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I am wanting to build a new PC for gaming with newer games such as GTA V when it comes out.

This is what I have found:

 

 
CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£124.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£71.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£58.60 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£54.95 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tri-X Video Card  (£280.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£10.46 @ Aria PC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£72.35 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £845.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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If you have a different build to recommend, my budget is £900, but is still flexible beyond that.
 
Thanks, Matt :)
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Budget?

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Intel Core i3-5005U, 8GB RAM, Crucial MX 100 128GB, Touch-Screen, Intel 7260 WiFi/Bluetooth card.

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TruPureX, Asus Zenwatch 3.

 Game Consoles:

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Softmodded Fat PS2 w/ 80GB HDD, and a Dreamcast.

 

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£173.94 @ Aria PC) 


Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£78.43 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£54.18 @ More Computers) 


Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card  (£214.90 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Aria PC) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£74.95 @ CCL Computers) 

Total: £732.76

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-29 21:48 GMT+0000

 


My Deus Ex Review : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/358415-zappian-plays-old-games-episode-1-deus-ex/#entry4862793

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Budget?

Sorry, I was just editing it to be able to add that, it is £900.

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£173.94 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (£74.72 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£78.43 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£54.18 @ More Computers) 


Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£289.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Aria PC) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£74.95 @ CCL Computers) 

Total: £856.14

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-29 21:50 GMT+0000

 


My Deus Ex Review : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/358415-zappian-plays-old-games-episode-1-deus-ex/#entry4862793

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£173.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£78.43 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£54.18 @ More Computers) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card  (£214.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Aria PC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£74.95 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £732.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Z87 chipset motherboards will require a BIOS update for Devil's Canyon CPUs, which requires you to have a Haswell CPU (non-Refresh/Devil's Canyon) for this to work. Likewise, the board itself is not a good quality model, lacking simple features like Load Line Calibration.

 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£173.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (£74.72 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£78.43 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£54.18 @ More Computers) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£289.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Aria PC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£74.95 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £856.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-29 21:50 GMT+0000
 

 

And can you stop doing this please? I see you do this in almost every thread you post on, posting twice when you can go back and edit a post. At that point, it would be easy to believe that you are trying to boost your post count.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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Sorry, I was just editing it to be able to add that, it is £900.

Here ya go. Best you can get. Feel free to change whatever http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/RNkxNG Forgot RAM other people had good builds.

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Prometheus (Main Rig)

CPU-Z Verification

Laptop: 

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Intel Core i3-5005U, 8GB RAM, Crucial MX 100 128GB, Touch-Screen, Intel 7260 WiFi/Bluetooth card.

 Phone:

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TruPureX, Asus Zenwatch 3.

 Game Consoles:

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Softmodded Fat PS2 w/ 80GB HDD, and a Dreamcast.

 

If you want my attention quote my post, or tag me. If you don't use PCPartPicker I will ignore your build.

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£173.94 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G43 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£73.99 @ Dabs) 


Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£54.95 @ Aria PC) 


Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tri-X Video Card  (£280.00 @ Amazon UK) 


Power Supply: Fractal Design Tesla R2 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£66.83 @ CCL Computers) 

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£10.46 @ Aria PC) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£72.35 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £890.23

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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This setup will do rather nicely, though I recommend stepping down to an R9 290 and getting a CPU cooler such as the Noctua NH-D14, Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3 or Cryorig R1 Universal/Ultimate. One stick of DDR3 RAM will allow for future upgrading to 16GB, the motherboard can take a fair overclock so long as the CPU is up for it (Silicon lottery) and the GPU is a killer.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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Z87 chipset motherboards will require a BIOS update for Devil's Canyon CPUs, which requires you to have a Haswell CPU (non-Refresh/Devil's Canyon) for this to work. Likewise, the board itself is not a good quality model, lacking simple features like Load Line Calibration.

 

And can you stop doing this please? I see you do this in almost every thread you post on, posting twice when you can go back and edit a post. At that point, it would be easy to believe that you are trying to boost your post count.

 

My bad.

My Deus Ex Review : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/358415-zappian-plays-old-games-episode-1-deus-ex/#entry4862793

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Do you intend to use the optical drive for more than the o/s install?

 

No, it is mainly for that and maybe some films. I plan on later on getting a BD drive when they go down in price.

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£173.94 @ Aria PC) 


Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£110.39 @ Aria PC) 


Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£54.95 @ Aria PC) 


Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card  (£289.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£43.48 @ Aria PC) 


Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£10.46 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £893.06

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£173.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS10X OPTIMA CPU Cooler  (£19.16 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£95.00 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£56.14 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Kingston Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£47.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card  (£201.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£32.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: XFX 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£77.26 @ More Computers) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£10.46 @ Aria PC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£72.35 @ Aria PC) 
Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (£3.83 @ Aria PC) 
Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (£3.83 @ Aria PC) 
Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (£3.83 @ Aria PC) 
Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (£3.83 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £835.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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PSU has enough juice for a crossfire setup. You can also choose other cases from the CM Nxx line in the amazon link it's in. N400/500/600. All airflow optimized hence the extra fans.
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No, it is mainly for that and maybe some films. I plan on later on getting a BD drive when they go down in price.

 

It is possible to install o/s from a usb stick. Image can be downloaded. Lets you save a bit towards the BD drive.

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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