaurous]

Hey everyone,
So I'm new to pc building and could do with some advice on what components to buy.

So, here is the part list on PCPartpicker:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Fr2tsY

I am aiming to be playing games like Battlefield 4, Call of Duty and other fps titles like that on ultra/high settings at around 60FPS+.

As I don't have that much experience, I am requesting for some 'professional advice'.

Thanks in advance for any feedback,
-Dan

 

[frag06]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£173.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.79 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£56.68 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£54.95 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital AV 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£18.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card (£201.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.48 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.49 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Total: £669.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-31 21:44 GMT+0000

What is your total budget?

I upgraded the PSU (CX series isn't for gaming builds) and upgraded the GPU.

Grab a CPU cooler if you are overclocking.

 

[Danosaurous]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£173.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.79 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£56.68 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£54.95 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital AV 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£18.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card (£201.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.48 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.49 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Total: £669.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-31 21:44 GMT+0000

What is your total budget?

I upgraded the PSU (CX series isn't for gaming builds) and upgraded the GPU.

Grab a CPU cooler if you are overclocking.

Thanks for the reply.

My price is about £650.
I'm looking to have this as my base computer, to then update individual parts when I can. So I may get a CPU cooler when I need to overclock, but as of now, I think the CPU I have now will support the games I'll want to play at an okay quality.

The HDD Hard Drive is also something that I could invest in later on, as I'm looking more into cloud storage, instead of local drive storage.

Could you give me a rough estimate on games like battlefield 4 with my original specs. Or link me to some benchmarks?
Thanks

 

[frag06]

GURU3D review and TPU Review. If you are at 1080p you'll want more power than a 960. A 280X would be better, or for the $20 extra grab the 290 in my build.

 

[Danosaurous]

GURU3D review and TPU Review. If you are at 1080p you'll want more power than a 960. A 280X would be better, or for the $20 extra grab the 290 in my build.

Thank you.

 

[sora]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£173.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.79 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£56.68 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£54.95 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital AV 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£18.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card (£201.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.48 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.49 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Total: £669.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-31 21:44 GMT+0000

What is your total budget?

I upgraded the PSU (CX series isn't for gaming builds) and upgraded the GPU.

Grab a CPU cooler if you are overclocking.

In my opinion the CX series shouldn't be used at all due to the fact that they have poor capacitors.

 

[frag06]

They're fine for office builds, where they aren't being pushed. They aren't burn-your-house-down PSU's and still have some OK uses, though there are of course better alternatives at low prices.

 

[Danosaurous]

Could you recommend some of these PSU's with their prices?
Thasks.

 

[Danosaurous]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£173.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.79 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£56.68 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£54.95 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital AV 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£18.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card (£201.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.48 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.49 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Total: £669.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-31 21:44 GMT+0000

What is your total budget?

I upgraded the PSU (CX series isn't for gaming builds) and upgraded the GPU.

Grab a CPU cooler if you are overclocking.

In my opinion the CX series shouldn't be used at all due to the fact that they have poor capacitors.

I'm also debating about the GTX 760, but has recently gone up in price, and the 960 gone down. What are your thoughts on the 760? And what other GPUs do you recommend at around the 200- mark?

 

[Danosaurous]

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

On here, the Nvidia GTX 960 seems to be quite high up there, just behind the 290. It seems to be quite a head of the R9 280X and GTX 760.