Hey guys, thinking of building a decent PC pretty much just for gaming. Current idea for spec below, any suggestions would be appreciated!

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W): £170
Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black: £18
Corsair CP-9020055-UK RM Series RM750 80 Plus Gold 750W ATX/EPS Fully Modular Power Supply Unit: £88
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache: £44
Asus GeForce GTX 750Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card: £110
Corsair Hydro H55 Quiet Liquid CPU Cooler: £53
Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard: £86
Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit: £68
Aerocool DS 200 LITE Black: £65
monitor: not decided yet but probably a fairly cheap hdmi one
probably could do with a decent wireless card or a power socket ethernet thingy as well.

total: £740ish (obviously want to cut it down, just not sure where)

Personally with the graphics card i would go for the GeForce GTX 770 or higher. I only say this because i have the OC 770 and even it struggles to run middle earth: shadow of mordor on ultra high settings, so if your wanting a PC that can keep up with the times i would definitely recommend the 770.

It can still play the game on very high just it lags a bit on ultra (even though there doesn't seem to be a massive difference in terms of graphics).

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almost, but they're REALLY good.

Also, i would recommend buying a better GFX card, you'd be better buying a cheaper AMD board and CPU and spending your change on a better GFX card.
There's also a build your own PC thingy, where you can pick and choose all your parts.

http://www.scan.co.uk/value-hardware-bundles

I wouldnt buy anywhere else

(EDIT, fixed mistake with gtx 770 instead of 970)

Hey spit (andrew on juneys pc)

I used to do this for a living so excuse the critical feedback.

Firstly

- The i5 3570k is off a dead socket (1155) for the same price go with 1150 (i5 4670k)
- I estimate your build will consume 120-160w (sounds crazy, but this is the truth) when gaming, a 750w psu is not going to be efficient.
- Get an SSD, they are now cheap and change a pc
- The 750 Ti is a mid range card, amazing with the lack of power consumption (also no need for pci-e 6 pin attachments)
- Overclocking will require some good cooling, but do you realy want to? Gaming benefits very little now days as a decent i5 at stock will not bottleneck a high end card.
- Get an IPS/PVA based monitor, they are now around the same price and perform just as well with better picture.

Here is a rough draft (without overclocking, but much much faster gaming performance)

- i5 4670k £170
- 8GB RAM £60 (double it later)
- Any H81 mATX/ATX Board £40ish
- Coolermaster Hyper TX3 Cooler £18
- GTX 970 £270
- Crucial MX256GB SSD (for your games and os if you like) £70
- EVGA 500W Bronze (2x 6+2pins) (I estimate 200+300w maximum use with this build, probabaly 50+100 less in most cases) £35

Total without case and optical drive = £628

If you want to overclock, just get a decent Z97 motherboard so you can upgrade to the upcoming broadwell cpus. It should still be cheaper than your original build.

cheers for the feedback andy.

I think i'm more likely to get an SSD on top of the HDD, basically just gonna use the HDD for storage and things I use more often on the SSD.
I was also thinking about the power usage today, was going to downgrade to around 550W i think, just incase I decide to do anything I bit more intesive with it at some point.
and I want a HDMi monitor so that i can use my raspberry pi and other bits of tech with it, bit annoying plugging them into the t.v.

I was also thinking about downgrading my cpu and ugrading my gpu, not quite sure on how far i could go without causing a bottleneck though.

Sorry I made an error, get the GTX 970 instead (£50 more, but uses a lot less power and runs much faster).

Most Monitors have HDMI now (usually just a £10 premium). An SSD is a must yes, even a hybrid over a normal one for OS and Game loading. As for the PSU the 500W should do the job unless you start overclocking both the 970 and the i5, then get a 600 to 700w one. Above all I would keep the i5 4670k, not because you may or may not overclock, but because the K models tend to keep thier value for almost 2 years minus 10 to 20% as they are "used". A GTX 970 and i5 4 series should be more than enough, the GTX 980 is more expensive but not that much faster.

Yeah i agree with the SSD. I have an SSD which i run the OS from and use my HDD for games. That way my PC hasn't slowed down even slightly since i got it no matter how much stuff i've installed =D.

Sorry to bring up a fairly dead topic but never got round to actually building my pc.

Hows this for a build?
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/khazgorith/saved/LQ9XsY

Already got an i5 to go with it just need a motherboard adding, bit unsure on which to get though.

I would also like to squeeze the price down but I reckon not gonna get rid of much more for this quality of parts.

I would also go for a better cooler then you could overclock the cpu

For sub £1000 PC always build AMD, best performance for the money.

MSI R9 290X GAMING 4GB GDDR5
AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz Socket AM3+ 14MB Cache
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x 4GB) 2133MHz DDR3
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Socket AM3+
XFX Core 850W Fully Wired 80+
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB
Water cooling of your choice and a WD HDD for mass storage.

Will cost roughly £700 for just the parts listed above but it will run any game at high and ultra settings.


If it needs to be cheap as possible use an A10 8750K and an R7 250 the APU and GPU will crossfire.
Whole build here using the same parts as above for everything else will only cost roughly £600-700 once the case,
moniter and so on is added in giving you the absolute best performance for your money with the option to add in the 290X GPU when you can afford it.
(Overclocked the A10+R7 250 system can run Battlefield 4 at 60fps on medium settings)