How is this Gaming PC?

[optic_Vithu]

HI guys, I have been looking around and using this forums quite a lot lately (since yesterday ) to find out if a PC is worth buying for the features it has.

Unfortunately im not all tech Savy at all like, so I got no clue about half of the stuff on this computer, All I know is I want it to be able to run some of the best games that are graphics demanding like BattleField4 with Good fps im talking like 60+ and etc. I just want the fastest, Best gaming PC possible to buy for my max budget 700£ including the screen. 

This is a Rig a fellow, helpful member werecat made for me. Im considering going with this build, do you think this build is good for Gaming, and would you suggest any upgrades or changes to components. 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/qwdVmG

 

But if you can make a better build with max budget £700 including Monitor, Please do but must include Wifi, Soundcard, and a DVD drive. OS is not needed. Thankyou

 

[Katsu-K1L]

its good!

[CoolBeans]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£97.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£66.33 @ Ebuyer) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£88.91 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£36.00 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£188.74 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case: Antec Three Hundred Two ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£65.58 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Monitor: AOC E2460SD 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  (£107.00 @ Ebuyer) 

Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N15 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£11.99 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £716.54

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-27 17:25 BST+0100

[Archangel1994]

I would expand your budget just a tad and go for an R9 280x as opposed to 280 but that's just personal preference. It's quite a solid build you have there though you wouldn't do bad getting a slightly better motherboard as well for a bit better build quality.

 

@CoolBeans That CPU will require something like a Cooler Master 212 EVO because the FX-8320 is hot and it's worse than a 4670k for gaming. You also forgot a sound card in that build.

[CoolBeans]

I would expand your budget just a tad and go for an R9 280x as opposed to 280 but that's just personal preference. It's quite a solid build you have there though you wouldn't do bad getting a slightly better motherboard as well for a bit better build quality.

 

@CoolBeans That CPU will require something like a Cooler Master 212 EVO because the FX-8320 is hot and it's worse than a 4670k for gaming. You also forgot a sound card in that build.

 

Stock cooler is fine if you are not overclocking, and soundcards are stupid and useless. I went with the 8320 so I could fit a 280x in the budget

[ForsakenLive]

I would expand your budget just a tad and go for an R9 280x as opposed to 280 but that's just personal preference. It's quite a solid build you have there though you wouldn't do bad getting a slightly better motherboard as well for a bit better build quality.

 

@CoolBeans That CPU will require something like a Cooler Master 212 EVO because the FX-8320 is hot and it's worse than a 4670k for gaming. You also forgot a sound card in that build.

Stock cooler is perfectly fine if you run the CPU under the manufacturer's specification.

And honestly the sound card is not doing anything.... I'm not against them, but you don't need one on a budget build.

[NUFCThomas]

Just to point sound cards do barely anything for gaming, you may as well just spend the money on a better motherboard which will have better audio

[Fulgrim]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£156.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£34.52 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£52.98 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£43.69 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£222.34 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£45.22 @ Amazon UK) 

Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer  (£11.74 @ CCL Computers) 

Monitor: Asus VS247H-P 23.6" Monitor  (£125.09 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N15 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£11.99 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £703.57

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-27 17:35 BST+0100

 

£104 over budget, but it has room for future upgrades (more storage, an aftermarket cooler for overclocking). You could swap the GPU to an R9 270x to bring the cost down but you'll have to lower the settings in BF4.

[MRL]

I would say the original build is pretty good already, but really just ditch the sound card. I bought the DGX version as well and I can say that it's better than what Asus Z77V-LK has on board but I don't find it useful for most cases. Unless you are using multiple speakers to connect to different audio sources, I'd say just ditch them and use the money somewhere else. Add in a little bit u could get R9 280X if you ditch the sound card...

 

Or just go with @CoolBeans suggestion...

[nikosgevre]

I dont trust msi boards. They have many problems. I would recomend asus, gigabyte, asrock.
Get a better case. I like the corsair 200r and nzxt source 210 elite.