EVILSCOTSMAN {l Wrote}:
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)
Id still go for an Intel Combo, the old AMD (Value) and Intel (Expensive) is an old pattern that is long gone. AMD makes neat APUs (which we have for our HTPC and spare system) but intel has the raw power and efficiency to keep a gaming system powerful and cool running.
H81 Motherboard = £30
i5 4460 = £135 (despite popular belief, the stock cooler is good enough and a cheap Coolermaster TX3 £15 would do the job)
8GB DDR3 = £50
500W Bronze PSU = £35
MX100 SSD 256GB `= £70
2TB HDD = £60
GTX 970 (10% faster than the 290, but almost 30% more efficient and cooler running) = £250
Total = £630
Case + Extras = £60....
